December 28th, 2009 | 
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The bedroom is the space that we spend the most time in. Like it or not, we need to sleep to be able to function. So why not make it your personal haven with the use of interior decorating.
There are a number of bedroom interior design ideas that can be incorporated in the renovation or design of your room. Before you start searching for ideas however, it is good to first take note of your personal preferences with regards to your bedroom. Apart from the actual design, take note of the various needs and functions that is essential in designing your bedroom.
You can use many different decorating and design schemes in order to properly decorate your bedroom. If you take your time and plan carefully you can use a combination of bedroom decorating ideas in order to create a bedroom that is visually appealing and functional no matter what the architecture of the room may be. You can use all kinds of applications such as painting, wallpaper application, and changing the hardware for your furniture in addition to adding decorative paintings, sculptures, and touches throughout your bedroom.
Most of us however, lament the limited space within our bedrooms no matter how much actual space we have. There are a few design elements that can lend the appearance of space where space is limited.
• When interior designing your bedrooms, make sure the rooms are cozy and restful in appearance. Avoid bright colors like orange. Bright colors won’t induce you to sleep. Neutral, pastel and warm colors are best suited for bedrooms.
• Keep surfaces smooth and free. Rather than cluttering the surfaces of your furniture and shelves keep them smooth and free so that they are able to reflect more light back into the room.
• Some of us wants our bedrooms to be dark even late in the day specially when we sleep late. Thus some of us put up very dark curtains. A deep colored curtain against a light colored wall comes very strong. It is better to have your walls a shade darker and the curtain a little lighter to lessen the contrast. An alternative is to use two layered curtains instead one that is very dark.
• Choose flooring surfaces such as ceramic tile that will reflect light back into the room rather than carpets, which will absorb the light.
• Use mirrors throughout your room in order to reflect light back into the room and create the illusion of more space within the room.
• For bedrooms and specially dens, put an exhaust fan on the ceiling or wall farthest from the window. It will suck-in the cold air outside and keep the air inside the room fresh and cool. This can even save you electricity bills by not using your air conditioner during cool months.
• Finally, look at furniture and replacing it to create the look you are going for – particularly, pay attention to floor lamps and light fixtures, and look at overhead lighting fixtures and reading lights. Consider colors and themes that go with the rooms overall design, and look for utilitarian advantages, like a cedar chest for the foot of the bed, or headboards with shelves on them for lamps, alarm clocks or books.
Corners of Bedroom:
Corners in bedrooms are far too often neglected. If you would like to liven up the corners of your room, consider some of the following design ideas.
• Try placing an artificial tree in the corner of your room.
• You could use pedestals or occasional tables of varying heights in the different corners of your room.
• Add ‘up lighting’ in the corners for dramatic appeal.
• Create a small sitting area in the corner or a table that is decorated with a small lamp or candle centerpiece.
• Hang a corner cabinet in your corner for extra storage.
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If you are looking at French Country Decorating for your bedroom then there are few things that need to be considered to ensure that the finished look is right.
Firstly you need to look at style and colour. Most French Country Decorating designs are set against a background of whitewashed woodwork and are able to co-ordinate with a wide palette of colours. For a bedroom flowers and toile patterns can be used effectively. Where ever possible you should use materials that are luxurious to the touch, look at adding some traditional French lace if at all possible to the design or even some brocade may be included within the design as well.
If you like a bit of color, you could consider some light blue or light green walls or even a golden color. The key is to make it look faded or white washed as if it is antique. Match the colors in your patterns to the walls, curtains, rugs and accessories. Adding some antique accessories around the room with “chippy paint” will help to give it an authentic look for the French Countryside. Although these type of accessories are in demand today, you can still buy them at fairly reasonable prices in local antique markets and even some thrift or consignment stores.
Next we need to look at windows and lighting. For a more authentic French Country style the windows should look lovely with the use of soft sheers and tailored curtains and drapes preferably ones that will softly fold on to the floor to add that extra hint of luxury (so don’t go for short curtains). It is important to include decorative tiebacks, valances and swags in your French Country Decoration design. The lighting to the room should be ornate with the lamps (Tiffany style seems to suit this kind of design well) and which also help to accentuate the walls and fabrics in the room as well.
It is important that the furniture used in a French Country Bedroom decoration should be a few pieces which have been either wood stained or colour painted to help ground the room and make everything sit in perfect harmony with each other. Certainly a French Country style bedroom should be decorated using the most luxurious toile or floral bedding that you can afford as well as a ornate and gorgeous bed along with shabby chic furniture. Remember a French Country style bedroom should ensure that you are surrounded by beauty and style as you sleep.
But at the end of the day it does not matter whether you go for the country or contemporary look, what you really want to do is design a room that displays your taste and style.
The primary function of any shower curtain is to prevent water from ruining the other parts of the bathroom. When a person has a shower there is a tendency for water to splash all over the place especially when a man or children have their shower.
Children are noted for splashing water all over the bathroom floor when they get into a tub of water or stand in a shower area. Shower curtains also added a touch of privacy to the person who was having a shower. This was especially required when people had to share bathrooms.
In the olden days, shower curtains were just seen as something used for practical purposes. People did not give much importance to the colour, design or texture of these curtains. These were viewed only as something necessary.
Today however, people are more conscious about their bathrooms and go to great lengths to beautify their bath area with various attractive accessories. Shower curtains are an important part of today’s bathrooms.
Croscill is a five-decade-old company that has been specialising in home products and helping to set standards as far as home decorations are concerned. Right from the time when they went into business as far back as 1946 the have come out with numerous ways and products that could make any home more beautiful and charming. A Croscill shower curtain is one of them.
When Croscill first started manufacturing window curtains, they earned themselves a name as the best window dresser in the United States. They were the ones to introduce Croscilla valance which was a design which not only stretched across the whole window it also covered the window rods.
The company began to customize window curtains with exclusive designs that became a rage in many homes. Soon Croscill began to branch out into other household products like kitchen accessories, bedroom accessories and bathroom accessories. This was when the Croscill shower curtains came into existence.
The various accessories for bathrooms were introduced by the company in 1973 and people just loved all the designs that it soon turned into a rage to have Croscill products in their homes. Croscill soon became a name that began to be associated with innovation in home fashions.
The Croscill shower curtains were the exclusive designer curtains which were introduced by the company. The Croscill shower curtains made bathrooms ooze with elegance and beauty. They added a touch of class to designer homes.
Be it any look that your home may have, as far as décor is concerned, Croscill made sure that they had every design to suit any style of décor. Since these shower curtains come under the designer variety they are also priced much higher than the other ordinary varieties available in the market.
Croscill shower curtains are exclusive and they create fashion statements in any bathrooms. They have shower curtains for the American Patriotic look, beach party look, the flower patch look, nautical look etc.
The Champagne Poppies Shower curtain is from Croscill and it is one shower curtain which has champagne coloured poppies in soft hues on them which make the curtain look really elegant.
The Asian Inspirations shower curtain which symbolises love, happiness, wisdom and tranquillity has these symbols representing the qualities on the curtain in the form of Chinese characters
With summer and warmer weather approaching fast it is a great time to consider abandoning your thick duvet and throws and replacing them with fewer togs and bright and breezy interior designs which are crisp, clean and very summery!
Bedrooms can be transformed into real show stoppers by re-vamping the way you think about the style and colours you use. Basic ‘rules’ of using white to bounce as much natural light and sunshine around the room remains to be one of the most popular bedroom design styles which creates a wonderful relaxing atmosphere.
Keep things simple to create stunning rooms which are relaxing and invigorating at the same time! Crisp white or cream bedding is ideal for coordinating with any colour scheme and sticking to these pale shades also provides the opportunity to inject a vibrant colour into the room in a chic and stylish way.
If you have a four poster style bed frame you could replace the canopy with light voile fabrics to create a wonderful sensual look and a practical way to keep from being eaten alive by pesky mosquitoes!
One of the latest bedroom style trends is to have an overhead canopy if you don’t have a four poster bed. There are of course the more traditional princess style canopies which have a circular fitting suspended from the ceiling or fixed on the wall above the head end of the head which work well in bedrooms with more traditional designs and are ideal for creating princess themes in little girl’s bedrooms. Opt for pretty pinks to give a ‘Barbie Doll’ type appearance!
Contemporary and modern homes can incorporate the latest variations on a bed canopy by suspending a length of fabric either above the bed from head to foot or across the width the of the bed. These simple fabric canopies are easy to make and fix into place. All you need is four eyelet rings, the type used for hanging traditional net curtain wires. The size of the eyelets and the fixing needs to be substantial enough to hold the weight of the fabric, otherwise the whole thing may fall down on you in the night!
One distinct advantage to these canopies is the ability to choose gorgeous fabric designs which have a striking pattern as the entire pattern will be seen, alternatively this is the ideal opportunity to use a fabric which has an image as the whole picture will be seen and not lost in folds of the fabric as with curtains.
Choose bright colours or opt for simple stripes to give a nautical feel to the room. For a sensual touch try using beautiful silk or faux silk in orange, electric blues or emerald green to create wonderful Bedouin styles. Japanese themes are also a calming style trends which include the uses of cherry blossom pinks and white.
Fabulous varieties of wonderful fabric designs can be easily obtained from high street or online curtain fabric suppliers and are a cost effective way to create stunning bed canopies to suit your interior design theme.
Are you the sort who sees your bedroom as nothing more than a place where you put your bed and sleep, or do you see your bedroom as your own special space? For many a bedroom is a place that is theirs alone and has to reflect their sense of who they are. They take great delight in their bedroom decor and selection of bedroom furniture and in particular the bed they choose to sleep in, and great delight in the overall feel of their bedroom as an intimate place.
If you’re one of the former then this article probably won’t appeal much. If your bedroom is a place where you sleep and get dressed, and that’s the extent of your attachment to your bedroom, then who cares what it looks or feels like?
But if you love being in your bedroom you’ll probably love decorating it, taking your time choosing your bed and your bedding, lying in in the mornings to take delight in your surroundings and generally feeling good in your own special room. This article is written for you.
Refurbishing is all the rage now, and for many refurbishing their bedroom is high on their list. So if you’re designing your bedroom new, or refurbishing, here’s a few things you might like to think about before you start buying at the store.
1. Have a plan. It’s easy to see a great bed, love it, buy it and then wonder what else you’ll put with it to make it fit in with the room. Before you buy anything for your bedroom you need to decide on a few basic things and preferably write down a decoration plan.
What theme is your bedroom to be? For a child it might be a Winnie the Pooh theme for example, for an adult it might be a color or a period. Or perhaps a certain style of furnishing. You need to decide on an overall theme for your bedroom decorations, then select your bed, bedding and general bedroom furniture to go along with that theme. Including paint color and carpet color of course. Write it all down and plan it all before you start buying.
2. Cost and budget. It’s usually not a cheap matter doing a total bedroom refurbishment, or setting up a new bedroom from scratch. You need to know how much you have to spend and how much each item costs. No point in buying that wonderful four poster bed you’ve always wanted then being unable to afford the right bedding to make it look great. As well as the bed your sheets, duvet cover, pillows and so on all need to fit in with your theme, so you need the budget to stretch to buying it all, including the right carpet and paint and general bedroom furniture as well, bedroom curtains included. Write down your budget as well as your theme, price everything before you start buying and make sure you know firstly what every item costs before you start and also that the total cost is within your budget.
3. Size. You need to know exactly what size your bedroom is. This needs to be included in your plan. It’s no good deciding on that wonderful four poster bed (that fits within your budget) and that beautiful dressing table, and oh those blanket boxes that look so good in timber, and so on, then finding that it’s such a squeeze fitting it all in that it’s almost impossible to move around your bed. Many people have been caught in the trap of buying then finding that the wonderful bedroom they planned to have is almost unusable because there is so little space left after adding the bedroom furniture.
4. Getting it all into the bedroom. For many this isn’t an issue, but for some it is. If your bedroom is up the stairs, around the corner and through a narrow door then you have to consider how you are going to get all that bedroom furniture in. For most pieces of furniture such as dressers and tables, it’s usually possible, but it’s also possible to buy large items, like that wonderful four poster bed, and finding that you just can’t get it through the door. Before you buy the four poster bed make sure you take your measurements of things like widths of your bedroom doors and any other squeeze points that will need to be negotiated to get the bed in.
Find out how it breaks down for example, or if it even does, and make sure you know exactly how it will go in before you buy that wonderful four poster.
For those who love their personal bedroom space having a well designed, well thought out, well decorated and well furnished bedroom is a delight. Make sure you do your basic homework before you start buying or you may find that your special bedroom is not such a delight. Get it right and you’ll love it.