Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I’m looking for a four-poster bed. Most antique ones are too small for modern mattresses, so how do you ...

My cousin Helen emailed the other day to see if I wanted the antique four-poster bed my mother slept in as a girl. I hadn’t thought about that bed in years, but the moment I saw the email subject line ...

Four-poster beds aren’t for historic houses alone. A new generation of designers is using them to create a pared-back contemporary look. Increasingly, four posters are being reimagined as viable ...

There's no symbol of luxury more universal than the four-poster bed. In this lookbook, we select eight bedrooms elevated by their presence. Beds with vertical columns in each corner supporting an ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Who isn’t excited to sleep in a four-poster bed?” asks Charlotte Freemantle, the co-owner of Jamb, Pimlico ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. You can’t dispute the feeling of romance a four-poster bed ...