Out of all the rooms in your home your bedroom is the most personal. Your bedroom should be the most comfortable room in your house while still reflecting your personal style and taste. That being said people still make mistakes when it comes to decorating the bedroom, here are some of the more common bedroom decorating mistakes and how to fix them.
Color
Picking the color in your bedroom is something you should be careful with. While bright fire engine red might be your favorite color, your bedroom is a place you unwind and relax after a long day, so color choice is crucial. You want colors that are relaxing but not boring. What is your favorite color? Start with that as a primary color then work in accent colors. Try painting one wall first to see how it looks at night and under natural light. Take the time to make sure that this is the right color for your room.
Arranging the Furniture
Since the bed takes up most of the space in the room people end up lining up all their dressers along one wall. The dressers are at uneven heights and this makes your bedroom look cluttered. Arranging furniture in a smaller bedroom can be a challenge, you should measure the dimensions of the furniture and plan out where you want to put everything. Remember to leave yourself enough room to walk around, balance the furniture with the walking space. Here is some help arranging bedroom furniture.
Limit the Patterns
Between bedspreads, curtains and wallpaper you can end up with a lot of busy patterns that are too much. You should have elements of design in your room but you need to figure out where to put them. If you have a bright and colorful bedspread then use a solid color for the drapes, or vice versa. Using patterns can create a focal point in the room, but rather than add another pattern use accent colors or try different textures rather than patterns.
Hanging at the Wrong Height
This covers both curtains and artwork, most hang curtains too low and art work too high. Artwork should be at eye level but since people vary in height you have about 6 inches either above or below your eye level. Window treatment can be used to make your room look taller, you can hang drapes from ceiling to floor or just below the window casing.
These are some of the more common mistakes that people make when they are decorating their bedroom. All of them are easy to fix.