Lady Barker's The Bedroom and Boudoir is a practical, opinionated guide to making sleeping rooms both healthy and beautiful, with advice that ranges from sanitation and comfort to color, furniture, and decorative harmony. It treats the bedroom as a living space to be thoughtfully composed, whether for everyday use, a spare room, or a sick room, and blends domestic science with a keen eye for elegance. The book offers lively, highly specific guidance on carpets, walls, beds, screens, wardrobes, and fireplaces, always favoring simple, well-made things over gaudy fashion. It praises subdued colors, chintz, cretonne, embroidered quilts, and tasteful screens, while condemning harsh contrasts, overdone patterns, feather beds, and clumsy modern design. Beds are presented as the room's centerpiece, best served by low iron or brass frames and practical mattresses; wardrobes and cupboards should be compact, ingenious, and beautifully crafted; and fireplaces should be honest, proportioned, and welcoming. Drawing on examples from English, French, Japanese, Chinese, Indian, and antique interiors, the book shows how even awkward spaces can become cheerful, functional, and charming homes. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.