When Carla and Niall Maher bought a 1950 suburban ranch house in Westchester, New York, the couple made a commitment to midcentury style. Built into a hillside among other midcentury houses by Roy S. Johnson and Stanley Torkleson, the house was sheetrocked and whitewashed by previous owners (and an Ikea kitchen to boot). The Mahers unearthed the original house plans and restored it to the way it had been. The primary bedroom is complete with midcentury furniture, lighting, and Pendleton bedding. Here, we dissect the look.
Above: Photography by Brian W. Ferry for Remodelista; styling by Alexa Hotz from The Wood House: A Midcentury Work in Progress in Westchester.
Above: Photography by Brian W. Ferry for Remodelista; styling by Alexa Hotz from The Wood House: A Midcentury Work in Progress in Westchester.
Materials
Above: Carla and Niall stripped the cedar wall paneling of white paint and finished it with Minwax Red Oak Interior Stain; $8.98 for a quart from Lowes.
Furniture
Above: The bed frame is the [product id=”616317″]Case Study Bentwood Bed in Classic Stain[/product] from Modernica; $1,870 for the queen.
Above: The Modernica chest of drawers that Carla sourced is no longer available. The companion piece to the bed is the [product id=”1006780″]Case Study Bentwood Four-Drawer Dresser in Classic Stain[/product]; $2,650 at Modernica.
Above: The [product id=”996037″]Alvar Aalto Stool 60[/product] with a linoleum black top is $400 at the Finnish Design Shop.
Lighting
Above: The original [product id=”616318″]Arne Jacobsen AJ Wall Lamp[/product] for Louis Poulsen in yellow-green (shown) is hard to come by, but the light comes in 10 different colors from the Danish Design Store for $1,011 each. A less-pricey lookalike? The Barret Cone Wall Sconce by Alder & Ore, $266 from Lumens.
Bedding & Accessories
Above: The Company Store’s [product id=”1006785″]400-Thread Count Supima Percale Bedding[/product] in Cinder (shown) is no longer available, but their Classic Cool Cotton Percale Bed Sheet Set in Mocha is a good substitute; $154 for the queen size.
Above: The [product id=”1006787″]Pendleton Earth Blanket[/product] in black multi is similar to the Pendleton blanket on the bed; $339 at Pendleton.For more bedrooms with style, see our posts:
- Steal This Look: Midcentury-Modern Luxe Guest Room at Hotel Sanders in Copenhagen
- Steal This Look: Moody Monochrome in the Scottish Highlands
- Steal This Look: A Riotously Patterned Bedroom Suite in England by Suzy Hoodless
- Steal This Look: A Bungalow Bedroom in Malibu, California
N.B.: This story originally ran on June 4, 2019 and has been updated with new products, links, and pricing.
