| When redecorating your bedroom, there are five vital | | | | decorated, but be careful not to make your room |
| factors to consider to ensure that you create a | | | | look too busy or cluttered by adding a heavily |
| space you will want to spend time in. Thinking about | | | | patterned duvet cover. Remember, it is supposed to |
| how you use your bedroom, how much time you | | | | be a room for relaxation. |
| spend in it and your sleeping patterns are all | | | | Curtains |
| necessary questions you have to ask yourself before | | | | I would always choose curtains or voiles over blinds |
| you begin the decorating process. It is the answers | | | | and nets for your bedroom's window covering as |
| that you come up with that will determine how your | | | | nets can look too old fashioned and blinds are more |
| bedroom will look once you have finished. | | | | suited for a kitchen or bathroom. Lined curtains are a |
| The five aspects of every bedroom which have to | | | | good option to pick as they keep out more light and |
| be carefully considered are your choice of; duvet | | | | noise as well as keeping the temperature in your |
| cover, curtains, storage, wall colour and furniture. | | | | bedroom regulated during the night. You can get |
| These are what turn a room into a living space by | | | | curtains to match your duvet covers, colours to suit |
| creating atmosphere and making it personal to the | | | | any room or patterns to create a focus point. |
| people who will be using it. If you get this right, you | | | | Storage |
| will have a bedroom designed to your exact | | | | Although they do not like to admit it, men as well as |
| specification and one you should be happy with for | | | | women collect clothes, shoes and accessories on a |
| years to come. | | | | regular basis, and our bedroom is normally the room |
| Wall Colour | | | | in which we store all of our clothing. Although we do |
| Deciding on what colour to paint your wall should be | | | | not want to fill our bedroom with chests of drawers |
| more than just choosing your favourite colour. You | | | | and closets, everyone needs at least a couple of |
| need to think about how you feel when you go to | | | | drawers and somewhere to hang clothes. Be realistic |
| bed and wake up. If you find it difficult getting out of | | | | when planning how much storage you will need, if |
| bed in the morning, a bright colour like yellow will give | | | | you admit to yourself that you are a shoe-o-holic, |
| you an energy boost. If you have trouble getting to | | | | install a shoe rack somewhere in your room. |
| sleep on a night time, go for a darker colour, purples | | | | Furniture |
| are a good choice as are browns. You need to pick a | | | | Again, you need to find a compromise between utility |
| colour that you won't get bored with after a couple | | | | and design when it comes to the furniture in your |
| of weeks, so don't pick a colour that makes a big | | | | bedroom. Do you really need a chair in your room |
| statement, unless you will want to keep this for a | | | | when you like to read on your bed and get ready in |
| few months at least. | | | | a morning in the bathroom? The more space the |
| Duvet Cover | | | | better as far as I'm concerned as it makes the room |
| Material and colour are the major factors to consider | | | | feel calmer. You can also try to incorporate storage |
| when picking the duvet cover for your new | | | | solutions into your furniture, for example, choose a |
| bedroom. Try to pick something that does not clash | | | | dressing table that has enough drawers to store your |
| with the wall colour you have picked. It looks good | | | | toiletries and make up. |
| to choose a different shade of the same colour as | | | | These are the five most important points to consider |
| your wall which makes a striking focus point. If you | | | | when decorating your bedroom. Take heed and you |
| plumped for a deep purple for your walls, try a lighter | | | | will create a bedroom in which you can relax, enjoy |
| purple for your bed cover. Patterns can look good, | | | | serene nights of sleep and wake feeling rejuvenated. |
| especially if the rest of your room is simply | | | | |