Room of the Day: A Cocoon for Late-Night Crashing

For the music industry owner of this Flatiron District loft in New York City, workdays last until the wee hours of the morning. So it’s easy to see why he wanted a bedroom that was serene. Jessica Geller and Virginia Toledo of id 810 Design Group gave him one that’s as hot as the artists he works with (think Bruno Mars and Nelly).

“The previous owner had tried to make the classic loft look more like a suburban home,” says Geller. “It had elements like traditional crown molding. We removed all of that and relocated the bedroom from the center of the house toward the back.”

The designers surrounded the new bedroom with 9-foot-high walls that encircle the space but don’t enclose it. “The ceiling is 13 feet high, and there’s only one bank of windows,” says Geller. “It was important to not block the light.” (They also didn’t want the wallpaper to be visible from the rest of the loft, so it stops at 9 feet.)

At first the idea of a four-poster bed and wallpaper didn’t sit well with the client. “He wanted something masculine, and he said, ‘Who puts wallpaper in a bachelor pad?’” Geller says. The designers changed his opinion with an edgy gray and black shagreen-print wallpaper and a clean-lined metal bed. “We thought the space should be rock ’n’ roll — like him,” he says.

The light fixture was meant to be a statement, but not too much of one. The nearly clear, multifaceted fixture fit the bill perfectly.

Wallpaper: Wolf-Gordon; bed: Architecture, Room & Board; light fixture: Arteriors Home


A small artwork, which has personal meaning for the owner, hangs above the bed. The diminutive scale actually gives it a large presence in the room. “Sometimes, when something seems so wrong, it can make so much sense,” says Geller.


To keep the room from being too dark, the designers selected sparkling mercury glass lamps, light wood nightstands and pale gray curtains. “Too much black would have made it too moody,” says Geller.

Both Geller and Toledo favor white bedding. They chose this duvet and linen set because it reminded them of men’s suiting.


“In the music industry, he has some late nights,” says Geller. “It’s our hope that he can pull the curtains and feel as if he’s in a cocoon — even when it’s light out.”

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