Living in a small bedroom is not always easy, but there are ways to cope. With home interiors, the design is always there to rescue us from sticky situations such as a small bedroom.
Nowadays, the shrinking size of city homes suggest a new way of life – I call it the light and compact urbane. In in this latest culture of living in a city, your bedroom has one and the only role in your routine – to let you unwind, throw your sock off and just relax. And believe me, your bedroom decor is very influential in making it a cosy personal space or a tight pigeonhole.
Take a look at some smart ways to make the most of your small bedroom and enhance your home experience.
1. Enlarge the window
Let the outside add and enhance the inside. Opening a glass window instead of a solid opaque brick wall can do wonders to the overall perception of your space.
2. Integrate wardrobe and bed headboard
With this option, you have found gold- in the form of extra floor area. Let me explain. In your bedroom, there may be a wall sitting between your bed and the bathroom. You knock down this wall and replace it with a full height carpentry unit. This unit serves as a tall, stylish headboard to your bed and is a cupboard accessed from inside the bathroom. Also, now your bedroom floor is all clear. It’s a win-win, and a win again.
Picked for you: Bedroom furniture hacks for extra storage space
3. Create a focus wall
Paint, framed art, wallpaper or 3d panel – choose one wall to be finished in a contrasting colour or manner than the other walls. This trick creates a sense of depth in your room, thereby enhancing the tiny to tall.
Painted F ocus wall in bedroom
Large mirror in bedroom
4. Use large mirrors
Mirrors multiply your space and add another dimension to your room. You could think of expanding your dressing mirror to an entire wall or build your wardrobe shutters with bronze or copper tone mirrors.
5. Organise all openings on one wall
Doors and windows can become overpowering in a small room. Out of the 10 feet length of your room, 3 feet get taken up by a door on one wall, and another 5 feet by a window on another wall, and then there is wardrobe too. This leaves minimum floor area for you and your bed. So, rather than cramming your way through the room, organise all your doors and windows on one wall, or one corner. This way the rest of the room is practically free for your use.
Now, did I forget to tell you that this list is never-ending? Design and decor is a quest for perfection, and there are always more ways around a problem. For your small bedroom, try the ones I just shared – see what works for your situation. It may be so that a larger window is not possible, but a focus wall is. As long as your bedroom is designed for a siesta; you will enjoy it, irrespective of the size.