Mustard and cream bedroom with a lotus pendant over the bed

A pendant of fabric petals stretched over a brass frame, hung on a chain. Being translucent it lights in every direction and won't serve as task light, so it needs the table lamps as backup. Check the diameter before buying: under 50 cm a piece like this looks undersized over a double bed and reads as a ceiling fitting.

A meadow landscape in golden tones, in a slim brass frame and landscape format. Width is what matters: above a headboard the picture should sit between half and two thirds of the bed's width, centred on the bed's axis even if the wall isn't. Under a pendant, leave enough gap that the two don't visually touch head-on.

A six-drawer chest in matt white with brass pulls and tapered brass legs. The raised leg is what stops a large white piece reading as a block: it lets the floor run underneath and lightens the whole wall. If the room already has plenty of brass, check the pull's tone — satin brass and bright gold don't sit together.

An oval bench upholstered in cream bouclé on slim gold metal legs. The oval is what makes it compatible with a room of rectangles: it echoes the pendant's curve at floor level. Size it slightly narrower than the bed; at the same width it covers the foot of the mattress and the bed looks lower than it is.

A classic patterned rug with a perimeter border, cream with the motif in muted gold. Under a bed it should project at least 60 cm on the three free sides, so you step onto rug and not cold floor. If the pattern is dense, choose a short pile — in high pile the border distorts and the motif stops reading from the doorway.

A metal profile that wraps the panel’s edge and hides the cut, which on a panel finished in gold or colour is exactly where the substrate shows. It does two jobs at once: it gives a clean border and stops the edge chipping from knocks. Order it to the panel’s exact thickness, because loose it rattles and tight it won’t go on; and if it’s gold, check it matches the rest of the metal.