M ost people will do anything to avoid placing their bed in front of a window. After all, if there's a view involved you want to be looking at it from bed - not have it be behind you. And don't ...

Positioned with the window at its side, this ornate 1970s poster bed by Phyllis Morris—found in a Chicago guest room designed by Jean-Louis Deniot—perfectly frames the view.

The Home Front: How to make a Scandinavian bed. Anki Spets is the founder of AREA, a New York-based bedding and home-accessories company launched almost 30 years ago when Spets arrived from Sweden ...