Do you find your contemporary bedroom to be a refuge that welcomes you and encourages restfulness? Or, is your bedroom the place where laundry piles up, children's toys congregate, and dishes collect?
If that second option sounds more like you, you might not be able to get to bed as easily and just not enjoy your time there, necessitating a renovation of your bedroom.
Addressing the fundamentals should be your first step.
The bedroom cannot be considered a storage area. Begin by assessing the items in your bedroom and remove anything that is not a source of recreation, does not promote restfulness, or add to the room's ambiance. Place it in a different room, throw it away, or stuff it in the garage. An armoire is a great addition to the bedroom if you are someone who enjoys watching the news while in bed. This way, the doors can be closed during the day when you are not watching the television. For the nighttime readers, bedside nightstands with drawers allow you to store your reading material and glasses out of sight. Closet organizers, wardrobes, dressers and the like allow you to keep up with your clothing.
Now it's time to look at the bedroom's furniture.
First take a look at the furnishings you already have. Are your pieces in the same style and go well together? Do you need to take out some pieces that will not mesh with the rest?
Are your personality and preferences reflected in the furniture in your bedroom? If the furnishing and furniture in the room blend well together, you will be able to create a peaceful atmosphere in the room that is conducive to sleep.
When you look closely at what you need in the bedroom, think of the amount of space you have available to you in the room. Is the extra space afforded in a king size bed, more important to you than the extra drawer space that you will gain from an additional bureau? You can't ignore the obvious in these cases. After you buy this furniture, you have to hold onto it for awhile, so make sure you get the most ideal pieces you are proud to have.
Will you be needing additional space to hold items down the road?
Select pieces of furniture that provides the the greatest amount of storage. Furniture pieces such as a platform bed has built in storage underneath and this provides more storage but does not take up more space in the bedroom. Dressers are the same way.
You will benefit most from a nightstand with drawer space, rather than one with just an open area beneath the top. You will use up the same floor space with a short chest of drawers and a highboy, but the highboy will provide up to triple the storage space that you will get from the short chest.
If that second option sounds more like you, you might not be able to get to bed as easily and just not enjoy your time there, necessitating a renovation of your bedroom.
Addressing the fundamentals should be your first step.
The bedroom cannot be considered a storage area. Begin by assessing the items in your bedroom and remove anything that is not a source of recreation, does not promote restfulness, or add to the room's ambiance. Place it in a different room, throw it away, or stuff it in the garage. An armoire is a great addition to the bedroom if you are someone who enjoys watching the news while in bed. This way, the doors can be closed during the day when you are not watching the television. For the nighttime readers, bedside nightstands with drawers allow you to store your reading material and glasses out of sight. Closet organizers, wardrobes, dressers and the like allow you to keep up with your clothing.
Now it's time to look at the bedroom's furniture.
First take a look at the furnishings you already have. Are your pieces in the same style and go well together? Do you need to take out some pieces that will not mesh with the rest?
Are your personality and preferences reflected in the furniture in your bedroom? If the furnishing and furniture in the room blend well together, you will be able to create a peaceful atmosphere in the room that is conducive to sleep.
When you look closely at what you need in the bedroom, think of the amount of space you have available to you in the room. Is the extra space afforded in a king size bed, more important to you than the extra drawer space that you will gain from an additional bureau? You can't ignore the obvious in these cases. After you buy this furniture, you have to hold onto it for awhile, so make sure you get the most ideal pieces you are proud to have.
Will you be needing additional space to hold items down the road?
Select pieces of furniture that provides the the greatest amount of storage. Furniture pieces such as a platform bed has built in storage underneath and this provides more storage but does not take up more space in the bedroom. Dressers are the same way.
You will benefit most from a nightstand with drawer space, rather than one with just an open area beneath the top. You will use up the same floor space with a short chest of drawers and a highboy, but the highboy will provide up to triple the storage space that you will get from the short chest.
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