People spend a good deal of their lives asleep. Consequently, sleeping should be enjoyable, and the room should be comfortable in both furnishings and feel. Because you will spend a large part of your waking life in your bedroom, it is critical the decor supports your emotional life. Whether you are preparing for bed or waking up, your bedroom arrangement impacts your ability to achieve restful sleep. Additionally, the time you spend in your bedroom impacts your mood, which impacts your daily outlook, behavior, and performance. To help you get to sleep at night or meet the day in the morning, you might just need a bedroom style that can hold up.
1. Minimalist
A minimalist style does not necessarily need to be void, but furniture placement is sparse. Additionally, the walls should enjoy open space, and accents will include only the essentials.
This type of style is perfect for small rooms, but it can open a large room, making it feel airy and luxuriously spacious. Of course, the bed is the centerpiece, and the number of nightstands depends on personal taste and available floor space. Offsetting the bed with a dresser or bureau that splits the difference of the window height and the height of the bed frame will usually complete the arrangement.
Overall, lines are straight and sleek. Wall space can be filled with abstract art of the same style. Plants are not necessary. Colors can vary, consisting of contrasting shades or muted primaries. Beige and grays give this style a professional, elegant appearance.
2. Recreational or informational
Neither a guest bedroom nor a master bedroom should be boring, and a style that focuses on recreation can make any sleeping space fun, relaxing, and rejuvenating. This style typically centers around a television placed across the room. If you do not like the idea of a television in the bedroom, you must remember that modern televisions are no longer big, flat screens for watching weekly shows. Instead, they are smart and connected.
For instance, they serve as informational hubs able to help you wind down after a hard day. Via this addition to your room, you can have immediate access to the internet, news, or your daily schedule. Movies can help you relax for the evening, and access to business news can help prepare you for the day. As you slip into bed, you can relax over casual gaming.
Most monitors are black, so they naturally ease into any decor or taste. Of course, silver complements any technologically equipped room. Because this type of style relies on sleek lines and muted or dark colors, it survives changes in trends.
Other ways to decorate this type of room include foregoing traditional picture frames. Instead, smart frames are capable of projecting images of friends, family, or vacation memories.
Additionally, speakers or sound systems can be placed as accent pieces throughout the room. For this style, nightstands should serve as space for your tablet or smartphone. Additionally, they should be equipped with USB ports for easy charging of your devices. Console games and equipment can be tucked away in a drawer at the foot of the bed, if space allows.
In terms of bedroom design, the bed should be set such that you can catch the light through the window, but the television must be positioned to avoid glare. Artwork can be fun, whimsical, or inspirational.
3. Green
Green, of course, has to do with plants. As plants help filter the air, including them in your bedroom is a good way to help ensure your breathing space is fresh and clean. Additionally, plants are known for their calming effects. In fact, researchers have found that including plants in one’s living space can help reduce stress. Decreased stress translates into lower cortisol levels. Because high cortisol levels contribute to depression and inflammation, having a few plants in your room is a way to add a calming style to your decor.
Depending on the size of your dresser or bureau, you can place plants as accent pieces on either side. Additionally, blooming plants or colorful succulents on a nightstand or shelf offer visual bursts of color to help brighten the room and lift your mood.
A green style can also involve aromatherapy. For instance, a diffuser on a nightstand can help lift your spirits while also serving as an attractive accessory to the primary furniture in your room. In terms of decoration, the green style can also include a small recliner in the room or chair for reading. Situated by a window, a chair allows you space to sit and read or play casual games on a tablet while you enjoy natural sunlight or fresh air through a window.
Shelves are also important options to any green-based room as they provide space for accents, plants, and knickknacks. In terms of colors, shades of brown or taupe can help emphasize any nature-based room.
4. Classic
The classic room consists of the following classic items.
- Master bed
- Nightstands
- Bureau
- Small desk
Common accents include wainscoting, crown molding, and floor trim. Traditionally, the room will not have a television. A stately clock on the wall can provide a regal air, and framed artwork on the wall will establish elegance and taste. Lamps can be arranged symmetrically. For instance, floor lamps can be placed on either side of the master bed or on either side of a bureau. Similarly, statues or other artwork can serve to highlight a room’s visual terrain.
The overall effect of a classic room is one that conveys the sense of safe solitude. Such colors as coffee, ivory, or midnight azure provide these types of spaces a calm confidence. Classic bedrooms are not bedrooms so much as they are stately retreats. Muted or softened light best comes from a skylight, lamp, or a chandelier.
5. Hybrid
Personal tastes, of course, do not necessarily fit in any single category, so it is often fun and effective to mix styles. For instance, as long as all wires are hidden, a monitor in a classic room can make the room feel modern. The remote on an end table need be the only connection to this type of accent.
Because pets are a common part of many people’s lives, a raised dog’s bed or a cat pillow can serve as an attractive accent. Similarly, a few small plants in any style of room can help create a sense of life, warmth, and style.
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