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"White Bedrooms Done Right\nSince summer calls for light and airy spaces, we've rounded up a selection of dreamy bedrooms to show that you don't always need splashy colors to beat the heat with flair\nAt Toad Hall, a 32-acre property composed of five log cabins located in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains, interior decorator Suzanne Kasler designed polished interiors set against a rustic backdrop of massive logs and boulders. The walls and ceiling of the guest bedroom, pictured, inspired its furnishings, including the soft, neutral bedding and cream-colored hangings of the hickory-log four-poster. Toad Hall \"is a combination of refined and rugged,\" remarks the owner. \"From blue jeans to ball gowns, it works for everything.\" (June 2009)\nArchitect Lee F. Mindel of Shelton, Mindel &amp;amp; Assoc. renovated a full-floor apartment in a modernist Richard Meier tower in Manhattan's Far West Village for a San Francisco family. His aim was to respect the integrity of Meier's glass curtain wall. Thus, the decor is minimalist so as to not distract from the extraordinary views of the Hudson River. Pictured: In the bedroom, Mindel created a floating wall (behind the bed) and designed the headboard, which is covered in a Holly Hunt Great Plains fabric. The bed linens are by Pratesi. (February 2011)\nDesigner Jan McFarland Cox updated a 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival home in West Los Angeles for actress Jamie Lee Curtis and her husband, actor and director Christopher Guest. The once dark and crowded space was transformed into a light and airy house. \"When Jamie and I were discussing what to do interiorwise, we stood in the master bedroom (pictured) and agreed it was a great room that barely needed any alterations,\" says Cox. \"It's comfortable and pleasant, with views across the canyon to the sea.\" (December 2002)\n\"I wanted to create a fresh, very bright beach home,\" designer Charles Allem says of his pied-\u00E0-terre in Miami Beach, Florida. With its white-and-gray palette, his master bedroom is \"a luxurious, spalike retreat.\" The bed, which he made, has a custom tufted leather headboard, and the basket-weave leather ottoman at right is from Ralph Lauren Home. (September 2006)\nArchitect Allan Greenberg and interior designer Victoria Hagan designed a steel-and-glass addition\u2014a modern interpretation of the original late-19th-century house\u2014for a Greenwich, Connecticut, couple. \"I love light, and I love white,\" says the wife, and light and white are what they gave her, as evidenced by the skylit master bedroom. (July 2010)\n\"I'm not an all-beige designer, but for the gatehouse, I wanted to keep things quiet and subtle,\" said Thomas Pheasant, who renovated his 1921 home in the heart of Georgetown. He wanted a comfortable and serene master bedroom. The unconventional headboard was custom made to tie the photographs of Italian landscapes by George Hemphill in with the bed. (September 2003)\nTwanette Tharp purchased a pair of late-19th-century shingled houses\u2014Dexter House and Ferry House\u2014on the harbor of Martha's Vineyard. Renovating the homes was no small task; she had to completely dismantle, elevate, and reassemble both while respecting the original footprint of the old houses and adhering to the strict guidelines set in place by the town's historic district. Ferry House has four bedrooms, including one, pictured, that was formerly a utility shed. The room boasts a circa-1840 tiger-maple tulip-post bed flanked by a pair of 1646 engravings. (February 2003)\nInspired by the movie Something's Gotta Give, a couple purchased a Shingle Style house in Southampton, New York, facing the sea, and they choose designer Thad Hayes to transform the home and make it their own. The wife wanted the palette to recall that of a beach before a storm, opting for colors that set a moody atmosphere; however, the master bedroom, pictured, features more neutral tones. (July 2009)\nVictoria Hagan created an interior of \"understated elegance\" for Los Angeles clients who had asked simply for a \"beautiful white house.\" As a rule, Hagan's master bedroom designs are \"softer and more subtle\" than the public rooms. \"It's nice to have a place to go where the volume is down a little,\" she says. The rug is from Elizabeth Eakins. The pillow sham fabric is from Schumacher and the throw pillow fabric is from Clarence House. (November 2004)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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