The bedroom shouldn’t just be where you go to lay your head to rest, get to sleep and wake up just as exhausted less than eight hours later. Your bedroom can be a haven. A room where you can turn a dim light on instead of the entire room to create a soft ambience that highlights a focal point inviting you to snuggle up in bed. To relax, unwind, get tucked in and ready for a full night of comfort. Overly wild walls with bright reds, warm oranges and luminous pinks might be great to wake up to, but winding down requires a little subtlety.
3 Ideas to Alter the Energy Levels of Your Bedroom
- Oversized Art Fits Well Above the Headboard
Above the bed is the ideal place to hang a prominent piece of art that helps you feel relaxed. Something with soothing colours, soft tones and not too busy that it causes you to think too deeply before you climb into bed. There’s a right time to see photos that cause you to recall memories, and times when you don’t want to be overthinking. Bedtime is one of those times when the fewer stimulants there are, the better. Colours can be stimulants for the mind, which is why soft pastel colours are usually favoured in the bedroom.
A photo of the night sky with the moon shining surrounded by soft creamy coloured stars will be more welcoming than the horror movie poster framed and hung to the side of your bed.
- Let Ambient Lighting Set the Mood for Relaxation
There are a lot of ways to light a room, some of which include wall lights, nightlights, nightstand lamps and floor lamps. Few offer the elegance of a picture light above the bed, putting a mind-soothing framed art print in the spotlight. The softer the light, the more suited it will be for early morning wake-up calls, whether that’s to see to a crying baby, a hyper pet, or to nip to the toilet in the dead of night. The lower the light levels, the more likely it is you will be able to get swiftly back to sleep.
- Use Art to Wake Up Excited for the Day Ahead
What you see when you go to bed can and should be different from what you wake up to. A soft painting above the bed can do your mind wonders at night, but in the morning, it’s often best to work with whatever natural light you have. It may be that you have an alarm with a light going off at crazy hours or just lightweight curtains that let a little sunshine through in the morning. Whatever light you get, you can make better use of it by framing good-feeling, energising art. The type that has bright colours, makes you feel good and inspires you to get going.
In Summary
Often, the bedroom doesn’t need much decorating in the way of framed art but the prints and paintings you do have, do better when they are strategically chosen with a purpose in mind. Overbed art can help you wind down and a couple of brighter more joyous prints on the opposite side of your bedroom door could be just the thing that helps lift your spirit in the morning.