How to Make Your Bedroom a 24-Hour Sanctuary
Add a fireplace, a comfy sofa or a TV to make your bedroom a place you never want to leave
We associate bedrooms with comfort and rest, but, all too often, these lovely spaces are underused and become just somewhere in which we hurriedly dress at first light and crawl into to sleep at night. Yet no matter how big your bedroom, it can easily function as more than just a place in which to get your eight hours kip. With a bit of planning and a few additions, this room can become a go-to location throughout the day for relaxing, reading or just catching up on some TV.
Build a fireplace
It’s not a budget option, but a real fire in a bedroom is an indulgent and luxurious feature. The latest ventless fireplaces don’t even need a flue or chimney and run on bio-ethanol, opening up lots of options for where you can position them.
It’s not a budget option, but a real fire in a bedroom is an indulgent and luxurious feature. The latest ventless fireplaces don’t even need a flue or chimney and run on bio-ethanol, opening up lots of options for where you can position them.
Supply a sofa
If space allows, a comfy sofa will become a much-used addition to a bedroom. Of course, it helps if your room also has floor-to-ceiling glazing, like this one, so you can sit and gaze at the countryside, but even rooms without views will benefit from a sofa or armchair in which to curl up.
If space allows, a comfy sofa will become a much-used addition to a bedroom. Of course, it helps if your room also has floor-to-ceiling glazing, like this one, so you can sit and gaze at the countryside, but even rooms without views will benefit from a sofa or armchair in which to curl up.
Incorporate a TV
Watching telly in bed is one of life’s great pleasures, but you may not want the set visible all the time. This clever built-in storage has a TV on an arm, which extends down, or try concealing a flatscreen behind simple sliding doors.
Watching telly in bed is one of life’s great pleasures, but you may not want the set visible all the time. This clever built-in storage has a TV on an arm, which extends down, or try concealing a flatscreen behind simple sliding doors.
Hang some art
Beautiful artwork has a place in a bedroom and, since this room is scarcely seen by visitors, you can choose something that’s a perfect expression of your personal taste. (Seating from which to admire it, optional.)
Beautiful artwork has a place in a bedroom and, since this room is scarcely seen by visitors, you can choose something that’s a perfect expression of your personal taste. (Seating from which to admire it, optional.)
Add a bath
Installing a freestanding bath in your bedroom gives the space a boutique hotel feel. It’s a luxurious addition that transforms the room into a place of relaxation and pampering.
How to add a bath to the bedroom
Installing a freestanding bath in your bedroom gives the space a boutique hotel feel. It’s a luxurious addition that transforms the room into a place of relaxation and pampering.
How to add a bath to the bedroom
Tuck in a desk
Teenagers typically have desks in their bedrooms so they can escape to do their homework, but the same idea can work well in any sleep space. A desk provides somewhere to sit when writing a journal, catching up on paperwork, sketching or crafting. So long as it’s kept reasonably tidy, it will fit neatly into the scheme.
Teenagers typically have desks in their bedrooms so they can escape to do their homework, but the same idea can work well in any sleep space. A desk provides somewhere to sit when writing a journal, catching up on paperwork, sketching or crafting. So long as it’s kept reasonably tidy, it will fit neatly into the scheme.
Install a partition
Putting up a beautiful and unobtrusive partition like this one helps to create two spaces in one room. The bed can take up one side, with space for sitting, reading or dressing on the other. It’s a great way to help a bedroom make the leap from sleep space to multi-functional area.
Putting up a beautiful and unobtrusive partition like this one helps to create two spaces in one room. The bed can take up one side, with space for sitting, reading or dressing on the other. It’s a great way to help a bedroom make the leap from sleep space to multi-functional area.
Choose a luxe bed
Investing in a high-quality bed that both looks beautiful and offers great comfort levels might encourage you to forgo the sofa downstairs and steal upstairs for some chill-out time.
Investing in a high-quality bed that both looks beautiful and offers great comfort levels might encourage you to forgo the sofa downstairs and steal upstairs for some chill-out time.
Use rich colour
Bedrooms are personal spaces, so in here you can experiment with colours and design ideas you might not want to impose on the rest of the family. This might be as simple as picking that dark paint shade you’ve always loved, and treating your bedroom to a cosy new look.
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Bedrooms are personal spaces, so in here you can experiment with colours and design ideas you might not want to impose on the rest of the family. This might be as simple as picking that dark paint shade you’ve always loved, and treating your bedroom to a cosy new look.
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Does your bedroom earn its keep throughout the day? Share your thoughts and tips in the comments section.
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