Very often, the problem of the bedroom is that under it stands out the smallest space in the house. If you arrange the furniture in such a room incorrectly, the room will immediately lose its comfort and will even become uncomfortable for living. However, improper ergonomics, even a large room, will lead to certain problems. How to avoid them - read below.
What should be the furniture in the bedroom?
In order for the bedroom ergonomics to be successful, it is necessary at the stage of preparation to evaluate the size of the room and understand how it is more convenient and beautiful to arrange the furniture. The design project of the bedroom allows you to place the required items directly on the plan and decide which ones you still have to exclude. The final result will largely depend on the size of the room. The furniture chosen for the bedroom should be compact and multifunctional so as not to overload the space.
Preference is also given to built-in home furnishings.
Additional items are placed in the room only if the area allows it. Otherwise, from the room, on the contrary, all third-party elements must be removed. The main subject in the bedroom is a sleeping place, which is a bed, sofa or sofa. The final choice depends on the size of the bedroom, its functions, as well as the number of people who will use it. Also in the bedroom there is most often a place for storing clothes.It can be a wardrobe, chest of drawers or even a mobile hanger.
Storage areas for small items by the bed can be full bedside tables, elegant tables with thin legs, stools with additional shelves or even hanging devices. Sometimes bedside tables are part of the design of the bed. The dressing table does not belong to the main components of the bedroom interior, and therefore it is easily replaced by an individual full-length mirror or even mirrored wardrobe doors. Some chest of drawers are also equipped with a mirror. Other possible components of the rest of the room include a chair, pouf, TV stand, computer desk or bookcase. Their availability is determined by real necessity and free space.
As for the direct placement of objects in space, it is important that the bed together with the closet occupy no more than 24% of the total area of the room. Besides, the width of the necessary passages cannot be less than the interval from 75 to 80 centimeters. The choice of furniture in the store is also based not only on which interior style is chosen, but also on which materials the owners prefer. There are other features, for example, in a spacious bedroom, a leg-up bed will look better, and in a small bedroom with built-in drawers for storing bedding. In the bedroom-living room it is better to take a folding sofa.
How to position the bed?
Since the bed is the centerpiece of the room and takes up a lot of space, its location is extremely important and is determined first of all. The headboard should be placed close to the wall, but not opposite the doorway to avoid drafts. This arrangement is quite comfortable, and also psychologically creates a more comfortable environment. Ideally, the bed should also be placed so that a sufficiently wide passage is maintained on each side.
Sleepers should not see their reflection in existing mirrors, as this makes many people nervous.
Best of all, if waking up, a person will be able to admire the view from the window or rest his eyes on a beautiful picture or living plants. The bed is located under the window headboard in those cases when the view from there is not too attractive. If there are two window openings in the room, it makes sense to place the bed directly between them. Quite original looks the bed, installed on the diagonal of the room, and, thus, looking headboard into the corner of the room. The free space in this case is filled with shelves or an unusual kind of shelving.
A single bed is more convenient and logical to place parallel to one of the walls. If we are talking about a children's bedroom, in which two children live, then their berths can be placed along one wall, along parallel or even adjacent walls.
Feng Shui rules also have certain requirements regarding the location of the bed. Opposite the door, this element of furniture also cannot be located, but in addition, a person should be able to observe it. It is best to take a place at the side wall with the headboard toward it. Changing the position of the bed around the world can also play an important role. For example, the headboard, set to the east, provides a calm sleep, looking to the southwest - attracts love, and to the southeast - helps in achieving your goals.
Where can I put the closet?
It is customary to install a wardrobe in the bedroom, since it is in this room that clothes are changed after waking up or before bedtime. The location largely depends on how large the cabinet will be, and how its doors open. Most often, a large cupboard is installed against the wall opposite the bed or parallel to it. A good solution is to purchase an angular structure and place it in a free corner.This option is successful for small bedrooms, as it does not take up much space.
If the cabinet is equipped with sliding doors, then it requires considerable space for opening them, which means that you can place it close to the bed, only after maintaining the required gap of 70 centimeters. The presence of a variety of storage systems allows you to "unload" the room from chests of drawers and other furniture.
In addition, the mirrors with which the doors are equipped will work to visually expand the space.
Arrangement of other furniture
Bedside tables, as you might guess by the name, are installed by the bed, but to save space, you can either reduce their number to one, or replace it with hanging structures with one drawer. The dressing table is set so that it gets the maximum amount of daylight. They can take a corner near the window opening, or they can be placed on any other place perpendicular to the wall with the window. It is customary to supplement the zone of "beauty" with a pouf or chair. Often at the foot of the bed is placed a soft wedge heel or a mini-sofa, on which dressing people sit down, or where the bed covers during sleep.
A chest of drawers is considered to be a useful interior item, which not only provides additional opportunities for storing clothes, but also allows you to place decorative elements, jewelry, a mirror or even a TV on the top cover. A chest of drawers is placed at any place in the room that remains free after installing the bed and the main cabinet.
Rules for combining multiple zones
If the bedroom is combined with the living room, which most often happens in one-room apartments and studios, then the easiest solution is to purchase a folding sofa and place a coffee table next to it. Used for its intended purpose in the daytime, at night the sofa will transform into a comfortable place to sleep, and the coffee table will serve as a nightstand. The sofa itself is selected depending on the size and shape of the room. Another option is to use a rack for zoning the space, which will simultaneously become an additional place to store things.
In a room that combines several zones, the latter should be clearly delineated. In addition to the rack, this role is well performed by mobile screens, curtains or other partitions. A high ceiling allows you to place a sleeping place on a raised platform, and below organize either a study or a common space with a sofa and a TV.
Features of arranging a small room
The main rule to be followed in a small bedroom is that the bed should be kept quiet. If there is a niche or alcove in the room, then the head of the bed should be installed there, since this allows you to use unused space. In a narrow and small bedroom, it makes sense to arrange the beds diagonally. This solution visually changes the shape of the room, and also provides access to the sleeping area on both sides. It makes sense to install a podium in the room, which can accommodate a workplace or dressing table, and under it it will be possible to push the bed.
This option is most convenient to use in the children's bedroom.
How to furnish a large bedroom?
The design project of a large bedroom usually allows you to realize any imagination you want, but only if the furniture is correctly placed. If you can see on the floor plan that the room is spacious, then the bed should immediately be set as the headboard to the wall, which is deprived of both door and window openings. For example, it will be a very bad decision to place objects strictly around the perimeter of the room, as this creates the effect of a box. A long bedroom, especially with a balcony, will become neater and more comfortable if you place the furniture across. At the same time, the distance from the foot to the wall should still be at least 70 centimeters.
Interesting examples
To nicely equip a bedroom is not a particularly difficult task, but rather an exciting one. A small room in the classical style makes it possible to place all the necessary items for relaxation. The head of the bed is perpendicular to the wall next to the window. Furniture is not placed opposite the doorway, but allows you to calmly view all people who enter the room. A spacious wardrobe is installed parallel to the bed, and a small chest of drawers is directly opposite it. On both sides of the sleeping place there are concise night tables of white color, on which table lamps of a classic design found their place. Between all furnishings the necessary space for movement is saved.
A bedroom in a private house equipped with a fireplace looks very unusual. A wide bed is located opposite the window, which allows you to watch a beautiful view of the surrounding area from the moment you wake up. On both sides of it there are dark night tables with a shelf on which flowers stand. Convenient wall lights are mounted above them. One of the corners is a dressing table with an octagonal mirror and a table lamp for the convenience of the procedures.
A convenient ottoman was perched nearby, easily sliding under a table to save space. In addition, between the zone of "beauty" and the front door there is just a fireplace, above which a mirror of an unusual shape is mounted, which serves to expand the space.
Opposite the fireplace area is a convenient wardrobe.
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