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Tips For Decorating Guest Rooms
Decorating a bedroom for guests enables gives you the opportunity to bring some great colour combinations together which make the room feel welcoming, chic and stylish.
As it is your home the colours you choose can basically be anything which inspires you, however keeping the room looking stylish crisp, bright colours are probably the best option.
For women who live in a predominantly male household, for example a mum, her husband/partner and children which are all boys, homes can end up being decorated in colours and styles which are typically associated with males! In a guest room you have the opportunity to bring colours and styles which are stereotypically associated with females, such as pinks, flowers and feminine touches.
Be inspired to make this room really special, have fun selecting bedding and window treatments which are chic, stylish and yet practical. Guests may not like your choices, but they are unlikely to actually voice an opinion!
A guest room should also be completely clutter free. A mistake made by many households is to use a guest room as a dumping ground for all manner of things, such as laundry, unused furniture etc. Whilst you may be short of storage place, subjecting your guests to a jumble and mess is not very inviting!
Use pale colours which offer a crisp, clean look as well as the illusion of more space. Keep the bed freshly made with beautiful duvet covers, add personal touches such as scatter or boudoir cushions or the latest bedroom trends of a neatly placed comforter across the end or half way up the bed. Always ensure guests have a comfortable easy chair available, as this will make them feel really at home.
This is where you can use surplus furniture, however you should recover the chair to suit the decor of the room. Add cushions which coordinate with the bedding or window treatments as this will bring a sense of harmony and cohesion to the room and make it look' fit for purpose' and dispel the junk room look.
You should also remember to keep a guest room cleaned and well aired so that any unexpected guests can be welcomed without any fuss or hassle. Try adopting the continental approach of airing the duvet and pillows by draping them out of an open window on a warm and sunny day.
This will not only help to keep them smelling fresh, it will also enable the bed to be aired properly which in turn will prevent musty smells. Likewise open the windows of your guest room as often as possible, to keep the room fresh and help reduce potential problems of damp, particularly if you live in an older style house.
Consider the window treatments carefully, although you want to achieve a light and airy feeling to the room you also need to bear in mind that the curtains are sufficiently thick to stop unwanted light entering the room at night. You could use a combination of a roller blind which has a blackout lining and curtains or select curtains which have a blackout lining.
About the Author Terrys Fabrics offer a wide range of curtains, fabrics, bedding and Blackout Lining material for curtains
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