Bedroom is a place for personal get away which should express your personal feelings, colors and collections. It is simple things that make the room beautiful. A bedroom should look cozy, yet simple, sophisticated and elegant.
1. Keep it simple: Try to keep the room simple and elegant with the subtle colored theme which is soothing and monochromatic shades. Don’t try to fill the room unnecessarily with all the furniture. A bed, bedside tables, dresser and chair are the necessities. Leave enough space to move around in the room. Accessories in the room should be minimal.
2. Room color: Keep the room color subtle, warm and cool. Make an impact of the color without too much of commitment with simple one or two colored walls, simple patterns. Use some bold colored blankets and pillows to give a contrasting color to the room.
3. Clear the clutter: Ensure to keep the bedroom clutter free, especially the bed. Dedicate the room only for relaxing, sleeping, reading and romance. Don’t eat your food in the bedroom. Use the storage areas abundantly to clear the clutter. Ensure to make a clean bedcovers and blanket. Do not throw too many pillows and cushions on the bed.
4. Furniture: Choose the furniture for bedroom carefully. Ensure to have the right size of furniture with lot of storage area. Furniture should fit the room it lives in. Do not arrange large bed and dresser in a small room; similarly, too small one in the large room will look lost. Try to maintain the color of the furniture to be matching with the room color.
5. Lighting: Lighting plays an important role in enhancing look of any room. In bedroom try layer the lighting throughout the room. A light for whole room, small lamps for reading and accent light to wash the walls in soft illumination is the minimal lighting you need. Try to use lights with dimmer facility to adjust the lighting.
6. Window treatment: Add curtains to the window as per the lighting requirement for the room. From using light sheer fabric to luxurious velvet curtains, curtains add an element to the bedroom.
7. Create a reading nook: Create a separate place for reading. A window seat reading nook is perfect for daytime reading with natural lighting. If not, if you are lucky to have a larger bedroom, add a chair and ottoman or footstool to create a quite place to sit and read.
8. Lay down the rug: A rug or carpet is very important piece in the bed room. Slips can happen easily, especially if you are half asleep. Carpet can be used to create a cozy decor by placing them at each side of the bed, in front of the dresser and reading chair or the seating area.
9. Houseplants: Add indoor plants to all possible places of the room, like on the floor or on the side table, windows or atleast the balcony near the bedroom. Green plants give a soothing effect to any room.
10. Mirrors: Hang one or two mirrors to make the room look bigger and spacious. Use the mirror on the side table, as head board, or just place them leaning to the wall to give a bigger room illusion.