Once you’ve chosen a style for your newly redecorated bedroom – whether it’s minimalist, Asian-inspired, ultra-chic or elegant – it’s time to consider some basic interior design tips that will work in any room:
- Keep lighting subdued. Put bedside lamps or sconces close enough for reading.
- Keep the ceiling white to reflect light.
- When it comes to the bed, use simple linens. Keep the bold patterns for the walls and steer clear of the bed-in-a-bag where everything matches. An easy, inexpensive fix for dull bedding is using a new duvet cover and matching shams.
- Use large pieces of furniture, but use them sparingly. Move the furniture around as well. A new layout will give the room a new feel.
- A sleek, wall-mounted headboard will make even the simplest bed look like it came from the pages of a magazine.
- Pillows? Too many is not a good thing. They should not take up more than half the bed, so two sets of bed pillows (and throw in a neck roll/bolster pillow) are all you really need.
- Get rid of clutter! Remove the television, the exercise equipment, and the piles of laundry. Hide whatever must stay in a decorative basket or behind a screen.
- Replace old drawer handles with decorative pulls. This low-cost trick adds style to furniture.
- Pull your whole look together to add an area rug, even on top of wall-to-wall carpeting. Make sure the rug is large enough to be under the bed and at least one other piece of furniture since a rug that is too small will make the room seem smaller.
- Give your windows a breath of fresh air with a valance. Top solid curtain panels with a patterned valance or vice versa.
- Speaking of air, get more oxygen and clean toxins from the room by adding a few houseplants around the room.
Remember, simple is the way to go when it comes to your romantic, relaxing bedroom space.
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