Choosing The Right Colour And Style For Your Bedroom

Your bedroom should be a restful and inviting haven where you can relax and recharge your batteries, so its design should be an expression of your personality. Use this handy guide to explore your options, and allow yourself to be inspired to rejuvenate your room's colour scheme and track down the perfect bed and mattress.

Colour has always been associated with our moods and feelings, and has always been used to help us to understand our environment. Originating from cavemen instinctively seeing fiery red as potential danger, or leafy green as a sign that water is near, our capacity to use colour has developed, and modern interior design can help you to take advantage of the complex network of associations and emotional responses to colour, allowing you create and control the atmosphere that you want.

These winterberries may be beautiful, but the red
colour lets us know that they aren't safe to eat.

The BBC have a great article on the psychology of colour, complete with a guide to which colours stimulate which feelings, so take a look and plan out your room's new colour scheme.

This bedroom makes the most of contemporary design features
such as vinyl flooring and halogen spotlighting.

Modern interior design moves quickly, and if you're looking for some up-to-the-minute design ideas for your bedroom, then take a look at this video, from interiorcomplex.com, that shows some of 2009's hottest new looks, and let yourself get inspired.

This bedroom is filled with traditional touches like carefully matched
textiles and antique effect wooden furniture.

For the more traditionally minded among us, there really is nothing better than a traditional wooden bedroom set, accessorised with floral print curtains and bedding, for a timelessly inviting feel.

Once you've decided on your bedroom's colour and style, you'll need to start thinking about furniture. A luxurious, comfortable bed is obviously the most important piece, and will set the tone for the rest of the furniture, so it's a good idea to find the bed you want, and then pick the rest of the furniture to complement it.

It's possible to get some great deals on your bedroom furniture and accessories, but if you're having trouble finding the best deals, why not take HGTV.com's budget bedroom quiz, and get some tips on sniffing out a bargain.

Once you've settled on a colour scheme, found the furniture that is right for you, and picked your accessories, all that's left to do is settle in for a wonderful night's sleep in your newly designed, peerlessly stylish bedroom.