Designing your dream bedroom sounds like a tall order but it’s surprisingly simple to build a sophisticated boudoir with these four simple steps.
- Select a Style
- Pick a Colour Palette
- Plan Your Layout
- Find Your Furniture
There are few hard and fast rules when it comes to designing your dream bedroom. After all, it’s such a private part of your home that only you, your closest family and friends will be privy to.
However, these guidelines will help you to make the most of your space, ensuring you can decorate your bedroom to a superior standard and enjoy an excellent night’s slumber.
1. Select a Style
Before you buy anything for your bedroom or begin taking measurements, you’ll first need to anchor your inspiration and select a style for your bedroom.
Bedroom themes come and go, with some styles like mid-century, minimalist and modern farmhouse forever on the books. Others, only get their fifteen minutes of fame.
However, if you’re a little more daring and don’t mind adopting a short-lived interior look, take the plunge with all things trending from rose gold accessories to quirky tiles and terrazzo textures.
Some colour palettes are easier to put together than others with tropical themes invoking the obvious deep greens, warm tones and a splash of burnt orange. Those that are harder aren’t necessarily colour schemes you should stay away from as it can be fun to have the freedom to break the mould and experiment with tones and textures that aren’t always seen together.
If you have enough ambition to test and trial different colours, it’s always easier to start with a primary shade and see what else looks good beside it. Often, a feature wall can inspire other accent colours to be used throughout soft furnishings, lampshades and rugs.
At this point, it’s a great idea to pick up any material samples so you can see colours as they really appear, as well as explore their textures and the glossiness of their finish.
3. Plan Your Layout
Start with the bed, usually the largest piece, and plan the rest of the room around its full frame footprint—not only the mattress size.
Sketch the room and mark the walls, windows, doorways, radiators, alcoves and sockets you need to reach. Measure the route into the room as well as the bedroom itself, especially for a larger bed or furniture piece.
Place the bed where it does not obstruct a doorway or main walkway. Consider daylight and how you use the room; there is no single correct wall for every bed.
After positioning the bed, plan wardrobes, chests and dressing tables. Check that doors and drawers can open fully, and leave a clear, comfortable route around the furniture.
In a small room, prioritise the pieces you use most and consider storage that fits the available footprint. In a larger room, group furniture to give the space balance and a clear purpose.
For an alcove or awkward access, note the measurements and compare them with the bed’s full dimensions before ordering. Our made-to-measure beds guide explains which bed details can be discussed.
Once the main pieces are mapped out, add bedside cabinets, seating or other smaller items where they are useful. Keep the room’s style in view, but make everyday movement and access the priority.
4. Find Your Furniture
Lastly, you’ll need to find the furniture that ticks all of your dream bedroom boxes.
- Does it fit your chosen style?
- Does it come in an appropriate finish and colour?
- Can it be placed in its intended space?
Contrary to popular belief, finding furniture is probably the hardest part of designing your dream bedroom as up until now the planning has been purely conceptual. When it comes to actually choosing which pieces to pair with which, that’s when the real work comes into play.
Plus, you need to always be thinking about the style you’ve chosen, your colour palette and its practicality, depending on the size and shape of your room.
It’s a tough challenge, but it’s made easier by buying every interior piece from a matching furniture range.
How to Design a Bedroom with Matching Furniture Sets
There’s no question about whether your bedside cabinets, bed frame and dressing table will match when they’re all part of a matching set.
What’s more, if you can find a matching bedroom set that is in the interior style you love, your job is made even easier, removing the need to embellish the base of your bedroom with other items and accessories.
The only downside of investing in such a streamlined design is its lack of exclusivity and the knowledge that it won’t be unique.
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