Add personal touches to your bedroom

Updated: January 15, 2010, 6:57 am /
Published: January 15, 2010, 12:30 am

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The editors of Fresh Home recommend you keep your room tidy, your bed made and your personal style well on display. Here are ways to do just that.

• Choose the perfect color. Forget trend and choose colors that make you feel good, comfortable and happy. Neutrals, like brown, white, black, tan, gray and even a very light blue are ideal. Then punch it up with an accent color—an orange pillow, a bright rug or bedcover.

• Focus on the headboard. It’s often an afterthought, but your headboard is the focal point of your room. If it’s paint-able, liven it up with a color related to the room’s overall palette, but in a bolder, stronger, hue.

• Create a highlight wall. Paint the wall behind your bed a different color. Use a deeper shade of the color you used for the rest of the room to give this wall more weight. A large print on the wall behind the bed can accomplish the same thing.

• Change your bedclothes. Coverlets, shams and bed linens are all options, but sometimes, less is more. A coverlet in white or ivory is timeless, and can be dressed up with accent pillows and a little texture.

• Go for comfy sheets. Don’t get too hung up on numbers. While thread count is important, focus more on fabric content, like Egyptian or Pima cotton.

• Prevent clutter. Just as organized homes have a “landing strip” in the entry way to accommodate keys and mail, your bedroom should also have a place for you to put your robe, watch and jewelry.

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