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by Amanda Somers, Ama

Bedding Down in Serenity
Designer Bedroom Furniture comes at a small price when compared with the desired comfort levels these units can provide, no matter at what scale the room. Their proportions are engineered to fit almost anywhere, so navigating through a bedroom is as natural and free flowing as it should be. One can find lot of creative bedroom decorating ideas on the Internet.

Designer Bedroom Furniture
The bedroom design is one's own domain, a very private space that can be anything you desire once you have a good idea what to do with it. The world has opened up and with this comes a whole gamut of bedroom decorating ideas to make this personalized space your own dream habitat, a living retreat, where every moment means a rejuvenation of your spirit. Walking in to a bedroom should be a tranquil experience that envelops, so that when leaving this haven, one is ready to face the world.

Bedrooms can open like a story book, with designer bedroom furniture that is economic, tailor-made for necessity, durability, permanent and executed with hard to compare workmanship. Take for example the Orbit Bedroom Suite that was efficiently created by the Cotanda and Caparros duo. This unit can be adapted to one's personal needs with its clean, timeless lines that work efficiently with the available space. Given the modern day requirement for mobility, this suite with its curved headboard has a set of nightstands on either side that are freestanding and can be maneuvered to suit your space. Interestingly, in an unconventional manner, the top drawer on either of the nightstands is not attached to the bottom drawers but held in place by its weight and can be moved around at whim.

European design trends
Inspired by European design trends, these designers bring in their own brand of Spanish charm and bedroom decorating ideas with every piece, up for grabs at moderately affordable prices. By blending two different styles they have achieved a fine balance for a wide range of contemporary beds and coordinates that could fit any space without fuss.

"Design is everywhere, in a rock, in a drop, in a smile, in a sound. The designer's duty is to be aware of it and to interpret it." With words like these from designer Ennio Arosio it stands to reason his work will never fall short of unique, yet practical in very aspect. Since the `70`s he has been turning out work that has set the pace for an international design community, boundless in its intensity and dynamism. Clean design with attention to detail has taken these creations beyond geographic and cultural boundaries and set new design standards for bedrooms .

Design of the bedroom begins with the architecture then works in a flow of space and energy through the built structure, but it's the modern interior design you use that makes the space vibrate, while accommodating every whim and fancy. This is a personalized space that goes beyond the private to the intimate. Designers like Arosio transform these concepts using simple models. Take the platform for instance. Working with this he has converted this unit of furniture into a series of inspiring platform bed designs with an eloquence that comes together in an integrated unit for relaxation. Modern platform beds like the Alexia Bedroom Set for example, have all you need in comfort within easy reach and coordinates well with a six drawer dresser of variable drawer height.

Then in walks an artist with a different set of tools, joining the ranks of European designers who have always provided cutting edge work in the world of design. Mauro Bertame is an expert Bio-architect and one of Italy's greatest Feng Shui experts, whose natural follow through with this aspect gives his work an individuality that is exclusive in this fast moving industry. His masterpiece, the Mantra canopy bed has become the envy few can compare with. This contemporary piece has all the comforts and warmth of a canopy bed, coupled with modern design making it a convenient and perfect combination for the modern bedroom. The platform is suitably low according to the principles of Feng Shui, so that no clutter accumulates underneath. This bed reinforces the fact that European designer furniture is designed for function and practicality. A messy room as we all know is anathema to calm and serenity. Platform beds are now popular for the trend-savvy person.

The Spacify website as usual holds it all within easy reach, at the press of a button and at surprisingly pleasing prices as well.

Although one of the largest areas of chalk grassland in the country, Martin Down represents a small remnant of the downland which once covered the chalk soil of southern England. The site includes grassland habitats, together with scrub and woodland supporting a wide range of downland flowers, insects and birds.

Chalk downlands are as we know them because of man's activities over hundreds of years. Neolithic farmers cleared woodland for cultivation and these cleared areas were grazed by animals and, over time, became the grassland we know today. The downlands were usually not enclosed and, traditionally, sheep grazed the downs by day and were moved to arable fields at night. Common grazing rights existed on many downs: These ?rights? still exist on Martin Down to this day.

It is because downland went unploughed for centuries that a unique habitat allowed species of plants, insects and animals to thrive here and nowhere else. The plants found on Martin Down include the horseshoe vetch, chalk milkwort, salad burnet, dropwort, rockrose, burnt-tip orchid, dwarf sedge and field fleawort. As well as plant, an outstanding range of butterflies is found on the down, from the silver-spotted skipper and Adonis blue on very short turf to the dark-green fritillary and marbled white in the longer grassland.

Downland is ideal habitat for ground-nesting birds like the skylark and grey partridge. On other farmland, the number of hares has severely declined but they are found in large numbers on Martin Down.

But it isn't only the grassland that is of interest in Martin Down: scrub is an important and valuable habitat on the reserve. The large areas of scrub make excellent nesting sites for birds such as warblers and nightingales. The scrub is where you'll also find Duke of Burgundy, silver-washed fritillary and white admiral butterflies.

The downlands of southern England only exist because of ancient farming practices, mainly by grazing sheep. The grassland would soon disappear if it weren't for the sheep. In fact many downland plants are specially adapted to flourish despite being grazed: cowslips have a rosette of leaves close to the ground to ensure their survival under grazing.

Some areas are grazed only in winter, and a long grassland develops, whereas others are harder grazed and remain shorter and more herb rich. Scrub in the grassland is controlled to prevent herb-rich grassland from being lost. The woodland found in Martin Down was, and still is managed. Each year trees were coppiced and pollarded to provide firewood and various construction materials.

If you are staying in or around Winchester it really is worthwhile taking time to visit Martin Down. There are many paths criss-crossing the down and you can plan out a route, long or short. Hampshire, and much of the South, owed its wealth in times past, from sheep farming. Exploring somewhere like Martin Down allows the visitor to understand what it was that moulded the look and feel of the many towns and villages in Hampshire.

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