Make your room into a sanctuary and a personal getaway with your favorite colors, ambiance, feelings, and collection. Learn these 6 rules on designing your bedroom
1. Have Plenty of Storage
To add to the serene feeling of a bedroom, store things out of sight. The room will appear more calm and roomy.
- Choose a roomy bedside table with drawers or doors behind which you can hide books, lotion, and reading glasses within reach 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 to store extra sheets, blankets, and pillows.
- For easily reachable books and accessories, use a headboard with built-in shelves or sliding panels.
- A custom-designed organization system can make maximum use of closet space.
- Place shallow boxes underneath the bed hiding them with a beautiful bed skirt.
2. Choose Subtle Color
Instead of bold primary colors, choose soothing shades and a restful palette of monochromatic tones. Remember color theory: gentle hues of blue, lavender, or green are considered calm and serene. Rich jewel-toned hues help set the mood of coziness and comfort. These might include toasty browns, deep pomegranate, or topaz. Use toned-down versions of your favorite colors in the bedroom.” That might mean choosing mauve instead of eggplant, or pumpkin instead of tangerine.
3. Don’t Overlook the Ceiling
The ceiling is the fifth wall in a room. When you lie in bed, do you see a bland, blank surface? Add a subtle pattern or soft color. Paint the ceiling a slightly lighter version of the wall color. This will help to visually lower the ceiling and give the space a feeling of comfort and intimacy.
Other solutions would be to stencil or wallpaper the ceiling, add architectural elements in the form of beams or moldings, or use a decorative paint treatment. For ultimate luxury, silver-leafed bedroom ceilings, a canopy, or a tented bed with a dressing that hangs from the ceiling can envelop you in sensuality and warmth while adding texture, design, and color to the ceiling. Add a molded medallion and chandelier of crystal or delicate shades bringing color, pattern, and texture to the “fifth wall” above you.
4. Keep the Bedroom Simple
A bedroom should look cozy and simple, sophisticated, and elegant, regardless of what style of decorating. For ease of movement, leave a minimum of three feet between the bed and side walls or large pieces of furniture and at least two feet between the bed and low furniture, like tables and dressers. If you have to walk around the bed to get from the closet to the bathroom, think of how you can move the bed.
Accessories should be kept to a minimum. Choose a beautiful piece of artwork, arrange some family photos, add flowers and candles, and leave it alone
5. Cover the Windows
A beautifully dressed window will help to frame the window and the view and provide other ways to add color, pattern, texture, and softness to a bedroom. If you love soft sheer curtains that filter light, combine opaque roller blinds that can be pulled down to maintain privacy at night and to block morning light.
For all draperies, include opaque blinds or drapery lining to keep out the sun when you want to sleep late.
6. Let Your Bedroom Be a Real Getaway
Try to discipline yourself to keep your cell phone, computer, television, exercise machine, or blackberry out of the bedroom. Create a cherished place to relax and renew. You’ll love having a room dedicated to reading, sleeping, and romance.
