Suite Dreams...
It's a new concept based on the twist on an old idea. Remember seeing the old movies where everyone had separate beds? Well, we are now seeing requests for dual master suites, but not for the same reasons.
According to a published article in the New York Times, March 11, 2007, "Not since the Victorian age of starched sheets and starchy manners, builders and architects say, have there been so many orders for separate bedrooms. Or separate sleeping nooks. Or his-and-her wings."
Reasons include sleeping with a nocturnally restless partner, snoring, or any multitude of activities and habits that keep one or the other person up at night, resulting in less than adequate rest.
"In a survey in February by the National Association of Home Builders, builders and architects predicted that more than 60 percent of custom houses would have dual master bedrooms by 2015..."
In the hectic world and lives that we live, a good night's rest is becoming increasingly important and almost a luxury. Many are turning spare bedrooms into retreats. People are working longer hours and flexible schedules may mean 2:00 a.m.
“Couples today are writing their own script, rewriting how to have a marriage,” said Pamela J. Smock, a University of Michigan sociologist. “The growing need for separate bedrooms also represents the speed-up of family life — women’s roles have changed — and the need for extra space eases the strain on the relationship. If one of them snores, the other one won’t be able to perform the next day. It’s nothing to do with social class, and it’s not necessarily indicative of marital discord.”
Read the entire article here.
The design possibilities open up the ability to cater sleeping spaces, dual master suites, whatever you want to call them, to the occupant resulting in individual comforts for each person.
According to a published article in the New York Times, March 11, 2007, "Not since the Victorian age of starched sheets and starchy manners, builders and architects say, have there been so many orders for separate bedrooms. Or separate sleeping nooks. Or his-and-her wings."
Reasons include sleeping with a nocturnally restless partner, snoring, or any multitude of activities and habits that keep one or the other person up at night, resulting in less than adequate rest.
"In a survey in February by the National Association of Home Builders, builders and architects predicted that more than 60 percent of custom houses would have dual master bedrooms by 2015..."
In the hectic world and lives that we live, a good night's rest is becoming increasingly important and almost a luxury. Many are turning spare bedrooms into retreats. People are working longer hours and flexible schedules may mean 2:00 a.m.
“Couples today are writing their own script, rewriting how to have a marriage,” said Pamela J. Smock, a University of Michigan sociologist. “The growing need for separate bedrooms also represents the speed-up of family life — women’s roles have changed — and the need for extra space eases the strain on the relationship. If one of them snores, the other one won’t be able to perform the next day. It’s nothing to do with social class, and it’s not necessarily indicative of marital discord.”
Read the entire article here.
The design possibilities open up the ability to cater sleeping spaces, dual master suites, whatever you want to call them, to the occupant resulting in individual comforts for each person.
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