This week we will explore a small section of our bedroom, a place where we lay our head and allow ourselves to relax and reset. I will explain to you my design philosophy behind and show you my top picks. Although many of the pieces I pick here fit well for small to moderate size bedrooms, for larger and more spacious bedrooms I would suggest you scale the items up in size according to the bed and room proportions. Remember, there is never a one size fits all design, what brings harmony into the design is the understanding of scale and proportion of the space. Once you have this basic concept in mind, you will be able to find the perfect piece for your space while keeping your home in visual harmony.
A side note, these design items work well in master bedrooms, guest bedrooms or vacation rental units, however, if you are looking into ideas for children bedroom, please stay tuned. I will be addressing the kiddo’s room in a separate post.
Keep it light
In Chinese Feng Shui, the place we sleep should remain clutter free for the energy to flow freely. Clear energy enable us to clear out our thoughts. Same principle applies to our side tables, having just a slab of small surface area for the essential limit the amount of thing needed to be around us while we reset.
Store your phone and charger in a basket or box on the floor helps to distance the radio frequency further away from where we lay our head at night.
Powder coated Power
I have showed you how to use this side table piece in the Coffee table cluster in the previous post. Now we are using it in a more traditional way. Smaller surface area to limit what is essential to promote a clutter free sleeping environment.
Circle or Not
We have seen many leaning shelves for towel and books, here is another ingenuous design, the metal surface is a perfect circle, one edge is folded upward and becomes the leaning surface for this thin as air piece. Simple yet elegant design to keep your bedroom clean and clear.
Bench to Table
This oversized stool or small bench is perfect as a side table or extra guest’s seating. Add a oversized tray for extra stability. Why settle for one function when it can do both.
Turn to new height
This clever little stool is adjustable in height, which means It can adopt to a different bed height as well as table height for the extra guest who stays over for dinner
Heng is Balance
I first discovered this magical Heng balance lamp at Kickstarter, it was designed by a talented Chinese designer back in 2016. The combination of simple form, beautiful material and innovative on/off “switch” turn a humble illuminating object into a work of art that brings joy and harmony to the user.
The Arch of Glowing
This accent light has a seamless illuminating LED body panel that emits light with a soft touch to its invisible strip. This lamp works well from modern interior to children’s bedrooms without a doubt.
Small and Mighty
This 5” diameter accent wall sconce may be small in size, but it truly does more than its clean look. The LED lamp head can be rotated 360 degrees from reflective light to task light. It also comes in many colors and material finish. Pick a matching color so it disappears with the wall or pick a bright color to make it pop, choice is yours to decide.
A whimsical plate
Having the light source hung on the wall allows us to further reduce clutter on the nightstand. It is ideal to choose a wall sconce where the light source is hidden because reflected light is softer and more gentle to our eyes especially at night when our goal is a good night sleep.