Hello Folks,
Hope you are all doing Good.
Our bedrooms are the best description of
our personality. If you want to know about yourself, take a lazy look at the
surroundings of your bedroom secretly without changing a thing. What did you
observe? Did your eyes come back surprised? Probably not! Because you saw, what
you are and you know yourself for years.
Now take a paper and write down first
five words that came to your mind during this lazy eye trip. First five words
that came to your mind without struggling hard are probably the best ones to define
who you are, the best things about you, and the weaker areas where you need bit
tweaking. Let me help you with the few words: Is your room:
•
Boring or an eye
Treat
•
Maintained or clumsy
•
Cluttered or
Organized
•
Chic or blatant
•
Nicely put together
or Lacks style
• Can’t Live Without
or Better off without
Sad it is but still my room lacks glamor
and though it may be organized it lacks style and accessories that could put
everything together. Anyways, recently, I started making a list of things that really put a bedroom together, make it look organized with no
effort and can make room ready to welcome an unexpected guest. Let’s Start.
1# CARPET:
You believe it or not a carpeted bedroom
looks many times better than a non-carpeted one unless the floor is worth dying
for. It dresses up the room elegantly. Though, it might be difficult to keep it
clean, it’s worth it. My sister recently started her married life. Living in
another city, she shared the picture of her bedroom before it got carpeted and
it looked horrific. I wished her good luck. After a month, I gave her a visit
and voila room looked so different with a carpeted floor and additions of
curtains (furniture was still the same).
If you are not in favor of covering the
entire flooring area, you might use a large rug that could do the function of a
carpet while still allowing you to say hello to the bare floor.
2# CURTAINS:
Ah! I always underestimated the power of
curtains. But no more! In a bedroom, curtains might not be the show stopper but
without them nothing can be. The new home (we shifted last year in June), there
is a nearly a wall sized window in every room that lets you look at the
greenery, a rising sun, and every Tom and Harry passing by. If you don’t put
covers on such a window that basically opens up half of the wall, your bedroom
becomes extension of the view outside and the room fails to offer you the
privacy & coziness of a bedroom. By putting curtains, you start defining
the limit by claiming a world of your own. Choose a good style and an elegant
pattern for curtains and drapes, and it will change the mood of the entire room
secretly.
3# A MADE BED:
It doesn’t matter if you have a
Queen-sized bed or a King-sized, a double bed or a single bed; thing that
matters is if it’s made or not. I can’t stress enough. Even if your mornings
are too busy to pick up the stuff, take out the time to make your bed. Not only
it will instantly make the room look more presentable, it would also give you
something to land on when you retire from the day.
My mother is so particular about this
that whenever she used to wake us up, she reminded us that we should not start
getting ready before we had made our beds. In the beginning, it felt like
armoring up for a battle but soon it became habit and I give you my words, it
makes a huge difference.
4# A STATEMENT WALL:
The purpose of the statement wall is to
steal the attention. Even if your room is somewhat cluttered, a good statement
wall will make it look otherwise. Because, it will shift the focus from an
unpleasing sight to more well thought out pieces of art.
5# PROPER LIGHTING:
Proper lighting brightens up the room and
accentuates its key features by adding a dramatic effect. Lamps, candles,
chandelier, and twinkling lights, all can make a room look more serene and
lavish.
How are the things at your end? Do keep me posted. With Love,
