Bedroom for dreaming: seven ideas on how to better design your bedroom

The first question you need to ask yourself when you are planning spaces is: what feeling do you want the room to evoke? The colour scheme plays a decisive role here. Here is a little insight into the colour effect: white expresses purity and makes the room look modern, simple and trusting. On the other hand, dark tones create a sense of security. If you want the bedroom to radiate tranquillity, try reaching for blue. But be careful: blue can also quickly appear cold. You need a good hand and a little skill in choosing or mixing colours here. Now things get trickier: combining colours with each other. We recommend sticking to one level of intensity. In our example: combine the trend colour emerald with several shades of green.

Have you ever thought about how you want to distribute things in the room? A classic question: where should the bed go? Next to the window, under part with the sloping ceiling, in the middle of the room? You should pay particular attention to the proportions in the room when planning your bedroom; these can be influenced by the interior design that you choose. Unfavourable proportions such as low ceilings can be compensated for with floor-to-ceiling cabinets, for example. On the other hand, high ceilings look particularly good if the colours on the walls provide contrast. For large bedrooms, we recommend using expansive furniture as an eye-catcher, such as a large bed.

Bare surfaces are one thing that we do not like at all in the bedroom. That’s why the decoration comes in third place for our tips. With decoration, you can personalise your space and change it again and again. The nice thing about it is that the decoration box is nearly bursting, with items ranging from fabrics to fairy lights, vases, pictures, sculptures, furniture, lanterns and plants. You can form groups with accessories that each have colour, pattern or material in common in advance to ensure coherence. Let’s add some charm to it!
If you also want to personalise your bedroom, you can make a headboard out of jute ribbons, use bamboo canes for a real jungle flair or rock yourself to sleep with a hanging bed.

Make the bedroom cosier with a flick of the wrist? This can be done with rugs, plaids and a bunch of extra cushions. They are the ultimate opponents of cool parquet or laminate flooring. Say bye-bye to cold feet, and hello to your all-weather companion! Because no matter whether summer or winter temperatures, textiles made of natural materials such as cotton, merino wool or linen are suitable for all four seasons.

You should combine various light sources to create a cosy ambience. For example, bright reading lights are complemented with atmospheric background light from wall, pendant or floor lamps, which emit their light indirectly into the room. If you are looking for a special eye-catcher, you can build a floating bedside lamp in a cool retro look yourself with our step-by-step guide.

Storage space – a tricky subject. The first thought is often that you have to buy new furniture if you run out of storage space. But that does not have to be the case. Instead, you should take your eyes off the ground and look up a little: Bingo, the walls! You can use the wall in the room as a convenient means for creating storage space, for example, with wardrobe hooks or free-standing shelves. A wall shelf that can be easily and flexibly adapted at any time is particularly convenient. You can find a step-by-step guide here.

A few more tricks:

1. Storage space can be created in corners, on the short side of the room or under sloping ceilings.
2. Decorative boxes, baskets and containers next to the bed are ideal for storing odds and ends.
3. Sufficient storage space is good, but invisible storage space is better. Best suited for this task are extendable furniture or multifunctional pieces of furniture such as a wooden bed with integrated drawers.

Whether you like it pitch black when you sleep or prefer to be woken up by the shining sun – there are numerous options when it comes to curtains for the bedroom: from opaque, heavy fabrics that keep the light out and protect you from prying eyes to elegant semi-transparent fabrics that offer privacy, yet let light through at the same time, right through to transparent delicate window textiles. In general, the following rule applies: daylight is important because it determines our biorhythm.