Before you even head down to the home depot and pick up a few cans of paint, you will want to decide what feel you are going for. Are you after a contemporary look – in which case monochromatic colours will work best – or do you want a more traditional and cosy feel. Regardless of your goal, planning the colour scheme to fit in line with your vision will go a long way in enhancing the desired effect.

Colour can also serve to alter the apparent size of a room. Light colours will make a small bathroom look bigger than it actually is, while darker or bolder colours can help pull in the various elements of a larger bathroom, making it more personal and intimate.

Finally, it would be best to choose one or two main colours as the basis of your bathroom design and then choose other complementary colours to accent or enhance the colour scheme that you want.

We would suggest that you consider what kind of effect you are trying to achieve because this will play a major part in the choice of curtaining and other furnishing that you choose.  Some styles of bedroom décor are more subtle, simple design with plain colours, versatile enough to last year round. Silks and velvet, often with a textured design, can bring out an elegant touch to your bedroom and here you would be achieving the desired look. 

From here you would have to look to the bedding coverings as these can have a major part in how the bedroom will eventually look when finished. We suggest that you should be sure to choose the very best bedspread for your personal taste, especially if you will be using a long lasting duvet cover all year round.

We have suggestions for and information on different types of Bed Spread, Bed Sheets, and duvets all from the finest fabrics. These can be from top grade Egyptian cotton, quilted bedspreads, and satin bedspreads. . Each and every piece of bedding covers will strongly represent a simple and unique way to represent your personal taste and we are confident that when we have completed the upgrade, all the boxes will have been ‘ticked’.

The kitchen and the bathroom are great places to start on your refurbishment plan and with the modern items such as sinks and mixer taps, sleek new cooker units with hoods built in to the new kitchen units you are on your way to a new look for your kitchen.

Similarly with bathrooms, there have never been better looking free standing baths and basins on sleek new furniture that can completely transform the look of your bathroom. Refurbishment of these two areas can and will add value to your home when you times are better for a move, and in the meanwhile you will enjoy the new look and comfort they provide.

Probably the easiest and cheapest way to update and rejuvenate the look of a bedroom is to give it a fresh coat of paint. This will not only have a big impact on the look of the bedroom, it can also provide a focal point that draws your eyes when you walk in the room. Again creativity is the key to decorating a bedroom, you don’t have to paint the whole room, maybe paint one wall in a vibrate colour to provide a focal point, whilst keeping the others neutral.

Adding new furniture to a bedroom will add to the bedrooms new look, but this is often expensive. Why not try renovating existing furniture by painting or varnishing it; there are many products available for this including sponge painting and fake wood effect tools. You could even add fabric to the insert of a wardrobe door to make it look like a panel.

Often adding a few new furnishings such as different coloured cushions or a new set of curtains or blinds is enough to update the look and style of a bedroom. Hopefully this article has given you some inspiration on how to update your bedroom, without it being expensive.

The first thing you should do when designing a new bedroom or updating an old one is to draw out a floor plan. Measure the room dimensions thoroughly, including all the alcoves and draw them to scale on a piece of paper. If you have any furniture that you want to put into your new bedroom, measure and draw them to scale. You now will have a scale drawing of your bedroom and the furniture to go in it, all you have to do is experiment moving your scaled furniture around the drawing till your happy with it; this is easier than doing it for real.

Once the layout of your new room is done it is on to decoration. This stage of the design is entirely up to you, but bear in mind that lighter colours tend to make the room look bigger, whilst darker colours seem to enclose the space. When decorating the bedroom it is important to consider the flooring; if the flooring is to be kept it is essential that you put some sheets down to protect it from splashes or spills.

Start with the ceiling first; this is the most difficult part of the decorating process as it involves standing on ladders and extending your arms for long periods of time. Once this is done, move on to the walls and fixtures; leave the flooring till last if possible to minimise paint getting onto it.

Now you are ready to move your furniture in and lay back and enjoy your new bedroom.