Ever been looking at apartments or houses to buy or rent and you think how on earth are we going to fit everything in here? A lot of furniture goes into a bedroom, a bed or a double bed for a couple, a closet, night stands, may be a dresser? Laundry baskets? How on earth do you fit everything in??
Closets:
Be realistic when buying a closet, how big do you really need it be?
- Is 2 doors enough? Or a 4 door closet? Perhaps buy a 2 door closet with a dresser?
- Sliding doors, very useful as you don’t need the space to be able to open the closet door.
- Could you build your closet around your bed? Giving you the chance to use up wall space that might otherwise be wasted.
- Try cascading hangers, these are the hangers where you can hang 5 shirts on. It helps save space in your closet.
- Floor to ceiling closets, giving you the maximum space.
If you can’t get a floor to ceiling closets, buy big boxes and store them on top of the closet. Remember, don’t put daily items in these boxes, you don’t want to be pulling them up and down every day.
Beds:
- Do you really need that huge bed? Think about getting a smaller bed, instead of a huge double, or for a couple two singles?
- Get the beds that lift up and have storage underneath. This will be for storing items you don’t need all year round, perhaps winter coats, or even guest towels and sheets.
- Under the bed storage, where you can store things in flat boxes or vacuum bags, the kids’ old clothes or winter stuff which you don’t need.
- Have a bed with a headboard? How about making the headboard into a storage unit? Or even having a bookshelf there?
- Having drawers under the bed, but since you might not have the space to open the draw when needed have a sliding door.
You want to be able to maximize that under the bed space.
Nightstands:
If there is room to store your phone, eyeglasses, clip-on lamp and a book, what else do you really need on your nightstand?
- What do you keep on your nightstands? Lamp? Glasses? Book? Tissues? Clock? Phone?
- How about using just a small table? Shelves?
- Disguise your desk as a nightstand.
- Picture ledges are inexpensive, easy to install, so mount a picture ledge, to the wall beside your bed. You’ll have a nearly invisible nightstand that takes up next-to-no space.
Other tips:
- Use the back of the door to hang shoe pockets or a hanger with scarves.
- Hang the hamper on the wall.
- Put some mirrors up to trick the eye into thinking there is more space in the room.
- Make the window sill into a seat, add a cushion and enjoy the view.
- Hang a corkboard with pins and hang your jewelry on it
- Put the mirror on hinges and behind it use hooks to store jewelry, a jewelry cabinet.
- Install shelves along the perimeter of your bedroom walls
Choose your colors wisely:
Dark colors in an already small room can make your bedroom feel like a cave. If you like dark colors, use them in accessories like throw pillows, area rugs, and accents in drapery and bed linen. Consider using lighter colors on the walls, and ceiling to open up the space visually. Bring in natural light as much as possible to illuminate the space and your mood.
Create a focal point:
With a small bedroom, you can try and distracting with a feature wall. In a narrow room, bring the far wall forward with fabulous wallpaper.
If you have a fantastic piece of artwork place it above the bed and draw the eye away from the rest of the room. Use your imagination to highlight the positive about your room and remove emphasis from the small nature of your bedroom.
A small bedroom can be a challenge but it can also feel cozy and unique once you decorate it. Incorporate these ideas into other bedrooms in your home and see how your rooms will instantly feel more lived in, as opposed to feeling cold and unlivable.
