WHO TO CALL: Community Editor Andrew McCredie Home and Garden Ecitor Layne Christensen 985-2131 (147) 985-2 2131 (178) ‘Some thirty inches from my nose The. frontier. af. my person goes, And-all: the untilled air benveen ls. private pagus or . demesne. ‘Stranger, unless with bedroom eyes 1 beckon -you to fraternize, Beware’ of rudely crossing it: “Tt have no gun, but 1 can spit. oH. AUDEN wrote this little poem in the prologue of T he Birth of Architecture. _. He refers, of course, to our ‘need for privacy, our ner- sonal boundaries, and the snvicl : cosy lite nest, filled with ruffles’ | invisible space bubbles gor and lace. With masses of we create around eurseives. Tn a home the bound- “wary starts at the entrance 7 to the driveway or path :80 the house. Strangers may cross it, but they better have a good rea- son. ° Inan apartment the boundary “lines are drawn more-tightly, and defended more vigorously. “Living and dining rooms are, the'social-areas, open to invited © _cSriends ‘and acquaintances, Very good friends may walk straight ‘into the kitchen, but the bedrooms <= Se. EN often stay off-limits even when proud new home owners show off their quarters. Children learn ata young age that when they close their bed- room door, no one may enter without knocking. Sometimes a name plate helps to reinforce this sense of territory.” So what does this mean for the _ inner sanctum, the room where-we : “canand do let our hairdown? ‘To Empress Josephine it meant draping ner bed inred silk and ermine, making it look like a very elegant tent. Napoleon had after all spent most of his adult life in a tent near.his troops.. Marilyn Monroe liked to sleep in satin sheets; and Mac West pre- ferred a mirror on the ceiling. Some of today's more: sombre souls may even want to install a computer or an exercise bike in the bedraom. Whatever your fancy, the bedroom should please you and make you happy---: when yor! open your eyes. Think of the opportunities: any box made up of four walls, a floor and a ceiling «an be transformed into your own castle: ii can become a private and brocade, velvet and tas- sels itcan be turned inte i seductive boudoir. Filled with an, abundance of plants it can resemble a restful greenhouse, Stacked with books end a com- fortable armchair it can double a a library: : Limits are set by the i imagina- tion rather than the pocket book. To kindle the imagisiation, let “me suggest a visit to Valerian 1445 Bellevue Ave. in West Vancouver, It is s like’ stepping into ane ate FOR BEDDING and: ace sessories or just ideas visit' West Van s , NEWS photo Cindy Goodms Squver' 3 Valerianne where four display beds dressed in damask and silk are bound to inspire a few design ealutions af your own. serene, Even if frilis and lace have never been the stuff of your: dreams ‘The handmade, paper white. butterfly lace is impossible to” resist. So are the four beds, all dressed up in damask and sitk, - down duvets and a multitude‘of pillows. The chaice . ranges from volup- twously upbolstered headboards (u. four-