Interior Design for Bedrooms

From LoveToKnow Interior Design

Interior design for bedrooms can be challenging. It's your most personal space; the place where you rest and recharge your batteries. It should be the ultimate reflection of yourself, but it’s often a place ignored when doing interior design.

Interior Desicn and Decorating for Bedrooms

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Start with Pictures

Begin by looking at pictures to get a feel for what you like.

Go to your local bookstore and flip through books
Find websites with interior design for bedrooms pictures and bookmark them
Pick up a few decorating magazines and mark the pages

If you find something you like, note the entire feeling of the room, and then start noticing the elements that make up that room.

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The Use and Feel of Bedroom Design

Is your bedroom the space you use for sleeping, or is it a retreat?
Is it the place you go to hide from the world?
Do you watch TV in your bedroom? If you use your bedroom for television, you will need a space for your TV and place to watch it. Many people like watching television in bed, but others want a chair they can sit in.
Do you read in your room? If you do, you may want to find a cozy chair you can curl up into. You will also want good light for reading—maybe a table lamp next to a comfy chair.
Do you love clothing and finding the perfect outfit? If you do, you may want to invest in natural lighting or natural-like lighting and a full length mirror.
Does your bedroom feed into a bathroom? If so you may want to redecorate your connected bathroom the same time you do the bedroom.
The Feel. Look at pictures of decorated rooms to find what the feel of your dream bedroom is.
Do you want a light, airy room or a cozy room?
Do you want a decorated room, full of interesting art and decor, or a minimalist look?

Deciding what kind of feeling you want your bedroom to have will help you decide how to create the perfect bedroom. If you want a light airy feel, you may want to decorate with whites and blues with light furniture perhaps painted white. If you want a cozy look, browns and dark greens with heavier, darker furniture may be what you want.

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Look at What You Already Have

Before completely revamping your bedroom and throwing out all your furniture, look at it with an unbiased eye. Sometimes a little bit of change goes a long way.

Can you refinish your furniture? If your furniture is scratched or dinged, it may be cheaper to refinish it rather than buy new.
What does your bedroom really need? Is all you really need to transform your bedroom is a coat of paint, new bedding and a new rug?
Do you just need a small bench or chest at the end of the bed to create the perfect retreat?
Would moving your furniture around give your bedroom a totally new look?

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Children’s Bedrooms

It can be fun to work with your child on interior design for bedrooms, especially if it’s their room you’re redecorating. Children’s bedrooms can be a blast to decorate. You and your child can pick a great theme and design their bedroom around it. Flowers, princesses and gardens are great themes for girls. Dinosaurs, cars, robots and space are great themes for boys’ bedrooms.

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