| Your bedroom is often the only private area of your | | | | than allowing too many of them to sit on top of your |
| home. Too often the bedroom is also the most | | | | bedside table will add to the relaxing feel of your |
| neglected room in a home. After all, you and your | | | | bedroom. |
| special someone are the only ones who see it. It can | | | | Chests should have adequate storage for your |
| get put off in your decorating plans for so long that it | | | | clothing with drawers that flow smoothly along their |
| just never gets done. Other things come up that the | | | | tracks. Low and high chests are both widely available. |
| money gets spent on, or you decide to redecorate | | | | Consider using both a low chest and a high chest to |
| one of the public areas of your home rather than | | | | add visual interest to your bedroom. |
| spend the money on something no one else will see. | | | | A wardrobe should blend seamlessly with your |
| Neglecting this room is a mistake. Rather than put it off | | | | bedroom décor. Large wardrobes provide |
| until last, you should decorate your bedroom first, | | | | wonderful storage, but should be understated in design. |
| before any of the public areas of your home. Your | | | | Clean lines and minimal adornment will allow your |
| bedroom is your private retreat and should be | | | | wardrobe to maintain its position as a central piece of |
| decorated in a way that reflects that. | | | | furniture without overwhelming the room. |
| A bed should be elegantly, yet simply, designed. Your | | | | Accessories in the bedroom should create an aura of |
| bedding will be the biggest style statement in your | | | | calm relaxation. Other than bedside reading lamps, |
| bedroom. Allow the fabric and design of your bedding | | | | lighting in the bedroom should be diffuse. A bedroom lit |
| to take center stage. An ornate bed will only fight | | | | primarily with bare bulbs blasting out from beneath |
| against the detail of fine bedding. Your mattress should | | | | lampshades will break up the soft focus of a |
| be supportive without being too hard or too soft. | | | | well-designed bedroom. A very few tabletop |
| Mattresses with areas that offer variable support | | | | accessories can be placed on the tops of your |
| throughout the length of your body are often the most | | | | bedside tables and chests. Choose small accessories |
| comfortable. | | | | carefully, using color and shape to subtly enhance the |
| Bedside tables should be simply designed as well. | | | | design of the bedroom. |
| Consider your needs for space when choosing | | | | Creating a retreat in which you and your special |
| bedside tables. If you often read while in bed, choose | | | | someone can spend quiet time will be reflected in the |
| bedside tables with either a storage shelf or a drawer. | | | | design of the rest of your home. When you have |
| Cluttered bedside tables make the whole bedroom | | | | somewhere to relax and unwind at the end of the day, |
| look cluttered because the eye automatically goes to | | | | your entire home will take on a more calm and serene |
| the area that is in disarray. Hiding books away rather | | | | atmosphere. |