Bedrooms by design

If you're looking for ideas to give your bedroom a makeover, we take a look at three bedroom styles that offer completely different looks: from elegant and simple, hot and passionate and contemporary.

 

 

 

Elegant and simple

 

 

An elegant bedroom is decorated in shades of lilac and pale gold for a room that reflects elegance without losing simplicity.

 

Small details

A mantel frame and mantel shelf are painted in bright white white to complement the rustic shades of mosaic tiles surrounding the fireplace. To further complement this detail, supawood panelling is added to the walls that surround the bed.

 

 

Do-it-yourself

It's time to discover how easy it is to do-it-yourself when it comes to making your own furniture and decor accessories. A simple framed box bed with matching night stands can be painted or stained in a choice of colours to reflect your personal style, while framing a mirror with detail and trim - or polystyrene moulding - and then painting with metallic paint can easily save you hundreds of rands

 

 

Heat up the bedroom

 

 

If you're looking for a bedroom with a bit more passion then consider adding red to the walls. This modern bedroom mixes red, green, yellow and cream for a high impact room that has an earthy, tropical feeling.

 

 

 

Big impact

 

 

Instead of being hidden at the back of the bed, this padded headboard becomes a high impact feature on the wall above. To create the feature make an upholstered headboard with extra padding and then frame with pine moulding - as you would a picture frame.

 

Affordable style

 

 

 

In addition to the box bed, matching side tables and drawer unit are finished in Rust-Oleum 2X espresso spray. Making the units is as easy as building bookshelf and adding drawers. Make the units using 16mm SupaWood - you will find everything you need to complete the project at your local hardware store.

 

Cool and contemporary

 

 

 

Now we're really pumping up the colour! This yellow, black and white bedroom is 70s retro with plenty of contemporary style.

 

Architectural design

Adding detail, as with this storage unit about the bed, transforms a boring bedroom into an architectural masterpiece. The design mirrors the panelled door to tie the look together. Downlights fitted to the storage unit not only light up the custom wall art, but also provide additional lighting for night time reading - or working!

 

 

Mix it up

The same box bed and bedside tables appear in all the bedroom designs shown in this feature, which goes to show that you can easily makeover a room without throwing out what you already have. A few added details, the perfect bed linen and accessories, the right paint colours, and you have a new look for your bedroom. Visit paint store for advice on colour and paint for your next bedroom makeover.

 

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