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Five Tips to Spice Up Your Bedroom Decor This Weekend

Want to spice up your bedroom, but don't know where to begin? Do you envision a romantic retreat, but your reality is a bedroom that's a chaotic mass of confusion? Follow these five tips and in less than a weekend, you will create a delightful, yet inexpensive, haven that can put the sizzle back into your life.

Tip #1: Color. If your bedroom is blah or conversely has riotous color, consider painting it a soothing blue, green, light grey, or my personal favorite, a cozy hot chocolate. The color will set the tone of your room. If you adore hot colors, use these colors on accessories instead of the walls. Your bedroom should be a calming oasis in the chaos that is your life. Cost: Under $50. Time: Half a day.

Tip #2: Focal Point. Your bed should be the focal point of your bedroom. If you have a big entertainment center, you will need to put more emphasis on your bed. If you do not have a large headboard, you can create the illusion of one by hanging a large piece of art or rug behind the bed. You can also make a large but inexpensive headboard by padding and then stapling fabric to a piece of plywood. Alternately, you can paint the wall a contrasting color than the rest of the room. Stack pillows instead of the standard two. Add layers of bedding to give yourself luxury. Don't depend on thread counts for quality, see how the sheets actually feel to the touch. Consider putting a thin blanket between the sheets for an easy upscale feel. Cost: Can be under $100. Time: Half a day.

Tip #3: Stress Free Adult Zone. The master bedroom is not the place for photos of anyone in your life that causes you stress, even if its family. Move these photos to other rooms in the house. It is time to remove the clutter so that you don't feel overwhelmed when you enter the room. Either put away, donate, sell or discard anything that clutters up your room. Today is also the day to stop paying bills in your bedroom. Move it to the dining table if you don't have a desk. Bottom line, remove all sources of stress from your master bedroom. Cost: Free Time: A couple of hours.

Tip #4: Add Romantic Lighting. Here's a quick way to soften your room instantly: Change some of the light bulbs in your bedroom to a lower wattage or colored bulbs. A pink bulb will make you look radiant. Cost: Under $20. Time: Five minutes.

Tip #5: Add Ambiance: Don't stop at just the lighting. Appeal to all of the senses. Cost: Under $100, Time: Five minutes.

    Touch: Soft, sensuous bedding
    Smell: Display and use fragrant candles and potpourri
    Sound: Consider a mini table fountain and soft background music
    Taste: Put out a small tray of decadent wrapped dark chocolate

If you take a weekend to do these five tips, your new master bedroom will also delight the fifth sense, sight, as you finally create the romantic and relaxing haven you deserve.

 

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Fresh Young Room Designs for a Teen Girl

When it comes to decorating a teen girl's bedroom, some parents give their daughters complete reign over the room's design. Others dictate every detail of the new design. The compromise is to select a room theme that is pleasing to both the teen and the parent. If you are looking for a fresh young room design that both parents and teen girls will love, check out the ideas below.

Plaid
One of the hottest trends for decorating is the use of plaids. Instead of weighing down the look and feel of a teen's bedroom with dark, heavy plaids, use lighter plaids. There are plaids that come in all different styles to make decorating a breeze. Whether the teen agrees to a pastel plaid or a neutral tone plaid, it is a great way to freshen up a bedroom and add some current style. Bedspreads, curtains and even upholstered furniture can be done in a plaid design. This will make the room appear more sophisticated but still youthful.

Trendy Metallics
Have no fear; there are ways to incorporate metallics into a room without creating a garish, gaudy space. Depending on the undertone of the metal selected, the walls should be painted white or gray for cool tones like silver and beige or chocolaty brown for warmer undertones found in gold or copper. Use coordinating fabrics for bedspreads and curtains while reserving the metallics for accents. For example, a plain brown curtain with a warm gold sheer curtain behind it would introduce the metallic color into the room while also tempering it with solid colors. Metallics can also come into play in lamp bases, alarm clocks, accent pillows, a chandelier and other small accessories in the room. The key is to decorate sparingly with metallics, but use them in such a way that they create a significant impact in the look and feel of the room. Your teen is sure to love this posh and sophisticated design idea.

Camouflage
Camouflage is not just for the military anymore. Introduce this fresh new look into your teen girl's bedroom by choosing pink camouflage over the traditional green. This is a great way to enhance the bedroom of your less than girly girl while still recognizing her femininity. Pink camouflage is usually intertwined with shades of tan, brown or green. Pull those accent colors into the room's design by painting the walls a similar tan or adding a solid bedspread in one of the complementary colors. Your teen will be excited to have a room that is both fresh and exciting.

No matter how you choose to design your teen girl's room, it is important to remember that her input it very valuable. Not only will the final room design by received more openly, but you may find her eager to help you in the decorating. A new teen bedroom design can result in some great parent-teen bonding time.