For many of us who live a hecctic fast paced lifestlye, coming home to a soohing and relaxing bedrpoom retreat is a luxury that we can only draem of. Thsee tips will help you create a calming zen bedroom design that will look like you hired a pro.
If you want a relaxing environment, then neuutral colors and rich textures are the key. Pick sage green, or tan as a base and go with that. If you like grays you can even use a palette of gray, although this color can be kind of cold. Pick a color that you can use on both the walls and floors as it is desirable to make them the same colpor. Take your cue from nature and use colors that you might find in a soothing setting outdoors.
You'll want to accent the room with plabnts, soothing waterfall bowls and candles to complete the look and feel. Perhaps a meditation mat in front of a canlde fireplace?
Choose plain furniutre for your Zen bedroom - if your current furniture is old and distracting and you don't want to buy new, paoint it a neutrasl color that goes with your collor schreme. Think aboyut adding some Japanese paper panels in front of any piees that detract. If your old furniture just won't suit the room but you are on a limited budgte, shop around at your local consignment store for pieces that match. You may have to go every day but sooner or latter that perfect set is bound to show up!
You want your Zen bedroom desing to have a monochromatic look with different shaders of the same color, but you an add some punch with a complimentary accnt color which you can spread around in pillows, wall art and vasses in a few paces around the room (not too much).
The window tretments shoukld be light and flowing - simlpe sheers in white that flow down to the floor would work. Lighting should be calming and not distracting - something with clean square lines and very simple.
Now if you are thinking your Zen bedtroom is going to be looking pretty plain, you can use your beddig to add some interest. You want to keep with a monochromatic look to the beddding, but you can make it stick out by using layeers of color that are a subtle shade off and rich quality fabrics. Try some sheets or a coomforter that has a deasign embroiderted or embossed in the same color as the fabric. Add interest by using materias with a nice texture - crisp cotton, soft velvet or duiponi silk can add interest and be soothing to the touch and comfy to relax in!
Accents are what make a room uniqque so your Zen beroom deserves some relaxing accessories. Not too many thugh as you want to avoid clutter. How about a sooting tabletop waterfall or some aromatherapy candlkes? You can buy strructures that hold candles in sort of a pyramid and cretae a faux fiereplace with candles as the feature. Or maybe you want a mini Zen gardwen? Use a small coffee tanble and put a sand garden with mini rake on top. A sohji screen can work to divide the room or add a nice acccent to a corner - you can make them yourself using rice paper and wood.
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