{"id":9970,"date":"2025-11-01T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/?p=9970"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:28:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:28:01","slug":"eight-shadowy-bedrooms-that-are-perfect-for-the-spooky-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/eight-shadowy-bedrooms-that-are-perfect-for-the-spooky-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight shadowy bedrooms that are perfect for the spooky season"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Openfield<\/div>\n

Horror-film-style wood panelling and charcoal-coloured sheets feature in this lookbook<\/a> of moody bedrooms<\/a> to pore over this Halloween<\/a> weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

Located across the globe in homes from Mexico to Ukraine, these bedrooms provide the perfect place to hide under the covers during the gloomier months.<\/p>\n

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring double-height living rooms<\/a>, built-in sofas<\/a> and rustic milking stools<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"Bedroom<\/a>
Top: photo by Samuel Hartnett. Above: photo by Mariell Lind Hansen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zero House, UK, by Rae Morris and Ben Garrett<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Musicians Rae Morris and Ben Garrett sought to create a “horror film slash [Stanley] Kubrick feel” in their mid-century<\/a> north London<\/a> home, which they renovated themselves.<\/p>\n

Upstairs, a moody mahogany carpet was paired with timber wall and ceiling panels, referencing the dark reds and browns found in the late director’s 1980 supernatural horror movie The Shining.<\/p>\n

“We leaned into [it],” Garrett told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Zero House \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Bedroom,<\/a>
Photo by Fabian Martinez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Casa Tres \u00c1rboles, Mexico, by Direccion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This Valle de Bravo<\/a> house was designed by Mexican studio Direccion to celebrate light and shadow contrasts.<\/p>\n

A trio of en-suite bedrooms feature on the upper level, painted in dark shades to offer a counterpoint to the warmer tones of the exposed timber ceiling beams. Crinkly grey bedding<\/a> adds to the sombre colour palette.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Casa Tres \u00c1rboles \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Interior<\/a>
Photo by Samuel Hartnett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Openfield House, New Zealand, by Keshaw McArthur<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The corrugated metal roof of this rural New Zealand<\/a> home is defined by an oversized circular skylight, which frames views of the surrounding Crown Range mountains and casts shadows on the moody attic bedroom.<\/p>\n

Architecture studio Keshaw McArthur placed the iconic 1928 Cassina<\/a> lounge chair designed by\u00a0Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret just below the skylight, giving the impression of a rocking chair in a horror film.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Openfield House \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Shkrub<\/a>
Photo by Serhii Kadulin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shkrub, Ukraine, by Sergey Makhno<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Architect Sergey Makhno<\/a> self-designed Shkrub as a thatch-roofed home for his family in the Ukrainian village of Kozin, south of Kyiv<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The main bedroom features a striking headboard decorated with atmospheric illustrations of smoke plumes, emphasised by the low-slung bed’s charcoal-coloured sheets.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Shkrub \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Bedroom<\/a>
Photo by Andrey Bezuglov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

House in Ukraine by Balbek Bureau<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Also in Ukraine, this house was renovated by architecture studio Balbek Bureau<\/a> to create a modern interpretation of a log cabin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two of its three bedrooms are characterised by soft, padded sleeping nooks finished in light grey fabric. Dark-toned log walls complement the home’s leafy surroundings.<\/p>\n

Find out more about this house in Ukraine \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Shadow<\/a>
Photo by Jack Lovel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shadow House, Australia, by Grotto Studio<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

True to its name, Shadow House is a charred-timber extension<\/a> to an early 1900s cottage in Perth<\/a>, informed by the shifting light of the day.<\/p>\n

Australian practice Grotto Studio added a shadow-casting clerestory window to one of the bedrooms, clad with jarrah timber sourced from the demolition of the back of the existing cottage.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Shadow House \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Austin<\/a>
Photo by Chase Daniel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Austin house, USA, by Melanie Raines<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Interior designer Melanie Raines set out to create “weird and funky” interiors for this family home in Austin<\/a>, Texas.<\/p>\n

The primary bedroom features dark blue walls and sheets paired with a sleek built-in leather<\/a> bedframe.<\/p>\n

Find out more about this Austin house \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Kawakawa<\/a>
Photo by Patrick Reynolds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kawakawa House, New Zealand, by Herbst Architects<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A glazed clerestory draws light down into the bedroom at Kawakawa House in Piha,\u00a0New Zealand<\/a>, with the help of angled plywood<\/a> ceilings.<\/p>\n

Dark birch panel walls enhance the room’s interior, designed with a dark colour palette that responds to the home’s woodland surroundings.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Kawakawa House \u203a<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring double-height living rooms<\/a>, built-in sofas<\/a> and rustic milking stools<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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