Interior designer Nate Berkus has revealed a common bedroom furniture mistake that often trips us up. According to the designer and TV personality, matching bedside tables and lamps aren’t always the way to go.

The best bedroom ideas come from playing the long game and gradually bringing together a mix of pieces old and new, says Nate.

Image credit: Nate Berkus x Beautyrest

Bedroom furniture mistake

‘One of the most common mistakes is buying furniture sets that all look the same,’ says Nate Berkus. ‘It’s so much more interesting to assemble your bedroom furniture piece by piece and not have everything matching.

‘I’m all about bringing in vintage pieces and things that have patina and character, which helps infuse personality into your home,’ Nate adds.

There’s a lot of pressure to get our homes finished, but you don’t have to do everything at once. By being a little bit more resourceful and looking for second-hand pieces on Facebook Marketplace, at car boots, or in vintage shops, you’re guaranteed to get a more interesting mix.

Image credit: Future PLC/James French

Even though it’s more time-consuming, this may turn out to be cheaper than buying new, particularly if you manage to get items for free. Nate’s ‘piece by piece’ approach is a lot harder than just adding lots of furniture to your virtual cart, but it’ll result in a unique space that you love being in.

There are lots of clever bedroom design tips for better sleep, but we can’t think of a better one than building a room that tells your story and makes you feel relaxed. A rattan bedroom chair can be repurposed as a bedside table, or perhaps some old leather suitcases would be more your style.

You could look out for an old-fashioned wooden valet stand instead of having The Chair that ends up piled high with clothes. Handy if you’re looking for small bedroom ideas that will keep things streamlined.

Image credit: Future PLC/Colin Poole

Or you can just look around your home and see if furniture can be brought in from elsewhere and given a new purpose. Symmetry can be nice in a bedroom, but we agree with Nate things can get a little matchy-matchy if we’re not careful.

Nate Berkus has collaborated with Beautyrest to create a sleep collection with an innovative design that’s thoughtful and sustainable.

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Congratulations to Tim Nicol for winning the recent Macro Photography Assignment with the image, “Calliope Portrait.”

View the winning image and a selection of submissions in the gallery below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots!

[See image gallery at www.outdoorphotographer.com]

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Outdoor Photographer “On Landscape” columnist William Neill is presenting a collection of his work that spans his career in an exhibit entitled “Passages of Light” at The Ansel Adams Gallery, located in the Village Mall at Yosemite National Park.

Half Dome, Elm and Sunbeams, Yosemite National Park, California 2016

The exhibit is open now and runs through July 23. Neill will host a book signing on Sunday, July 10 from 11 a.m. through 1 p.m.

Additional details and a gallery of the images featured in the exhibit are available at the exhibit’s page on The Ansel Adams Gallery website.

Describing the exhibit, Neill writes: “In 1977, I moved from Boulder, Colorado, where I went to college, to Yosemite. My first job was with the National Park Service, and over the next three years, I became obsessed with making photographs of Yosemite, especially the high country. In 1980, I was offered a job at The Ansel Adams Gallery as the staff photographer. During his June workshops, I met Ansel Adams and many other fine photographers. Thus began my ‘master’s degree’ in landscape photography.

“Over the next five years, I became a teacher, curator and represented artist for the gallery. I met and learned from legendary photographers. I listened to Ansel and other master printers talk about what is required to make an expressive fine art photograph. In 1983, Ansel approved my photographic prints to be represented in his gallery, a great honor for me at the age of 29.

“The ‘Passages of Light’ exhibit is a collection of photographs ranging from my early 4×5 film work in the 1980s to recent images made over the past year.

“We will be having a ‘meet and greet’ plus book signing at the Gallery on Sunday, July 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Although those are the official timings, I plan to stay as long as folks are around to talk about Yosemite and photography!”

“I hope you can visit the exhibit.”

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