Small bedrooms should be decorated so they appear as roomy as possible. To achieve this you should stay away from putting too many big furniture pieces in the room and avoid clutter. A clean room always look bigger.
Here are some tips on how to decorate a small bedroom:
1) Use a sofa that opens into a bed or futon in a bedroom that isn’t used often.
2) Use furniture sparingly because it can choke a room and its traffic pattern. A bed, bedside table and chest may be all the room can hold.
3) Use a bedside table that offers storage, such as a small chest with four drawers.
4) Minimize pattern, which seems to fill a room. Flowers, stripes, plaids and polka dots will seem to swim toward you from a rug, curtains, wallpaper, or bed cover.
5) Skip the billowy window and bed treatments such as pouf valances, piles of pillows and fluffy dust ruffles. Tailored looks (blinds plus a simple valance, flat dust skirts) have less volume but still get the job done.
6) Choose a closet with a storage system of drawers, shelves and rods that optimize storage.
7) Stay away from putting pictures on the walls, which can close in the room.
8) Use a square lampshade so that the lamp can fit as snugly as possible against the wall.
9) Use high-wattage lightbulbs to give the room a sense of openness. A light-flooded room seems more spacious.
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