How to Create a Beautiful Bedroom
When re-designing your bedroom into a relaxing and romantic haven, John Lewis Bedroom Furniture can offer you ideas and furniture with quality and price that suits you.
While a bedroom is first and foremost a place to sleep each night, it has the potential for being much more and with just a little thought and imagination, remodelling a master bedroom can change it beyond recognition. In recent times, homeowners have seen the benefits of turning this room into more than just a room to sleep; for example, a reading room or just a place to relax. The French of course have always led the world in designing sexy bedrooms, and now people everywhere have started to follow their lead and decorate their bedrooms for sensuality as well as other reasons.
When trying to give a room that sensual feel a good place to start is with colour. Shades of cream, red and pink are key to this kind of décor and will give that soft, warm glow synonymous with a setting of romance and comfort. Along with colours, think of mirrors and candles. Mirrors will reflect the warming tones of your room and with the help of a few candles please nearby, your room will be awash with warm and comforting colour tones. For those who wish to use the room for quiet reading, try adding a chair into the room or cushions on the bed allowing you to sit in a more comfortable, upright reading position.
Lighting is another important consideration when looking at the décor of your bedroom. For a relaxing ambiance you want to avoid any bright lights. Similarly, if you like to use your bedroom as a place to read you don’t want dim lights which will cause you to strain your eyes…this won’t be the relaxing experience you are looking for. Therefore, plenty of soft strategically placed lighting is the best way forward. If you have a designated reading area or dressing table, lighting should be placed here and possible beside the bed. Shade such as ivory and amber will create a soft, sensual effect without being too bright or too dark.
I know from experience that lying or sitting on the bed to read will inevitably lead to me falling asleep within about 10 minutes, therefore a comfortable chair with a small table and reading light is a good addition. Many therapists believe that designating a place for a particular function is a good way to organise your behaviour. We are generally programmed to believe that a bed is for sleeping, by designating an average of 8 hours of sleeping in our bed you are telling your body it is now time to sleep and recharge those batteries. By spending additional time in or on your bed, the boundaries of sleep and being awake are confused which can lead to sleeping at the wrong times of day and not sleeping when you should or need to (the dreaded insomnia).
