When decorating your home, you might be tempted to focus on communal areas such as the kitchen and living room. But you spend about one third of your life in your bedroom, so be sure to select bedroom furniture and decor that create a beautiful, personal space where you can recharge. Here are some hints for making your bedroom a place where you’ll love spending time.

5 Tips for Decorating Your Bedroom

1. Select Calming Colors

Your bedroom should be a cozy sanctuary where you can rest, relax, and get away from the world. Choosing wall paint, linens, and accent pieces in neutral colors or muted blues, greens, and lavenders helps create a soothing space where you can begin and end your day. Keep the color scheme in your bedroom fairly monochromatic and save the bright palette for elsewhere in your home.

2. Have a Sense of Scale

A small bedroom crowded by a huge bed and bulky dressers can end up feeling claustrophobic, not cozy. Conversely, selecting spare, minimal furnishings for a large bedroom can make the space feel empty and cold. Bring your bedroom measurements with you to the furniture showroom to help you find main pieces that will work for the size of your room, then choose accessories on the same scale as the furniture.

3. Layer the Lighting

Using a variety of light sources lets you control the amount and location of light in your bedroom. Place reading lamps on either side of the bed to start. If you want to illuminate the whole room from overhead, select a lighting fixture with a dimmer so you can adjust the amount of light as needed. Choose window treatments that keep your room dark while you’re sleeping but allow you to let in plenty of natural light when you want it.

4. Show Your Style

More than any other room in the house, your bedroom is your personal space, so let your personality shine. Whether you enjoy hunting for recycled interior design pieces or prefer brand-new, ultramodern furnishings, create a bedroom sanctuary where you can truly be yourself. Incorporate favorite artwork and special mementos in your bedroom decor to make the space feel like yours.

5. Minimize Clutter

Maintain a serene atmosphere in your bedroom by keeping your belongings organized and putting things away when they’re not in use. Utilize the space under the bed to store extra pillows and bed linens, and create an organization system that makes the most of your closet area. To reduce surface clutter, choose nightstands and dressers with plenty of drawer space so you can keep personal items within reach but out of the way.

Out of the Box in Lincoln, NE, offers a wide selection of high-quality, pre-owned furniture and home decor. Locally owned and operated, they have the expertise to help you create the room of your dreams. Call (402) 817-6776 to speak with a friendly representative, or visit the website to explore their inventory.