Tips on Placing Furniture in Your Bedroom
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If your bedroom isn't exactly the oasis of relaxation you want it to be, it could just be that your furniture needs to be rearranged a bit. Placing the furniture in your bedroom is not a haphazard undertaking. It takes a bit of planning and some basic interior design principles to transform your bedroom into a place you look forward to being in, even when you're not sound asleep.
While it may be tempting to just go out and buy a new bedroom set, you may want to take a look at what you already have now and then add new pieces to the room once you have everything rearranged to your liking.
Moving a lot of bedroom furniture can be a real painful undertaking. It's best to do the initial planning on a piece of paper before you ever move a single stick of furniture. This will not only save you a lot of time, but a lot of pain as well.
Begin your planning by measuring your room. Then plot the measurements on a piece of paper, letting �" on the piece of paper represent 1' in the room. That means a 10' wide room will be 7.5" on the piece of paper. Once you have the shape of the room drawn out, mark in where the windows and door are as well as the closet. If you want to be really detailed, add arrows around the outside of the room where the wall sockets are so you won't block them with a bulky piece of furniture, at least before you're able to plug in an extension cord.
Now, measure all the furniture. Draw each piece onto a piece of paper and cut it out. Once they are cut out it's time to start placing furniture in your bedroom, on paper that is. Start with the largest pieces first, which is usually the bed, followed by dressers, chairs and finally, chests and nightstands.
Don't be tempted to simply live with your first idea. Try different approaches until the room looks good to you. This will serve as the base of your rearranging project.
The goal is to create a room that feels spacious, uncrowded, inviting and uncluttered while still having personality. Start adding furniture to the room one piece at a time. Before you do, you may want to repaint to save you some work later.
The bed is the focal point of any bedroom. When placing furniture in the bedroom, it should be in the dominant place, the first place a person would look when entering the room. Ideally it shouldn't be crammed into a corner or backed against a wall. There should be breathing room all around the bed so that in the middle of the night you don't have to stumble over other pieces of furniture or stub your toe on the dresser.
Dressers are next in importance. If space is tight you may want to see if you can purchase highboy dressers instead of chest dressers. This will allow you to make use of the wall space, since these dressers are vertical instead of horizontal. If you have a horizontal dresser, add it first before adding the dressers with the smaller footprint.
If your room is big enough, you may want to consider adding a blanket/storage chest at the foot of the bed. This is a great place to store additional pillows and blankets for those cold winter nights. Storage always seems to be at a premium in homes and the foot of a bed is a great place to add storage easily.
A well-designed room doesn't happen by accident. Even if you do a layout on a piece of paper you may have to make adjustments on the fly as you're placing furniture in your bedroom. That's because you can't see how the height of different furnishings affects the look of the room. In other words, several tall dressers grouped closely together can make an otherwise spacious room look crowded.
When placing furniture in your bedroom, ask yourself if a piece that just doesn't look right is really necessary. In smaller bedrooms a chair may just not fit. Don't force it. It's better to leave the room a little open than cram it to the brim with furniture.
As you arrange the room, it's important to vary the height of furniture. Go from high to low or high to medium in height as you place furniture around the room. Also, you may want to put a tall dresser on a small wall in your bedroom rather than place it on a longer wall where it wastes valuable space.
Another decision to make is to have one nightstand, two nightstands or no nightstands in the room. If you don't read at night you may want to forego a nightstand all together and free up some room. A floor lamp can add light without the need of a table.
If you watch TV in bed you may want to wall mount it, which frees up space on your dressers. Today's plasma televisions have such small footprints that adding them to the wall is akin to adding a work of art in terms of visual impact.
Speaking of art, don't overload the walls with paintings or photos. This can make the room look crowded, especially if you have a large headboard, a four-poster or several tall dressers. You want the walls to have some breathing room as well so the room doesn't look too crowded. However, that doesn't mean that your room should be void of personality. Add knickknacks and photos as you see fit. Just don't overload it to the point that it looks cluttered again.
Placing furniture in your bedroom can be a really fun weekend project, if you do a little initial planning and take the time to consider the space you have, the types of furnishings that are available to add to it and the mood you're trying to set. Remember, the room needs to be a place you look forward to being in, so design with that purpose in mind and you should end up with the bedroom of your dreams.
About The Author: Jesse Akre is a successful business owner of numerous furniture websites that offer decor advice and style suggestions. His websites offer product information about patio furniture, outdoor living styles and decor for your home and garden. http://www.edenvaleshoppes.com
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Author: Jesse Akre
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If your bedroom isn't exactly the oasis of relaxation you want it to be, it could just be that your furniture needs to be rearranged a bit. Placing the furniture in your bedroom is not a haphazard undertaking. It takes a bit of planning and some basic interior design principles to transform your bedroom into a place you look forward to being in, even when you're not sound asleep.
While it may be tempting to just go out and buy a new bedroom set, you may want to take a look at what you already have now and then add new pieces to the room once you have everything rearranged to your liking.
Moving a lot of bedroom furniture can be a real painful undertaking. It's best to do the initial planning on a piece of paper before you ever move a single stick of furniture. This will not only save you a lot of time, but a lot of pain as well.
Begin your planning by measuring your room. Then plot the measurements on a piece of paper, letting �" on the piece of paper represent 1' in the room. That means a 10' wide room will be 7.5" on the piece of paper. Once you have the shape of the room drawn out, mark in where the windows and door are as well as the closet. If you want to be really detailed, add arrows around the outside of the room where the wall sockets are so you won't block them with a bulky piece of furniture, at least before you're able to plug in an extension cord.
Now, measure all the furniture. Draw each piece onto a piece of paper and cut it out. Once they are cut out it's time to start placing furniture in your bedroom, on paper that is. Start with the largest pieces first, which is usually the bed, followed by dressers, chairs and finally, chests and nightstands.
Don't be tempted to simply live with your first idea. Try different approaches until the room looks good to you. This will serve as the base of your rearranging project.
The goal is to create a room that feels spacious, uncrowded, inviting and uncluttered while still having personality. Start adding furniture to the room one piece at a time. Before you do, you may want to repaint to save you some work later.
The bed is the focal point of any bedroom. When placing furniture in the bedroom, it should be in the dominant place, the first place a person would look when entering the room. Ideally it shouldn't be crammed into a corner or backed against a wall. There should be breathing room all around the bed so that in the middle of the night you don't have to stumble over other pieces of furniture or stub your toe on the dresser.
Dressers are next in importance. If space is tight you may want to see if you can purchase highboy dressers instead of chest dressers. This will allow you to make use of the wall space, since these dressers are vertical instead of horizontal. If you have a horizontal dresser, add it first before adding the dressers with the smaller footprint.
If your room is big enough, you may want to consider adding a blanket/storage chest at the foot of the bed. This is a great place to store additional pillows and blankets for those cold winter nights. Storage always seems to be at a premium in homes and the foot of a bed is a great place to add storage easily.
A well-designed room doesn't happen by accident. Even if you do a layout on a piece of paper you may have to make adjustments on the fly as you're placing furniture in your bedroom. That's because you can't see how the height of different furnishings affects the look of the room. In other words, several tall dressers grouped closely together can make an otherwise spacious room look crowded.
When placing furniture in your bedroom, ask yourself if a piece that just doesn't look right is really necessary. In smaller bedrooms a chair may just not fit. Don't force it. It's better to leave the room a little open than cram it to the brim with furniture.
As you arrange the room, it's important to vary the height of furniture. Go from high to low or high to medium in height as you place furniture around the room. Also, you may want to put a tall dresser on a small wall in your bedroom rather than place it on a longer wall where it wastes valuable space.
Another decision to make is to have one nightstand, two nightstands or no nightstands in the room. If you don't read at night you may want to forego a nightstand all together and free up some room. A floor lamp can add light without the need of a table.
If you watch TV in bed you may want to wall mount it, which frees up space on your dressers. Today's plasma televisions have such small footprints that adding them to the wall is akin to adding a work of art in terms of visual impact.
Speaking of art, don't overload the walls with paintings or photos. This can make the room look crowded, especially if you have a large headboard, a four-poster or several tall dressers. You want the walls to have some breathing room as well so the room doesn't look too crowded. However, that doesn't mean that your room should be void of personality. Add knickknacks and photos as you see fit. Just don't overload it to the point that it looks cluttered again.
Placing furniture in your bedroom can be a really fun weekend project, if you do a little initial planning and take the time to consider the space you have, the types of furnishings that are available to add to it and the mood you're trying to set. Remember, the room needs to be a place you look forward to being in, so design with that purpose in mind and you should end up with the bedroom of your dreams.
About The Author: Jesse Akre is a successful business owner of numerous furniture websites that offer decor advice and style suggestions. His websites offer product information about patio furniture, outdoor living styles and decor for your home and garden. http://www.edenvaleshoppes.com
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