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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Eleanor Richardson

Shea McGee Always Starts With This One Key Feature When Designing Her Bedrooms – It's Simple, but Here's Why It Works

Designer shea mcgee sat on a light oak four poster bed styled for fall.

When designing any room, it’s the biggest pieces that naturally come first. In the living room, it’s a couch; in the kitchen, it’s your cabinets; and in the bedroom, designer Shea McGee has made it clear it’s the bed.

'When I’m putting together a bedroom look, I always start with the bed selection first because I want to know my client’s preferences. Do they like a cushioned headboard? Do they want the grandeur of a canopy bed? I ask a lot of questions about what they’re looking for stylistically and comfort-wise. This becomes the anchoring focal point of the entire space,' Shea explains in her recent Instagram video, in which she walks through all the details of her own bedroom.

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