Things To Consider Before Your Next Bedroom Interior Decorating Project
In the annals of home decorating, the bedroom interior decorating
project is the single most commonly attempted project. As the room that
you’ll spend the vast majority of your time at home in, this is
understandable – even if the majority of the time you spend there
will be with your eyes closed!
You may wake up and decide you don’t like the color, or you
don’t like the furnishings, or that you want things oriented in a
different way. Either way, you need to identify what aspects of your
current bedroom layout you dislike, and use that for your baseline.
Next, determine what your budget is. You can do a lot with a short
budget, just by re-arranging furniture, buying some new lamps and
throwing a new coat of paint on the walls. If your disgruntlement with
your bedroom is driven more by utility than by aesthetics, the single
likeliest complaint is that there’s not enough storage space.
Several innovative solutions – such as cabinets that can hang in
a closet, stackable wooden storage crates with doors that face out, and
shelving units can help with that, as can simply arranging the
furniture to clear more floor space in the walk way areas – it
doesn’t matter how much space is in your closet if it’s
inconvenient to get to.
Take the time to plan out a layout for furniture and other elements in
your bedroom. Think about where things go, and what has to go next to
what for usability – then look at sightlines and the visual focus
of the room. Decide if you want your bedroom to match the overall
décor of the house, or if, being a private sanctum, it’s
allowed to develop its own charm and style.
Next, pick out color schemes and patterns. As always, darker colors
make a room seem larger, as they recede from vision, while brighter
colors make the room seem more stimulating and friendly – a handy
set of adjectives when one has to get up in the morning! Look at
lighting fixtures and where the light will fall. In particular, look to
make sure that your proposed bedspread, carpeting and window shades all
complement each other.
Finally, look at furniture and replacing it to create the style you
want – in particular, pay attention to floor lamps and light
fixtures, and look at overhead lighting fixtures and reading lights.
Look for color schemes that work well with your overall design of the
room, and look for utilitarian advantages, like a cedar chest for the
foot of the bed, or headboards with shelves on them for alarm clocks,
books, or places for reading lamps. If you plan on watching television
from your bed, make sure that the stand for the TV is at a comfortable
viewing height and the right distance – putting the TV remote on
a tether tied to the head board can also be useful.
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