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Marble bathroom sinks are based on the balconies of a nearby art deco building, while even the distinctive bedposts are modelled on the chunky bangles worn by local writer and activist Nancy Cunard, heiress to the shipping empire.
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Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 7 Apr. 2026
Shackled to the bedposts with no chance of rescue, Jessie has to figure out how to survive.
—Danny Horn, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Jan. 2026
Against a backdrop of teak wood and bamboo, driftwood bedposts make the mosquito nets look like chic bed drapes, while canary-yellow day beds and blinds add a ray of sunshine to even the dreariest days.
—Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
That charge stems from the death of Crespo's 32-year-old girlfriend Silvia Galva, who died in July 2019 after being impaled on a bedpost in the couple's bedroom at their home in Hallendale Beach, about 15 miles north of Miami.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Iris dances to the song while Isaac is chained to the bedposts, in a desperately misguided attempt to win him over.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 July 2025
The types of weapons featured in the scene ratchet up with each reveal, from a knife to an entire bedpost Ron pulls out of his blazer to various medieval torture tools.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
On the fateful morning, let the housemaid, on entering each visitor’s room, carefully replace the empty stocking dangling on the bedpost with the bulging, worsted one.
—Nancy Mitford, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023
The results dashed Youngkin’s dream of hanging his red fleece vest on a White House bedpost after next year’s presidential election.
—Robert McCartney, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
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Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 7 Apr. 2026
Shackled to the bedposts with no chance of rescue, Jessie has to figure out how to survive.
—Danny Horn, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Jan. 2026
Against a backdrop of teak wood and bamboo, driftwood bedposts make the mosquito nets look like chic bed drapes, while canary-yellow day beds and blinds add a ray of sunshine to even the dreariest days.
—Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
That charge stems from the death of Crespo's 32-year-old girlfriend Silvia Galva, who died in July 2019 after being impaled on a bedpost in the couple's bedroom at their home in Hallendale Beach, about 15 miles north of Miami.
—Chris Spargo, People.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Iris dances to the song while Isaac is chained to the bedposts, in a desperately misguided attempt to win him over.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 July 2025
The types of weapons featured in the scene ratchet up with each reveal, from a knife to an entire bedpost Ron pulls out of his blazer to various medieval torture tools.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
On the fateful morning, let the housemaid, on entering each visitor’s room, carefully replace the empty stocking dangling on the bedpost with the bulging, worsted one.
—Nancy Mitford, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023
The results dashed Youngkin’s dream of hanging his red fleece vest on a White House bedpost after next year’s presidential election.
—Robert McCartney, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
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“Bedpost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedpost. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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