Bedroom Furniture Designs

How to Design an Ocean Themed Bedroom

Paint
Start the project by painting the walls and the ceiling. The colors that are suitable for the ocean themed bedroom are deep ocean blue and sea green. To create the desired effect, paint the lower portion of the walls with dark ocean blue and apply lightest green to the ceiling. Apply the strokes from floor to the ceiling and use two coats of the paint.

Add Creatures To The Walls
Adding creatures on the wall will accentuate the look of the room. Trace pictures of fish or other sea creatures onto large pieces of construction paper. Cut out the figures and paste them onto the walls, using double sided tapes. Add details to the creatures, like eyes and scales for fish. Stenciling creatures onto the walls is also a nice idea. Wall murals play a vital part in ocean themed bedrooms. You can paste life-size murals of water-plants or underwater creatures on the walls.

Furniture
The furniture of the bedroom should complement the over-all decor. This can be done by painting each piece with a single color. It is a good idea to choose the same color that you have used for the walls. This will create a camouflage effect, apart from the illusion of increased space. Let your furnishing also reflect the ocean theme – paste stickers of sea creatures to the furniture and adorn it with seashells. 

feng shui rules for bedrooms

Feng Shui
– which means ‘wind water’ in Chinese - is the ancient Chinese art of creating a harmonious physical environment, which can be anything from a single room to an entire building or garden. One of the most important beliefs of Feng Shui is that everything is connected by energy, meaning that your feelings and emotions are influenced by your physical environment and surroundings. Most of us practice the basic ideas of Feng Shui on an everyday basis without even being aware of it – simply put, when applied to your home it is the art of placing furniture, pictures, ornaments, lighting etc so that they best creates a pleasant environment.

The principles of Feng Shui are particularly important in the bedroom as it’s a room that most of us spend more time in than any other - about a third of our lives in. And to most of us, the bedroom is also a room where we can hopefully escape from work, noisy children and the stresses of everyday life. A bedroom should be a room that is conducive to a good nights sleep, relaxation and perhaps romance. A dark, untidy and unwelcoming bedroom can create feelings of lethargy and depression, especially when you are asleep but your mind is still active.

Before you even enter the bedroom itself, the doorway is important in Feng Shui. It is good to have a door that opens at least 90 degrees, anything less than this is considered restrictive and symbolically may prevent good luck or good opportunities from entering your life. Practitioners of Feng Shui also suggest a device known as a ‘greeter’ in your bedroom. This is the first thing you see when you enter the bedroom, the focal point of the room – it could be anything from a large painting, photograph, fireplace or striking piece of furniture. As far as the decoration of your bedroom goes, try to avoid stimulating colors like red and gold on the walls – instead, use relaxing colors such as pastel blue, green or yellow.