The bedroom

The Bedroom

A bedroom is a room that fulfils a lot of different functions. You need to work out what your bedroom needs to be to get the bedroom right. As you grow the function of your bedroom grows too, you may need to redecorate and change things within that room.

Bedroom Storage

Bedroom storage is dictated by the size of the room, but try do be realistic about how much storage you will require for your clothes; are you a folder, a hanger, or a draper? What method of storage is best suited to your needs?

Bedside tables can be tricky to find, but vintage pieces like old-fashioned lockers or mid-century furniture can be perfect.

If you don't have room for bedside tables you can put a long shelf over the top of the bedhead. Adding a shelf to the wall allows you to put lamps on it and keep everything you want out of sight.

Are you a clothes hanger, a folder, or a clothes draper?

The Bed

A metal bed will not be comfortable if you are someone who likes to sit up and read late at night. You might want a more padded and upholstered. A footboard can feel cosy but isn't great in a small bedroom.

You want the biggest bed you can fit within the space and then plan what other furniture you need from the space. A bed on legs will make the room feel lighter and airier.

You can create a headboard by painting something on the wall, the width of the bed.

The Mattress

When buying mattresses we are led to believe that firm mattress are best. If you are very light and petite a firm mattress is going to negatively impact your spine. Your mattress needs some give in the hip and shoulder, keeping your spine straight. You should be able to slide your hand in the small of your back when you lie down. You can now buy mattresses that will suit two people who are not the same size.

Design Notes: Kate's Bedroom

Kate built a false wall, concealing a wardrobe, behind the bed and putting the bed in front. This allows any mess to be concealed and for the room to be calm.

You need to decide if you are an owl or a lark when choosing the colour of your bedroom. The cosier, darker room may be more appealing to you if you like staying up late. If you are an early riser, a lighter colour may help you wake up. A feature wall works great in a bedroom behind a bed because you don't look at it whilst you are in bed.

Bedroom Lighting

The key is to try and move your pendant to somewhere where it might be useful if you are sure that you really need it. You can extend the flex of the light really long and put a cup hook in the place you want it to be, draping the light across the ceiling. A cup hook is a screw hook that usually has a collar at the base of the thread and that is used especially for hanging up cups by their handles.

Hanging bedside lights are always great when you are short on space. You can drape a lamp on a ceiling rose and drape your lights from that central rose to hand on either side of the bed. The ceiling rose' is a decorative element that encases the cable and its support for the light fixture.

Wardrobe

Kate's walk through wardrobe is the size of a hanger. The fireplace has been doubled up as a dressing table. Build your wardrobe storage with the capacity for extra things that will inevitably arrive.

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Design Notes - Kate's Bedroom

Walls - Mylands Threadneedle

Bed - Rouen by Sofas & Stuff

Bed upholstered in - Bottle Velvet by Linwood fabrics

Rug - Wendy Morrison

Blinds - Abigail Ahern in collaboration with Hillarys Blinds

Wall Light - Club Wall Lamp