Modern Bedrooms by Kathleen Watson

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true, many people neglect bedrooms. This is a private area and so we put many efforts in decorating public places like dining room, kitchen or living room. At the same time you owe yourself to decorate your bedroom! This is an area of your home where you relax and gain power for tomorrow and you simply won’t be able to perform your tasks effectively in case you have slept badly at night.

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person’s bedroom, no matter how modest or how massive, is a place of sanctuary; a warm comfort that stays constant within our stressful lives. This personal space, being that it is so close to our hearts, is certainly the most special and can change easily in order to fit any personality. A bedroom can become dated as the years go by with styles forever changing and despite our good tastes it is always hard to find balance in this particular room’s design. Unfortunately, this happens to even the

best of us. By using strong color-blocking, shape-effective pieces and minimalistic décor any person’s bedroom has the capacity to become a forever-beautiful and trendy space. The most appropriate combinations of bright and neutral colors along with simple textile choices are what bring this type of space together. To help you plan the perfect modern bedroom we’ve compiled a host of smart ideas, plus all the inspiration and tips you’ll need to create a comfortable, loved space that is a winning stylish haven for everyone.

Nowadays modern bedroom furniture is considered an optimal choice as it is functional, stylish and it won’t look outdated for a long time. In addition modern bedroom is a real opportunity to save comparing to traditional style analogues. Quite often we do not have much space in the bedroom and so traditional heavy wooden bedroom furniture is simply too huge. Modern bedroom style is perfect for both large and tiny bedrooms. So you are someone ready to get a brand new modern bedroom, but have not enough money for this kind of purchase. Shopping for bedroom furniture is an expensive task and sacrificing quality for affordability is not the best idea. That is why modern bedroom furniture is so popular – you can replace bed and then purchase matching bureau, shelves or night table. Finally, a stand lamp and other accessories will make your bedroom look solid.

Prior to choosing a modern bedroom think of what you would like to get. Don’t be upset if your local furniture store has a limited number of styles. It’s high time you used the great power of Internet as numerous online stores offer high quality furniture from best manufacturers with discounted rates. Simplest shapes and neutral or pastel colors are often recommended for this part of your home.

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Note that modern bedroom means simplicity. Do not add endless small details and don’t forget to plan the accessories carefully. Several photos in simple frames, an abstract picture or a steel high tech lamp will be a good accent. Do not throw pillows, blankets and exclude any busy patchwork for your modern bedroom as they do not fit this style. Indeed, creating the modern bedroom requires as much time and all your creativity, but in the end you’ll a get a stylish room that looks like it has been made by a professional designer. Another sweet, wonderful advantage of modern bedroom design is that even after 4-5 years it will still look up-to-date and resemble hot furniture look of that time.

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is not a secret that everyone wants to live in an attractive and yet comfortable place. Bedroom is no exception. Just like a bedroom is a place where we rest, it should provide us not only with nice design, but also ultimate comfort. The first step in creating your own modern bedroom is looking at what others have. Watch a couple of home design related programs on the TV, go buy a decorator magazine and browse pictures of bedrooms online. On this

stage you should get an idea of your future bedroom in your head. Do not try to copy the variants you may see as they’ve been made by professional designers and the exact replication is simply impossible. Instead of copying try to get your own ideas that will suit your particular room. When you are creating your modern bedroom it is recommended to follow several principles that are basic for modern design. The first principle is color. Pastel colors are essential for the traditional bedroom, not modern one. Modern bedrooms often are born from bright and lively colors that can also be mixed in order to get that stylish modern look. Black and white, brown and white or chocolate tints are very popular for modern bedrooms today. As you make bedroom, it’s recommended to choose warm shades of these colors. Do not hesitate to mix textures, but avoid fancy ones like flowers, animals, etc. Geometric and or abstract textures look great in modern design.

As you have used few bright colors or color combinations and patterns, your new furniture should have very simple lines, minus the unnecessary details. Avoid lovely furniture with rounded shapes as it won’t fit your style. Finally, when you have furniture and your bedroom seems to be finished, add some accessories. But that doesn’t mean you should invade your bedroom with nice and romantic details. Base accessories will underline you have a modern bedroom, but at the same time they can spoil overall look. Think of stylish long-lined vase with single flower, artistic photo in frame or an abstract drawing. If your bedroom is primary dark, choose bright accessory and in case your bedroom has bright colors or color combinations, black and white photo will suit it the most. Certainly, don’t forget you make this bedroom for yourself and thus create a room that will make you happy for many years into the future. Everyone is capable of having their own modern space of living.

BECOME ORGANIZED Modern furniture style is constantly winning new and newer fans, making people stick to this style. Indeed, if you get your dining or living room done in the modern style, most probably you’ll find yourself searching for a proper set of modern furniture for your kitchen or kids room. The bedroom is usually not something we want to spend a lot of money on, but it doesn’t mean you should sleep surrounded by old and not very comfortable furniture. Even though this is the area of your home that is rarely visited by guests, you owe it yourself. Moreover, modern bedroom furniture can be very affordable but while still being great quality. First you should prepare your room. If your walls have a cute and lovely pattern, for example, it is much better to replace them with something more neutral. The next step is furniture. The main idea of modern furniture is simplicity and lack of details, so plain surfaces of preferably dark color are recommended.

TO HAVE THEIR OWN ATTRACTIVE AND Comfortable LIVING SPACE.” Creating new wonderful spaces that celebrate not merely where people live, but who they are is what I, as a designer, thrive on. Helping others to discover themselves, and then designing their sanctuaries, is the key to my personalized designs. These designs not only reflect the client’s needs, but also incorporate my own philosophy for creating both healthy and sustainable spaces. Inspired at an early age by an Emily Carr biography, I was determined to live an exciting life. I have traveled extensively, lived in a small Indian village in rural Bihar, subsisted in a forest station’s fire watch tower, and moved to London to study abroad before settling into the large, multicultural city of Vancouver nestling against the raw, untamed wilderness of the Pacific Northwest. My line of PURE furniture is the whole embodiment of my passion for healthy, gorgeous sustainability. As a designer, it is my personal goal to discover and develop spaces people

love to inhabit. With the unveiling of PURE, I have created a line of furniture that is as sustainable as it is elegant. My personal dedication to sustainable product and spaces spans my designs, where I have married clean materials with elegant forms. At PURE, it is our core belief you do not have to compromise style for healthy and sustainable furniture. Guilt-free furniture: it allows people to have high fashion and beautifully decorated homes without the guilt about the impact they are having on ecology, social issues and the health of their family. What could be more exhilarating than helping people to explore their innermost passions, to uncover and celebrate who they are, discover their dreams and make their perfect space a reality? CONTACT HER: ami@purebyamimckay.com (778) 885-6455

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NEW OPTIONS: MINIMALISM, AMERICAN COLONIAL, AND STYLE-ETHNO time has gone by, modern bedroom furniture becomes increasingly more popular. It allows turning even your wildest of dreams into a reality. Only modern bedroom furniture looks simple and stylish at the same time. This aim is reached with the help of combining simple details and expressive or tiny unbelievable details. Such an approach allows making your bedroom both stylish and comfortable.

There are several signature styles of new, stylish and modern bedrooms. Minimalism has been widely popular over the last few decades. Minimalist bedroom is a simple bed that often looks like a thick mattress, white or light colors and absence of details. Those who consider low profile bed too ordinary may like to choose its form. Modern bedroom furniture designers enjoy creating beds of unbelievable shapes! Round, triangle or even heart shaped. Unleash your creativity and create a bedroom you like. If you prefer luxury, then American Colonial style is the best for you. It combines three great and wonderful things: elegance, grandeur and straight lines. This style perfectly fits spacey rooms as it commonly implies huge

beds and wardrobes. If you are the kind of person who has a big, dramatic personality this is also another hint that this style is for you. Bright yellows and beige’s work best with this style because it can be “country-esque”; full of summery shades and warm tones. Modern furniture has rediscovered a trend called: new style – ethno. This particular style is previous-century Asia or India inspired furniture and, at the time, was a prerogative of rich classes. During this time the furniture manufacturers made it affordable for the masses. Asian bedroom designs are unbelievably popular today. They work perfectly in small rooms as Asian style is not overly detailed. Balance and harmony are two main principles here. Following famous Zen tradition allows creating bedroom furniture that is ideal for relaxation and sleep. Having multiple styles of modernism makes it easier for us to choose a specific type. If modern style is broken up into smaller parts, this means that we are better-matched to our specific tastes. We are more likely to be happy with our choices if we can understand why we have chosen them; picking your own version of what modern means to you.

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COMFY BEDS, SLEEK DRESSERS, ROMANTIC NIGHT STANDS, AND MORE The home bedroom is one of the most important places in any home as we spend almost one third of our life there. Scientists say an average person spends approximately 220,000 hours sleeping, so why don’t we have this time full of pleasure; getting so much needed relax and comfort? If your sleep is not as good as you would wish it to be, take a look at your bedroom. Outdated, old or just boring furniture and an uncomfortable bed can cause anyone to begin suffering from insomnia. Redesigning a room has always been a complicated task, but today you can solve this problem by choosing modern bedroom sets. Modern bedroom sets may appear to be some what simple, but only at a far away glance. While the pieces show geometric symmetry, such furniture sets are crafted from various materials and can be finished off in an endless selection of stylish or lovely ways. Different types of wood help make a final accent and select a color and shade that would suit you. Accents are important in any modern bedroom set as they allow creating a finished look. A lamp, vase or several photos in decorative frames can help getting that accomplished look.

Another great advantage of modern bedroom sets may not be seen at first sight, but you can’t fail to notice it as you start using it. Modern bedroom furniture is created with the customer in mind. For you, this means plenty of storage options, great organization and ergonomics. Today furniture is made in absolutely different dimensions that can easily fit any room type and any taste. For example, new dressers can be taller or shorter, slenderer or wider, they can have one or two mirrors and various special armoires where some hanging clothes you don’t use often can be placed. No need to say you can always find matching furniture pieces to your bedroom set like night stands, media cabinets for TV, bookcases and many more. So if your bedroom delivers you only negative thoughts, consider finding yourself a modern bedroom furniture set. This will give you an atmosphere of luxury, relaxation and comfort only be achieved with a decorated room. You will always be in a good mood while preparing for sleep, and the next morning you will rise fully refreshed and ready for new day. It is truly one of the most satesfying experiences that we can accomplish in life; the comfort of a good night’s sleep.

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you are a person who has a more explorative nature, most probably you will like to go beyond the standards. Today many of us are tired of ordinary pastel colors for the bedroom and want to try something new. In this case, modern furniture is the best solution for you. Modern manufacturers of furniture offer sets of various colors and types. You can easily find either light shades or even dark charismatic colors. The latest trend is to combine two or three contrasting colors. For example, designers create black and white, black white red, purple green combinations and so on. In case you are not yet ready for extreme colors, you can add a modern accent to your bedroom by choosing, for example, a vase of dissimilar color or a wacky lamp. A FEW DECORATIVE WALL SCONCES CAN MAKE OR BREAK A ROOM AND IT’S OVERALL LOOK.

Even if you are going to have the most fashionable bedroom furniture of wildest colors think first of your room dimensions and your lifestyle. It’s widely known that colors affect our mood. For example, red is known to be a color of energy, it even increases appetite. Will you still be able to relax in a room with dominating red color? If you are not sure about it, but still want red, consider its cooler tints. Red with some shades of purple, yellow or blue doesn’t look that aggressive as pure red might appear. Dark colors make a room look smaller, so if your bedroom is not big, lighter colors are recommended for it. Also

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think of a wardrobe with mirrored doors, as they will artificially expand space. Reflections like these creat the illusion that there is extra space in the room, fooling the eye. This is most handy for spaces that are darkly lit, or that are cramped.

Wallpaper is a popular way to decorate a room. There are many options to choose from of course, but wallpaper can come in handy when you’re trying to give a boring room more life. It may be quite difficult to choose the right color, but when applied correctly, wallpaper will give your bedroom a pleasant look. There are many types of wallpaper and you can decorate not only walls, but ceiling as well. If you have decided to use wallpaper, read the following tips as they may be helpful for you. Pay attention to these rules specifically if you want to do things the right way. Without careful attention things can go awfully wrong.

There are wallpapers of bright colors or with huge and eye-catchy patterns. A general advice will be to avoid these, but some people like them and if you still want to use such wallpaper, try to escape a situation where the whole room will be covered with the pattern. Take a look at limited patterns that cover only a half of a wall and contrast it with a solid color. Faux paint effect wallpaper is a quite popular solution for bedroom. It doesn’t look like a wallpaper and adds an artistic touch to your room. If there are some empty places left to fill, you can use some creative or funny wallpaper to fill these spaces. Sure, the

wallpaper should fit the bedroom’s style. By the way, you won’t need to add any photos as a decoration in this case. Because of the dynamic descision to use “funny” wallpaper, other extra decorations like these are not necessary. Wallpaper board can be framed with a headboard. The headboard you choose should be a bit contrasting, but should not be in resonance with the wall and wallpaper you decide on. If you use these simple yet specific tips while selecting wallpaper for your room and it will look gorgeous. These final touches to your room are very important, and cann’t be forgotten!

Lifestyle is also important. If you work third shift or just used to go to bed late at night or almost in the morning, then dark colors are preferable for you regardless of bedroom size. Dark colors absorb light and so you will find it easier to fall asleep in such bedroom when it’s daylight outside. It is exciting to be able to pick the perfect color for your own personal space! Who wouldn’t jump at the chance to choose any tone from such a wide selection. It is things like these that walk within a designer’s dreams. Color is more than just a shade - it is an emotion, or emotions that can bring a smile to someone’s face, or something more dark like anxiety and stress. It cannot be emphasized enough that color is so important for a any bedroom (modern or not) in order to create the perfect environment. Before you decide to make a final decision concerning the future color of your bedroom, think, will you still like this color after several months or a year of usage? Go to the next step and make a purchase only in case your answer is “yes”. If this is how you feel, congratulations! You are ready to move on to the next step in creating your persionalized modern bedroom.

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