How to furnish a bedroom: simple ideas within everyone's reach
To find out how to furnish a bedroom, we have created a real complete guide, focusing on what we believe to be all the essential points of the room: lighting, choice of bed, furnishing accessories and much more. The final style is a question of subjective taste, that's why before reading further we recommend you to watch the video below that shows the various styles of furniture to orient yourself.
Questions to ask yourself when furnishing a bedroom
The bedroom is one of the most welcoming and intimate rooms in the house, that's why taking care of the furniture becomes an extremely important aspect, to think and plan well. Simply choosing the furniture from a catalog does not help to convey the idea of what it is. it will be the final result, and the latter may not be satisfactory and may not meet your personal taste. We know that the furniture is chosen only once in a lifetime, or rather we know that the choices made will be carried with us for years, here because we want to emphasize that everything must be reasoned and studied at the table.
If it can help you, here are some questions to ask yourself before starting your furniture project:
- what atmosphere do I want to create?
- what is the style that suits you best?
- Is my bedroom suitable for the project I have in mind or would it be enhanced better in another way?
The answers to these questions should spark a reflection in you, as well as lead you to the resolution of the problem. Meanwhile, below, we try to give you some answers.
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The bed: fulcrum of the whole room
There are many bed models available on the market: standard beds, "king size" beds, customized beds, container beds, beds with or without a headboard.
Precisely for this reason, one of the first things to consider is space: if it is a rather small bedroom, it is better to choose a nice container bed to be placed against the wall; in other cases, however, you can range from the tatami to the bed in the center of the room.
Bed against the wall
The bed set against the wall is the most classic, but also the one for which you will have to think carefully about how to furnish the wall that will host it. The rule is: simple and regular shapes if you plan to decorate the wall behind, or a bed with a more complex and articulated headboard leaving the wall behind, simple.
Tatami bed
If you are a Japanese style bed lover, called Tatami, here are some valid solutions to integrate it into the room. A thin mattress that rests on panels made of woven straw, to be raised
creating a wooden platform to divide the rest space from that intended for other furnishings. The Tatami bed in general, goes very well with medium / large rooms, which have a large surface that can be allocated to the bed which, in other words, will be at floor level.
Bed in the middle of the room
If the bedroom boasts a very large surface, you can think of a bed in the center of the room, which in this case would really be the focal point around which to rotate the rest of the furniture. The choice of this type of bed , is often also dictated by personal needs, such as wanting to create a walk-in closet exactly behind the bed.
Not all publications are the same: which one do you choose?
Given what we mentioned in the previous paragraph, it is time to talk about the headboards. The head wall is the most important of the whole room, as it acts as a scenography and must always be differentiated from the others. To do this you don't need much, often a different shade of paint from that of the other walls can make the difference; or you can choose a headboard in different materials as we suggest below.
Colorful header wall
The wall that will house the headboard must have a different color than the others, and you can also think of adding decorative elements that create games of movement, avoiding the usual colored but flat wall. In general, neutral shades win over bright colors: green light to shades of gray, blue, pastel green, dove gray, which will give a sense of relaxation and peace, favoring a good rest.
Headboard in wood
The wooden headboards, on the other hand, are a valid alternative to color and will have a triple function:
- visually enlarge the room
- hide lighting installations
- being able to choose a bed without a headboard (such as Tatami)
The fabric headboard
Wood is not the only material useful for creating a headboard: even fabric covers are not to be discarded at all. If you are undecided between a simple fabric or upholstered headboard, we give you an "extra idea: two simple cushions. hanging on the wall that will make the whole room modern and personalized.
Wardrobe or walk-in closet: which one to prefer?
Wardrobe or walk-in closet? This is the dilemma that grips those who are furnishing the house. The answer is quite simple: however functional, comfortable and impactful the walk-in closet is, it all depends on the size of the room.
Room with wardrobe
A rather small room will not be able to accommodate the walk-in closet, so the optimal solution will be the wardrobe. There are many models on the market, practical and capacious, useful for containing large quantities of clothes. In short, making the right choice you will certainly not regret the walk-in closet! Usually the color of the wardrobe chosen is to match the head of the bed, but there is no written rule: let yourself be guided also by your personal taste.
Bedroom with wardrobe
In bedrooms that allow it, a walk-in closet can be obtained. It can be a real room to be put in communication with the bedroom through a door, or the walk-in closet can be created simply behind a plasterboard wall. Inside it will be very easy to indulge yourself with wardrobes of all shapes and sizes.
The right lighting for the bedroom
The lighting of the bedroom, more often than not, is an aspect that takes a back seat. For many this choice stems from the fact that this room in the house is used mostly at night, so it does not need large lights. Our advice is to choose lamps with indirect and adjustable light also according to need. Here is where to provide light points in the bedroom:
- main chandelier
- light point on the headboard
- lights at the bedside tables
- floor light
- lights inside the cabinets (to be turned on only when the door is opened)
Bathroom in the bedroom? Here's how to customize it
The ensuite bathroom is the icing on the cake of any bedroom. The winning idea is to integrate the bathroom as much as possible into the room environment, and this effect can be obtained, for example, by using a glass window or by placing some typical elements of the toilet (eg tub or sink) directly in the room, leaving the sanitary ware in the actual bathroom. Attention also to the continuity of materials: the same used in the room will also be recalled in the bathroom to create harmony.
Furnishing accessories and accessories: ideas to harmonize the whole
How to complete the bedroom by giving it the final personal touch? Here are some furnishing accessories to choose from.
- mirrors to be placed directly on the floor
- tends, to reinforce the sense of intimacy
- sofas, poufs or armchairs, especially if you use the room even during the day
- medium, small or large plants if the room allows it, useful for purifying the air and promoting a good rest
- framed paintings or prints (with subjects chosen according to personal taste)
- designer candles and candle holders
