Organising a bedroom

Friday 30th May 2014

Have a chair in the room

This easy addition will make it easier to get dressed and you won’t have to keep sitting on the bed, which can sometimes be low, or have someone still asleep in it!

It also gives a place to come to read a book if you are struggling to get some quiet time in the rest of the house.

Bedrooms are for sleeping in…

Try not to have a desk / your home office in this room as it will make you feel that you need to be busy rather than relaxed. If you really have no other space for this, then at least try and have it in hidden storage so that it can be out of sight! (it can then also double up as a dressing table on top when not being used as a desk.

Everyones Equal

If you share your bedroom, make sure that you have equal space for your things – or at least make sure that everyone has space for what they have (I have found time and again that couples tend to give the woman the majority of the wardrobe space in the bedroom and leaving their spouse to have to go to the spare room for theirs – not a great stuation really!)

You both need to feel relaxed in the space too – so think about this when choosing decor and when organising where things will go . Theres no need to put your partners clothes on higher rails in the wardrobe if they are shorter than you – this will just cause frustration.

Have you considered your windows?

Consider your window treatments – do you like to wake with the sun rising, or prefer a blacked out room? Do you work shift and need to block the light of the day so you can sleep? Using the right curtains/blinds can make all the difference to feeling rested each day.

Think about the actual space

Are you using the right room for each bedroom? Would your children sleep better if their room was over a lesser used evening room (rather than hearing you watching TV or having a dinner party), would you sleep better at the back of the house, would guests be better with the room with an ensuite so that they have complete privacy? – you don’t have to follow what others do – think what would work best for you.

Think about how you use the room

Think about you and your partner – or whoever uses the room . If you love reading in bed and your partner prefers to go straight to sleep, then consider having a dimmer on the light (touch activated lamps are great for this) as then you can lower the light to enable them to sleep more easily while still giving you enough to read.

Credit: http://www.organisemyhouse.com/top-tips-for-creating-an-organised-bedroom/