Update Your Master Bedroom
The master bedroom is a place for escape and creating just the right atmosphere. Today’s hottest bedrooms styles are clean and contemporary, even in homes whose styles are more traditional and less contemporary. The bedroom is the place you begin and end your day and the perfect place to provide the calm needed.
If the goal is a completely new look, begin by clearing out all furniture, tables, lamps, photos, art, window treatments, exercise equipment, etc. from the room allowing you to begin with a perfectly blank space. The new word for this in the interior design world is “a clean canvas”.
The first step is to create the perfect wall canvas by selecting Paint Colors. This is a room where cozy is good, allowing the option to play with deeper paint colors, continuing the paint color to the ceiling or lighten up the room with a warm neutral. This choice will set the tone for the atmosphere. We asked the team at Canvas Corp what color they would recommend when choosing just the right paint color for the perfect master bedroom and their choice was the Canvas Naturals™ Berber. With its warm tones and soft feel it creates a cozy feeling that can be paired with room of light textiles and furnishings. To keep the room alive, they suggest painting the ceiling with a lighter tone in the same paint color family of Canvas Naturals™ Sisal. In master bedrooms that have very tall ceilings Canvas Corp suggests continuing the Canvas Naturals™ Berber to the ceiling. To compliment these surfaces consider doing the trim in the lightest neutral in the Canvas Naturals – One family, Antique.
The second step is to focus on the window coverings as they are semi-permanent to the room. The choice can be as simple as mini blinds or roll up natural shades and accented with a small valance. Moving away from heavy drapes can keep the cost in line and helps keep the room from feeling like it is closing in. If drapes are to live in the environment moving to solid and simple lines is important and away from florals and heavily designed options.
The third step, now that the canvas is complete is to bring your individual style to life. Inventory the pieces of furniture that you want to bring back into the room and remember that less is more. Start with the bed location – determine the best location for the bed and begin with its placement. If you currently have a complete bedroom suite of furniture, consider removing the matching side tables and introducing a mix matched set of side tables or two large urns fitted with glass tops. This can bring immediate new life to an existing bed. If your bedroom houses a television, consider an armoire to camouflage it when it’s not in use. Armoires act as great storage units for clothes and other items in the room and it give the bedroom a less cluttered feel. If the room allows, add a chair and ottoman to create a quiet corner that can be used for relaxation in your new space.
The fourth step is to finish the room with your bedding and linens. Bedding and linens can be simplified as well. Begin with a set of white or cream sheets, layer one or two white or cream blankets in two different woven patterns bringing some texture into the tone on tone collection. Blankets can then be added or removed based on the seasons. Cover one or two pillows on each side with the simple white or cream pillow cases. If available pillow shams that match a chosen comforter or bedspread is suggested. Choosing a solid color in the bedspread allows options for accent pillows, lamps and other accessories in the bedroom. Complete the look by folding the comforter or bedspread at the foot of the bed, keeping again the lines very clean and the ensemble very practical. If a bed shirt is required choose white or cream or work with the same color and design and the comforter.
Finally, it is time to add your home décor details such as lamps, bedside set of books and possibly a family photo or two. Choose your accessories wisely and again less is more. Your perfect canvas has been created and you have the ability with much simpler changes to update your space over time.
