Matching Your Bedroom Decor Colors: the survival guide

Choosing and coordinating the color scheme for your bedroom décor is often a challenging and frustrating task. Say you chose the perfect drapes for your windows and you have in mind the perfect color for your walls to match your drapes, but you can't quite find that color. Then when you finally find a close enough shade of that olive green you've been looking for, you stumbled across the perfect carpet for your room. Only, when you get the carpet in the room, you realize that it is not exactly the color you thought it was. And the list of frustrations go on and on. Does that sound familiar? If it does, don't worry we have some solid advice that would make the whole process a lot faster, easier and more enjoyable. And best of all, once you are finished with one room you can go on to your next project and before you know it your neighbors will ask you to help them with their rooms.

Before we begin though, there are a few guidelines that all successful decorators follow. First, trust yourself and don't be afraid to experiment. Even the most experienced designers never follow their design plan to the detail. Decorating is a lot of trial and error so get on it and start trying different things. The more experienced you get the less tries you'll have to make before you are completely satisfied.

Second, do not strive for perfection. This is true especially when you are out there trying a completely new style for yourself, simply because you should let the new style grow on you and that takes a bit of time. In addition, it is important to remember that when it comes to colors, the number of different shades of colors out there is infinite.
Moreover, under differing lighting conditions each individual color will take on a different shade and might even look like a different color altogether. The reason for that is that all colors are made of mixes of three basic colors: blue, red and green. So you might see inside one color other shades and colors that were used in the mixture to make your specific color. It is all a question of the way light reflects on the particular colored object. The best way to deal with that issue is to simply be more lenient with your colors and look for close approximations when you are trying to match instead of exact same colors.

Third, look for inspiration wherever you can find it: online, magazines, shows, stores and window fronts. Also, talk to professionals including sales associates in the stores you visit. Ask them questions and consult with them, they are a great resource.

So to sum up: trust yourself and don't be afraid to try and experiment with different colors, try to coordinate similar colors as opposed to matching exact colors, and look for inspiration and advice everywhere. As a final note, have fun with it and don't stress yourself out. You can always tweak your initial creation and improve on it later.

Now we can get to work. Before you start you want to have a general idea of what you would want to have in your room. Think about the color scheme, the different objects and furniture you want to have in your room and the layout. To get some ideas you should do some research. Keep the main colors in your room down to about 3 colors (tip: you can still introduce other colors if they work with your main color scheme and occupy a relatively small space. And remember that you are not matching exact colors, rather you are coordinating similar shades of the same colors.)

You should probably look at at least 2 or three different options before you commit to one color scheme. There are several websites that will allow you to experiment with different colors. Try Colour Schemer Online. Also on their Webpage you can look at a galary of color schemes that were submitted and rated by users. See if you like any of the color schemes and start experimenting. Finally, heres is another great resource for inspiration for bedroom color schemes for kids and teenagers: DigsDigs blog , and for adult bedrooms: DigsDigs Warm Bedroom designs

One of the best ways to experiment is to make a small model of your room from paper and color the different objects in your selected color scheme. For example, have one piece of paper to represent a wall another to represent the floor, another for your bed and yet another for your chest, and ... you get the idea. Make sure the pieces of paper are to scale. Meaning that if the walls comprise about 50% of the room, the bed another 30% of the space and the chest maybe 5%, then the pieces of paper representing them will also have the same relative sizes. Then color each piece of paper with the color from your color scheme and see how you like it. If it is still hard for you to see the full picture, simply take a closeup picture of your paper model. Just make sure that the lighting conditions under which you take the photograph approximate the lighting in your room.

Once you have chosen your color scheme of about 3 colors you can start thinking about peripheral colors that you would like to see as a part of a pattern or simply on smaller objects in the room (limit peripheral colors to no more than 5 colors). Then simply go with your color scheme and peripheral colors to the stores and see what you can find. Again, if you want to save time and hustle ask for help from the sales associates. They will always try to help you find what you are looking for and they know the store better than you so they can show you around.

Finally, you can put what you've learned here to practice by first redesigning your washroom which is probably the easiest room to design. You want to look at your shower curtain, your walls, towels, toilet seat, cabinets, soap dispenser, etc' and match their colors. Give it try, you'll love it. Good luck and let us know how it went by leaving a comment.

Inspiring Cutting Edge Bed Designs

We love inspiring designs here in DreamMakers and we are constantly on the lookout for some cool ideas for your bedroom décor. So we thought we would share some of our finds with you.

The Okooko bed is an interesting design. Shaped like a boat, it will make you feel like you are out on a marine adventure without the sea sickness.



The Private Cloud is another cool design where the space is nice and round and private. This bed will make you feel like you are back in the warm and protecting womb.



When we talk about futuristic bed designs Lomme is the kind of bed that comes to mind. shaped like an egg almost, it's a slik and sophisticated look.



Finally, the Float bed is the ultimate stow away bed with a twist. It is very easily folded and stowed away. Yet when it is open it is quite beautiful, you may not want to stow it away.

What does our sleeping position say about us?

How do you sleep? On your side curled up in the fetal position, or on your back facing up? Your chosen sleeping position holds some secrets about you and your partner.



According to several sleep experts the position we choose to sleep is a form of body language and can shed some light into our personalities and states of mind. There are also some health issues that arise from different sleeping positions and interestingly enough they have something to say about our relationships. Curious yet? Okay lets look at the different sleeping positions then.

The First and most popular sleeping position is the fetal position (see diagram above) with about 40% of us choosing it. If you sleep in the fetus position, according to the sleep experts you are tough on the outside but sensitive on the inside and quite easy going. Moreover, in social interactions you may seem shy at first but you quickly open up and get quite sociable once you are comfortable.
Next is the Log position, which indicates a highly sociable and easy going personality who is extremely trusting, sometimes overly so.

The Yearner position is chosen by people who are open minded but at the same time cynical and stubborn.

People who choose the Soldier position are typically reserved and quite. They would typically have high moral standards and expect to hold themselves and others to these standards. Sleeping in the Soldier position may cause snoring.

The Free fall position is an interesting one because it is my chosen position and indicates an energetic and out going personality that does not take criticism very well. (I am working on it)

Finally, the star fish position is chosen by people who are good listeners and helpful. Again because they sleep on their backs this sleeping position may cause snoring.

There is some insight into the way couples end up sleeping that can say a lot about their relationships. This is because we are most honest in our sleep. We express ourselves subconsciously, which means that we don't really control what we do, so we express our most inner desires and feelings.

The most common sleeping position in the first few years of a relationship is the spooning position where both are in the fetal position facing the same direction and one partner (usually the woman) is cradled in the other. Generally, spooning is a really healthy position for your relationship if both of you are comfortable with it. It shows a healthy and trusting relationship, where one partner is comfortable enough to turn his back on the other, while the other partner shows a desire to protect their partner.

As the years progress, it is common for couples to stay in the spooning position, but create some space making it a loose spooning position. Still later on, when a family is formed and there are kids running around bringing joy to the house, many couples investing a lot of their love and energy in their kids during the day, feel the need for a bit more space at night. Then its common to sleep in the V-shaped hug, which is when the partners face away from each other and only touch with their bottoms to show some sexual connection. This position shows that the couple is very confident in their relationship.


Another common position is the royal hug position. In this position the man is lying on his back facing up and the woman rests her head on his chest or shoulder. For the man this position indicates a lot of confidence and somewhat desire to control and protect his partner. If the woman is facing her man in the fetal position, she enjoys his protectiveness. If however, she is lying on her back as well she shows her desire for control as well.

As you can see there is a lot to learn from our body language while we sleep. So pay attention to the clues and see what is going on in the lives of your loved ones and in your relationships. For greater detail about couples positions visit here.