| How To Design Your Own Bedroom | | | | - The fold-away type which emerges, ready-made, |
| You may think that well thought out bedroom designs | | | | from a wall cupboard is easy to erect and is |
| can be skipped when it comes to the guest or spare | | | | unobtrusive when not in use. |
| bedroom, but if people are going to be using it (your | | | | - A fold-up camp bed is cheap and useful for visiting |
| guests for example) it's certainly worth putting a little | | | | children, but may not offer sufficient comfort for an |
| thought and effort into it. | | | | adult. There is also the problem of housing the bed |
| A world-famous hotelier is reputed to commission the | | | | when it is not in use. |
| decoration of his hotel bedrooms only after the interior | | | | - A day bed is for many the most satisfactory solution. |
| designer has produced a mock-up of the proposed | | | | When dressed with bolsters during the day, it provides |
| scheme and after he, the hotel group president, has | | | | useful seating and can be handsomely draped for |
| slept in the sample room for 2 nights. These are | | | | decorative impact. Bedding may be contained within |
| extreme measures for a host to take to ensure the | | | | drawers beneath the divan or in a separate blanket |
| comfort of his guests, but should we do anything less | | | | box or chest. |
| for the enjoyment of our personal visitors? | | | | - If your need is to provide for two guests, one of the |
| Multi Use Bedroom Designs | | | | best solutions is a bed with collapsible legs which slips |
| Few households these days can afford to dedicate | | | | beneath a second bed when not required. |
| bedroom space for the exclusive use of a sporadic | | | | Lighting in this dual-purpose room needs to be carefully |
| guest. Space in many houses will simply not permit it | | | | thought through if it is to serve both uses adequately. |
| and, more often than not, this room will have to double | | | | Incorporating free-standing lights such as table lamps |
| up with some other function. A study or dressing room | | | | and standard lamps will allow you to make swift minor |
| could probably most easily be converted to serve this | | | | adjustments to your arrangement. Always ensure that |
| additional purpose with the minimum of disruption, or | | | | there is some form of lighting which can be switched |
| perhaps a little-used dining room might be considered. | | | | from the bedside. |
| Whichever space is selected, take care not to | | | | A wash basin in a guest room is a boon, giving |
| compromise the room's main purpose to any degree | | | | independence to the guest and relieving pressure on a |
| for the sake of the occasional visitor. With clever | | | | family bathroom. A nearby radiator could have a |
| planning it should be possible to devise a room to take | | | | temporary rack attached for holding towels and a |
| on both roles without difficulty. | | | | folding screen might be employed to hide the basin |
| Should you ever wish to issue an impromptu invitation | | | | when it's not in use. |
| for an overnight stay, it is important that the room can | | | | If the dual role of the room is to be disguised, good |
| be readied quickly - no guests like to think that they | | | | storage will be needed. A desk in a study might house |
| are putting a host/hostess to any trouble. The | | | | stationery, and when the room is required as a |
| conversion therefore needs to be achieved without | | | | bedroom, this could be covered with a full length cloth |
| major furniture movements or storage adjustments. | | | | and a mirror placed on top for use as a dressing table. |
| Bedroom Interior Design Ideas | | | | Where there is no room for a wardrobe, a coat stand |
| Beds, when not in use, can be disguised in a variety of | | | | or hooks on the back of a door should suffice for the |
| ways: | | | | short stayer. Somewhere will be needed to set down |
| - Convertible chair- and sofa-beds are sold in their | | | | a suitcase. A folding luggage rack, painted to |
| thousands and are extremely popular, but be aware | | | | co-ordinate with your scheme and crossed with pretty |
| that some seating comfort may be compromised by | | | | braid, is an ideal solution. |
| the bed mechanism. | | | | |