Cope Lane Girl's Bedroom

In one of the daughters rooms we incorporated the softer look of a scrolled white iron bed, left in its original distressed state. We combined it with the crispness of fresh antique French linens on the bed. The pillowcase is an oversize 24" square from about 1800, and is still in excellent condition. Linen becomes softer and stronger with washings and time. It's a marvelous fabric that absorbed moisture from the skin and evaporates it quickly. It is the most luxurious and comfortable of sleeping bed linens. The bed covering on top of an antique matelasse fabric of cotton with a raised design, perfect as a summer cover. The bronze elephant lamp adds a light touch to the bed side table, and is repeated in the bronze figure of a ballerina on a demilune facing the end of the bed. The gold framed print are original antique watercolors from England of fairies. The Roman shade was custom made, and gives a softness to the plantation shutters which control the light in the room. The room is painted a soothing deep taupe with white woodwork; the wall to wall carpeting is a pale gold wool.