subject: Ring The Changes With A New Bedroom Look [print this page] One of the few rooms in the house where style clearly wins over functionality, the bedrooms of our houses can offer a mirror to our personalities, whatever our age. As a child, it was great to make this room a personal den, a refuge from the outside world, where we ruled and anyone else definitely had to knock before being granted permission to enter!
In those days, it was mum and dad who ultimately decided what our rooms looked like. So one of the biggest pleasures when we finally move into a home of our own is being able to follow our own instincts, and put our own indelible stamp on a new bedroom. Whenever we are looking at moving house, the bedrooms are among the first things we look to change. An outdated kitchen or bathroom can often be lived with for a while, until finances allow us to impose our own styles here.
But bedrooms are different. Even though the idea of them being another world may have gone, they are still one of the rooms where changes can have the most dramatic effect. And especially if it means affording us a more peaceful nights sleep, thats an essential element which often takes precedence over other home improvements.
A new bedroom is also among the household jobs which are easiest to co-ordinate. Thanks to the huge range of matching bedroom furniture and fittings which is available, all the furnishings needed can usually be bought as a single purchase. This also helps cut down the amount of time required to complete the transformation.
When planning a new bedroom though, scale is all-important. There is no point, for example, in going for a huge wooden bed frame when it will completely dominate the room, and leave little space for those essential storage solutions.
In fact, its often better to start planning the other way around, using storage requirements as the first major consideration. This will, of course, depend on the amount of room available elsewhere in the house for storing non-essential and occasionally used items.
Calling in a professional at this stage is always a good idea, as it will save potential problems and heartache when it comes to the all-important installation. A good bedroom planner can also offer a sense of what can realistically be achieved in the space available.
This sort of clear, unbiased advice will often highlight options which might often not otherwise be considered, so getting a quote on planning and fitting a new bedroom is always well worth budgeting for, and could well be the wisest investment of them all!
