Tips for decorating your bedroom

Tips for decorating your bedroom

Your bedroom is a very personal space, more so than any other room in your home. A bedroom should be a personal getaway, a sanctuary, which expresses your favourite colours, feelings, and collections. Because of this, bedroom décor is very important and often very difficult to decide on. Don’t worry; here are a few tips for decorating your bedroom.

Essential tips for decorating your bedroom

Choose subtle colours

Beautiful bedrooms should be relaxing and comfortable spaces. The best colours to help you create a soothing bedroom are delicate colour schemes. Although bright primary colours are appealing, they are not appropriate for bedroom décor. Instead of bold primary colours, choose soothing shades and a restful palette of monochromatic tones. Colour theory says that mild blue, lavender, or green tones are relaxing and soothing. Rich jewel tones help to create a feeling of cosiness and comfort. These might include toasty browns, deep pomegranate, or topaz.

Don’t overlook the ceiling

The ceiling is the fifth wall in a room. In fact, the ceiling is the largest clean surface in your bedroom. If you want to give your bedroom a special touch, consider painting or wallpapering your ceiling with a delicate colour or pattern. This will help to visually lower the ceiling and give the space a feeling of comfort and intimacy.

Leave room to manoeuvre

A bedroom should look cosy and simple, sophisticated, and elegant, regardless of what style of decorating you choose. One of the best ways to give your bedroom a restful and relaxing vibe is to focus on the ease of movement, or how well you can walk around the floor space without feeling cramped. Allow at least three feet between the bed and side walls or large pieces of furniture for ease of mobility, and at least two feet between the bed and low furniture such as tables and dressers. Furnish your bedroom with only what you need. A bed, a bedside table or two, a dresser, and a chair are necessities. Anything else is clutter.

Think about the visual weight of your furniture

When you’ve decided it’s time to buy new bedroom furniture, you should first acquire a sense of the layout of your room. Make a scaled, measured drawing of the room. Furniture, especially bedroom furniture, must fit the space in which it is placed. Don’t choose a heavy, large bed and dresser for a small bedroom. If the ceiling is high, a tall headboard will help to visibly bring it down to size. If your bedroom is large, choose furniture that fits it, too. Furniture and accessories that are too small will look lost in a large room.

Have plenty of storage

Store things out of sight to add to the tranquillity of a bedroom. The room will appear more calm and roomy.

  • Choose a large bedside table with drawers or doors to keep things close at hand but out of sight. For more storage, choose a skirted table or a small dresser with drawers.
  • Use a trunk or a storage bench at the foot of the bed for extra storage.
  • For easily reachable books and accessories, use a headboard with built-in shelves or sliding panels.

Include several lighting options

It’s a good idea to layer your lighting in your bedroom rather than relying solely on your overhead light or a table lamp. For optimum functionality and cohesion, provide numerous different light sources that you can toggle on and off. Ambient lighting illuminates the entire space, while small lamps focus light for reading and other activities, and accent lighting washes the walls in a warm glow.

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