Bedford Brown

There’s no better way to unwind than on a sofa with beautiful pillows that makes you lay back and dream. Bedford Brown has a new collection of spring pillows that will brighten your room and your day.

Browse our unique book selection to get a new perspective on interior design and a variety of special interests. Pairing a great book with one of our signature Phalaenopsis makes a fabulous gift. Bedford Brown gets a new shipment of orchids every two weeks.  Be sure to call for availability when placing large orders.

Featuring the work of different Interior Designer’s and Design Firms at Bedford Brown, Design Focus shows how another Design professional can bring their own unique style and point of view to a room. Using a select group of Bedford Brown upholstered pieces, furniture and accessories to create a room vignette that will be on display and for sale during the two month show.

For Cecilia’s Design Focus she collaborated with Suzanne and Buck Bonham of Inventia Design, who created a beautiful large mirror. Suzanne shared her creative process with us: 

“We love the look of old mirrors, so that is always our inspiration and goal. The glass is carefully distressed with a chemical formula that gives it the random tarnished look of a genuine antique. For the frame, I love the look of distressed paint, so I rely heavily on milk paints—they give me the sheen, workability / crack ability, which I like for a finish that looks ‘antique’.
Each of these finishes is a multi-layered affair and can be done in radically contrasting colors. In this case, Cecilia brought over fabrics and a sample of the wall color and picked some nice creamy grays out of my paint box. I always mix up my own paint colors. Cecilia didn’t want a lot of contrast or even any red under the gold gilt, but rather a soft palette of similar grays. I put multiple layers on, to simulate the look of gessoed wood which had some thick chunks gone from the surface. I then distressed the entire surface in order to properly age it and make it look old. A thin coat of shellac on the gilding protects the surface and then I hand rubbed the surface with paste wax for a rich overall ‘century old’ patina.”

Bedford Brown has a new collection of custom containers in our showroom. If you want something more unique you can have a custom piece designed. Stop in and see the extensive finishes and materials that are available for that one of a kind piece.