Are you the sort who sees your bedroom as nothing more than a place where you put your bed and sleep, or do you see your bedroom as your own special space? For many a bedroom is a place that is theirs alone and has to reflect their sense of who they are. They take great delight in their bedroom decor and selection of bedroom furniture and in particular the bed they choose to sleep in, and great delight in the overall feel of their bedroom as an intimate place.
If you’re one of the former then this article probably won’t appeal much. If your bedroom is a place where you sleep and get dressed, and that’s the extent of your attachment to your bedroom, then who cares what it looks or feels like?
But if you love being in your bedroom you’ll probably love decorating it, taking your time choosing your bed and your bedding, lying in in the mornings to take delight in your surroundings and generally feeling good in your own special room. This article is written for you.
Refurbishing is all the rage now, and for many refurbishing their bedroom is high on their list. So if you’re designing your bedroom new, or refurbishing, here’s a few things you might like to think about before you start buying at the store.
1. Have a plan. It’s easy to see a great bed, love it, buy it and then wonder what else you’ll put with it to make it fit in with the room. Before you buy anything for your bedroom you need to decide on a few basic things and preferably write down a decoration plan.
What theme is your bedroom to be? For a child it might be a Winnie the Pooh theme for example, for an adult it might be a color or a period. Or perhaps a certain style of furnishing. You need to decide on an overall theme for your bedroom decorations, then select your bed, bedding and general bedroom furniture to go along with that theme. Including paint color and carpet color of course. Write it all down and plan it all before you start buying.
2. Cost and budget. It’s usually not a cheap matter doing a total bedroom refurbishment, or setting up a new bedroom from scratch. You need to know how much you have to spend and how much each item costs. No point in buying that wonderful four poster bed you’ve always wanted then being unable to afford the right bedding to make it look great. As well as the bed your sheets, duvet cover, pillows and so on all need to fit in with your theme, so you need the budget to stretch to buying it all, including the right carpet and paint and general bedroom furniture as well, bedroom curtains included. Write down your budget as well as your theme, price everything before you start buying and make sure you know firstly what every item costs before you start and also that the total cost is within your budget.
3. Size. You need to know exactly what size your bedroom is. This needs to be included in your plan. It’s no good deciding on that wonderful four poster bed (that fits within your budget) and that beautiful dressing table, and oh those blanket boxes that look so good in timber, and so on, then finding that it’s such a squeeze fitting it all in that it’s almost impossible to move around your bed. Many people have been caught in the trap of buying then finding that the wonderful bedroom they planned to have is almost unusable because there is so little space left after adding the bedroom furniture.
4. Getting it all into the bedroom. For many this isn’t an issue, but for some it is. If your bedroom is up the stairs, around the corner and through a narrow door then you have to consider how you are going to get all that bedroom furniture in. For most pieces of furniture such as dressers and tables, it’s usually possible, but it’s also possible to buy large items, like that wonderful four poster bed, and finding that you just can’t get it through the door. Before you buy the four poster bed make sure you take your measurements of things like widths of your bedroom doors and any other squeeze points that will need to be negotiated to get the bed in.
Find out how it breaks down for example, or if it even does, and make sure you know exactly how it will go in before you buy that wonderful four poster.
For those who love their personal bedroom space having a well designed, well thought out, well decorated and well furnished bedroom is a delight. Make sure you do your basic homework before you start buying or you may find that your special bedroom is not such a delight. Get it right and you’ll love it.
April 19, 2011
The Basics of Bedroom Furnishing and Decorating
February 11, 2011
Customise your Bedroom According to your Style With Bespoke Bedroom Furniture
Do you sometimes think that your bed is too big for your room? Or your wardrobe is occupying too much space that sometimes making it difficult for you even to breathe freely? Bespoke bedroom furniture allows you to customise your own bedroom furniture like beds, cupboards, chairs and other furniture. Bespoke bedroom furniture provides you with good wood furniture that fit your bedroom space perfectly. There are multiple choices of befitting bedroom furniture from traditional to modern to suit all tastes. Various organisations of fitted bedrooms in the UK can offer you top quality fitted bedroom furniture, kids’ bedroom furniture from solid wood to the latest decorative finishes constructed at your highest standards.
Bespoke bedroom furniture incorporates your style and taste to best suit your bedroom design, and when it comes to your kids, you would want to give them the best. Children’s bedroom furniture design differs according to their age group and sex. Kids’ bedroom furniture comes in different designs according to the themes or the kind of room your kid wants. That can be according to their favourite sport, Barbie, forests, colour, etc. You can take full advantage of bespoke bedroom furniture to create your kids’ bedroom suiting your budgets. The computer desks, beds, bookshelves, tables, chairs, can be customised and deigned to fit in with the shape of the room.
Bedroom furniture is made from premier grade MFC and quality timber like oak, ash, beech and walnut to ensure strength and absolute rigidity. Bespoke bedroom furniture is the perfect choice for your bedroom. You can choose from this modified tailored furniture like wardrobe, beds, drawers, shelves, dressing tables and many others to compliment your bedroom design. It ensures exact specification be it the kid’s bedroom or master bedroom furniture.
Companies specialised in bespoke bedroom furniture construct quality furniture created according to your style and taste. You can also choose from the various designs available or you can supply them with the sketch and measurement of your bedroom, then they will design and supply your new fitted bedroom with colour-coordinated. One of the most common furniture materials is wood such as oak bedroom furniture.
Oak bedroom furniture is a common choice as they are solid and lasting. Be it traditional oak furniture or contemporary oak furniture, this material never runs out of style. Oak furniture gives a solid construction and stylish. Oak bedroom furniture also gives the room a cosy touch for your comfort. This wood is also used for various fitted furniture like wardrobe, shelves, cupboards, dressing table, kitchen cabinets, beds, etc.
These companies also provide quality fitted bedrooms in the UK to match your budget and requirements. This can comprise of the wardrobe doors, bedroom doors, drawer fronts, etc with real wood and many more. They also offer replacement of kitchen doors with their wide range of fitted kitchen doors for your kitchen units. They are made in any size to fit your existing kitchen units.
A company specialised in bespoke bedroom furniture will provide class bedroom furniture and quality kids bedroom furniture that ensures brilliant utility of your bedroom space and assures that your requirements are met.
November 6, 2010
Using Mirrors In The Bedroom
Using bedroom mirrors can create a dramatic and comfortable interior, one can make mirrors an integral part of their bedroom décor. Bedroom mirrors not only increases visual space in your room, but also adds elegance and beauty. For instance, you can hang mirrors on your bedroom to reflect beautiful exterior views into your bedroom or you can position the mirrors to reflect some specific art found on the interior walls. On the same note, bedroom mirrors can be used effectively to brighten your bedroom. For instance, by placing a mirror across from a light source such as a window or a skylight, you will bring more light into your bedroom. It is therefore correct to say that bedroom mirrors form an integral part in bedroom furniture. Your bedroom furniture styles will determine the type of bedroom mirror to use. For instance, if you have large pieces of bedroom furniture, it is only wise to use large bedroom mirrors so that they can capture reflections in their entirety. Conversely, it is obvious that if you opted for pine mirrors that your bedroom furniture style should feature pine furniture. The same applies to Oak mirrors. Before choosing the type of bedroom mirror to use, take into consideration the present room, the reason why you would need the mirror. For example, your reasons for having a bedroom mirror maybe to heighten your room which can be done by attaching a mirror to the ceiling. On the same note, you can hang bedroom mirrors in between windows to add depth to the room. Better still, you can hang a floor to ceiling mirror on your bedroom wall to create an illusion of space. Pine mirrors are soft and pliable hence should be handled with care since they can easily loosen up and break the glass. On the same note, oak mirrors also require care and regular maintenance to be able to last longer. Thanks to technology, bedroom furniture styles today are characterized by inbuilt mirrors whereby you can get some bedroom furniture like the bed and wardrobes permanently fitted with mirrors. This does not mean that you shouldn’t add any mirrors into the room. For instance, in addition to the wardrobe mirror, you can have a stand alone mirror that is portable hence you can move it to natural light if need be. Another thing to take into consideration while thinking of bedroom mirrors is the color theme. If the furnishings in your bedroom are brightly colored, then you can opt to use oak mirrors which tend to be a bit dark, this helps in creating a harmonious hue in your bedroom. On the other hand, pine mirrors are bright and can blend in perfectly if your bedroom theme color is dark. By and large, if you want to save space in your bedroom, then it is advisable you go for the stylish inbuilt mirrors that come with your other bedroom furniture. the main aim of a mirror is to create an illusion of space, in addition to obviously seeing yourself in it.
