Decor Portfolio

{mosimage}It frequently happens that bedroom are the last rooms to receive attention in home decorating plans, all too often making do as rather plain areas for sleeping and grooming.  But they can offer far more than quiet and comfort alone.

A bed that dominates the space, a nightstand and dresser, and a closet that’s never big enough too often characterizes bedrooms. With inadequate storage, books can stack up in piles, toys spill on the floor, clothes bulge out of drawers – and the room becomes less than a welcome retreat.  Even the master suite, typically larger than the other bedroom and better equipped with closet space, present challenged in figuring out how to organize areas for sleeping, dressing, sitting, working – or working out.
Built-in storage can be a small bedrooms best friend, and offers a fine solution to organizing the overall area, helping to define zones, and making even a king-sized bed seem to take p far less space.  Built-ins come in several forms.  You can purchase modular furnishings that fit together in a variety of ways to provide flexible storage systems that can be disassembled and reconfigured as needs change.  Or you can order a customized built-in system (or have one built on site by a carpenter) designed and fabricated to fit your spaces precisely and take advantage of literally every corner, angle, nook, and cranny. 
If your budget can’t accommodate the cost of custom built-ins, you can still create the feeling of them with standard furnishings and a little imagination. Pull the bed into the center of the room and fit a bookcase against one end to act as headboard plus divider between the sleeping zone and a book-lined sitting space, study, homework station, or exercise area. Buy an unfinished armoire or a second-hand wardrobe and custom-plan the interior to hold a TV, stereo equipment, and so forth in one section, clothing or bedding in another. Create a window seat niche without a real niche by lining the under-window wall with side0by-side blanket chests, matching wicker truckers, or a row of storage cubes, then topping them all with comfortable cushions that coordinate with window dressings.
Storage concerns aside, creating a comfortable and restful atmosphere in the bedroom takes high priority – especially in the master bedroom.  Fabrics on walls and windows, soft floor coverings, and plump upholstered furnishings can underscore a quiet moos, muffling noise from other rooms and the street.  If you own a beautiful bed – a carved wood four-poster or a brass antique – you might wish to let it stand out as the focal point of the room and play down the background. (On the other hand, if your bed is simply average in appearance, you can play up the windows and walls with color and pattern and put emphasis on another piece of furniture, such as a lovely old desk or a new wing chair and ottoman.)
Children’s bedrooms, too, require quiet and comfort and storage, but they also need to be fun, flexibly furnished, and easy to grow up with. Involving your children in the design of their rooms and incorporating their ideas alongside yours will help the space function at its best and perhaps stay relatively tidy.  You can assist even toddlers in keeping their rooms neat by providing many storage alternatives: colorful rubber dishpans and wire baskets for small toys; low-to-the-floor shelving for bulkier items and puzzles; rows of easy-reach hooks to hang up clothes.  Durable furnishings with easy-clean surfaces are a must for almost any age youngster – not to mention flooring that can stand up to abuse.
When children share the bedroom with a sibling or invite friends to stay overnight on a frequent basis, the sleeping arrangements can take several turns: space saving bunk beds keep the floor area open and are ideal for a very small room; platform beds typically have a series of built-in drawers and storage compartments underneath the bed, eliminating the need for bulky, free-standing bureaus; trundle beds pull out from under a standard-height bed like a giant sleeping drawer – and push back in just as easily; Murphy beds pull down and out of the wall from behind closed doors and fold back up when not in use.