White Bedroom Furniture

Are you thinking of redecorating a small cramped bedroom? Tightly confined spaces tend to cause additional environmental stress to most people. So if that small bedroom is meant to be used regularly, you should consider decorating it so that it feels more spacious. Fortunately, this need not be particularly difficult.

Let's start with the basics. Did you know that the same room painted white (or some other lighter color) feels more spacious and cheery than when it is painted a darker color like black or a deep blue? This is something many artists and poets know and it guides them in their paintings and prose.

Apart from the walls, the color of the bedroom furniture also makes a big difference. White bedroom furniture gives a crisp, clean, open look to a room while darker-colored furniture makes the same bedroom look more cramped. Wood bedroom furniture made from light colored pine wood or white oak gives a lighter feeling than furniture with the same style but made from a darker wood. A room with white-painted metal bedroom furniture feels less cramped than the same furniture painted black.

Even the material of the furniture can help to open up a bedroom or make a bedroom feel more cramped than it actually is. For example, wicker bedroom furniture and rattan bedroom furniture usually give a more airy feel to a room. On the other hand, solid wood bedroom furniture and metal bedroom furniture both tend to make a room feel more solid and stultifying.

It is also important to consider the style of your bedroom furniture. For the same color and material, gothic Victorian style furniture tend to feel heavier than the more minimalist country bedroom furniture or modern furniture. A solid wooden bedframe with elaborate carvings and moldings always gives a heavier psychological feeling than a wood bedframe with simple clean lines. While it is true that the traditional Victorian-style and Queen Anne-style furniture are more elegant and refined, their complex lines are not compatible with modern apartments and urban housing. Even when painted white, they can give a suffocating feeling to the smaller rooms common in the modern home.

Putting everything together, if you want to make a very small bedroom feel more spacious and comfortable to sleep in, you should paint the walls white, and decorate with white furniture made from lighter materials like rattan or wicker. If you favor wooden bedroom furniture, go for the simpler lines of country-style bedroom furniture. White-colored curtains, bedlinen and blankets would complete the minimalist look. Another good option for tiny bedrooms is to use futon beds. These are actually an idea inspired by the Japanese. They sleep on foldable mattresses at night, then fold up (or roll up) and store away these mattresses in the daytime to free up space.

Would so much white furniture make the bedroom look boring? Not necessarily. First, you need to remember that this is a tiny bedroom that you are trying to lighten and open up. Second, no one ever said you need to use the same shade of white for everything. You can mix and match different shades of white furniture, all the way from pure bright white to off-white cream bedroom furniture.

As you can see, making a small and cramped bedroom feel bigger is not rocket science. Paint the walls white or some very light pastel color. Center your decor around white bedroom furniture and accessorize with yet more white.