The Classical Louis furniture design works very well in the bedroom. Gilding, ornate mirrors and intricate wood carving are all the classic details of French furniture. Go for the elegant chairs and bed side tables with thinner curve legs, to give a more feminine feel.

Light coloured headboards with gilding adds glamour but also quality. Unmistakably French harking back to the 18th Century when French furniture was seen as the finest in the world, and the French Royal court were heralded as the epitome of good taste. Timeless because of the undeniable craftsmanship and an eye for those carved lines that make you want to follow them with your fingers.

There is the more rustic French design that was so popualr in the 1980s with the antique French armoire made from fruit wood has a very deep warm colour. Now out of fashion these pieces of furniture cost little money considering the quality of the wood and craftsmanship. Reproduction versions are available in white painted finished and look elegant in any bedroom.

Another quintessentially French bedroom item is the ornate mirror often gilded in gold or more rarely in silver it adds light to a bedroom but a reminder that looks and style count in a royal court, unusually for a French piece the frame often looks heavy and more robust than elegant, but what defines a real French bedroom mirror is that its frame is lighter than the much more common hall mirrors. Its important when buying a French mirror for the bedroom that it is not a French hall mirror being described as such.