Designing the bedroom of your dreams….
You master bedroom is your personal sanctuary and should reflect your personal style as well as being unwaveringly comfortable and restful. Like all interior design spaces, new trends, ideas and products are abundant and choices can be overwhelming, so if you are stumped on how to revamp your sleepy space with expiring fresh ideas, we can help you:
Shades & Hues
Choosing a single colour scheme for your bedroom can create a calming space, however it is ideal that you should add a variety of shades and hues of that colour in order to attain interest and depth, and avoid a bland space. If you are wanting to create an all-white room, then mixing shades of white-on-white is even more important. Alternatively use a splash of accent colour or a pop of brightness. Utilizing minimal black accents in an all-white room can look extremely striking and modern.
WOW Window Treatments
Curtains remain a firm favourite as a window treatment in bedrooms as they soften the space, create warmth, and the versatility of fabric gives a great variety of choice depending on your own style. Whenever architecturally possible, hang your curtains as high as possible to the ceiling to create the illusion of height and spaciousness. Also, make sure your style of fabric and curtain suits the rest of your room: for example if you have a very modern design, a pinched pleat curtain style will make it look dated. American style shutters are also growing in popularity for bedrooms especially those leading onto a patio area.
Custom Headboards
If your budget allows, designing a custom-made headboard for your bedroom is one of the best ways to create a bespoke look fitting of a master. Look at designs that you like in magazines or online and get your local designer or upholsterer to make it up for you. Measure up your room and bed height before commissioning a headboard though: overly small headboards are like small rugs which can make a space look tiny and unthoughtful, whereas a disproportionately large headboard especially in the wrong colour, can ruin a space. Ensure that the fabric you choose for your headboard is easily cleanable or wipeable such as a good quality faux leather.
Bedside Beautiful
Beautiful bedside pedestals and lighting are vital elements in any master bedroom design, not only for style but also for practical purposes. Hanging bedside pendant lights can make a very cool alternative to standing lamps.
Amazing Artwork
Choose artwork for your bedroom that makes your heart smile when you fall asleep. One or two large artworks of things that you love or family photos blown up to a large size are more relaxing and peaceful that a cluttered cluster of small ones.
Storage Solutions
It is money well spent to have a professional cupboard designer to assist you in creating clever, practical and stylish storage solutions for your bedroom, especially where smaller rooms are concerned.
Fab Floors
Using wall-to-wall carpeting in bedrooms gets very mixed reviews these days as more and more of us are using hardwood, high quality laminate or even screed in our bedrooms. Laminate and screed can be cold on the feet in the winter months so a well-placed and sized rug is the answer. The placement of the rug should start from where you swing your feet out of bed and they land on the floor.
Other important bedroom design elements to ponder are ceiling lights, wall colours & feature walls, mirrors and mirror placements. When selecting all of these elements, make sure they say something about your personal style, habits and lifestyle. Sweet dreams!