How you decorate your bedroom is a highly personal choice – all that matters is you create a space that’s relaxing and calming, and it makes you look forward to climbing into bed each night for a restful sleep.
Of course, there are a few golden rules, most of which are pretty obvious.
These include selecting curtains and blinds that will block out the light, especially if sunshine floods through your windows at the break of dawn. And try to avoid putting the head of the bed under a window where drafts may occur.
A good reading light is a great idea, and try not to make your bedside table a dumping ground for books you’re intending to read, or tablets and potions. Always find another place for these.
As real estate agents, we’d observe that creating a calm and peaceful bedroom is a major selling point when the time comes to sell your property.
You should not underestimate the value that buyers put on the quality of bedrooms. They’re not just looking at the size of each room but the layout and storage capacity.
Bedroom fashions move quickly, especially when it comes to sheet sets. Every season offers a new trend for you to keep up with.
Below, we’ve listed a few issues we’ve seen with bedrooms and offered a solution to each.
Matchy-matchy – You don’t need to match everything in a bedroom. Retailers have been trying to make us do this for 50 years and more. Bedrooms that have a uniform set of furniture, matching bedsheets and the same sidelights, lack character and can be underwhelming. Be more expressive with your furnishings.
Embracing a theme – This is similar but different to trying to match your furnishings. You may love the distressed look of a dresser, but that doesn’t mean everything else in the room needs to be distressed. In this scenario, your dresser should be an anchor piece, and you should build out your ideal bedroom from there.
Puffed up pillows – You can have too many pillows on the bed, especially if they’re accompanied by cushions. You’ll find they’ll spend more time on the floor than on the bed, so save yourself the early morning ritual of picking them up.
Colour combinations – It’s fashionable to colour-drench a bedroom, which means painting it the same colour from ceiling to skirting boards. However, that can be a bit much. You also want calming colours rather than a chilli-hot red or bright orange.
Carpet-baggers – Buyers are split on carpets, and designers talk them down constantly. Carpets are comfortable and warm, and they provide bedrooms with consistency of design and colour. Designers don’t love carpets and often mark them down as “dust traps”. Of course, floorboards have dust on their surface and require just as much cleaning. Flooring, therefore, is another personal preference.