|
Author: Jeanette Joy Fisher Article source: http://selfhelparticles.com/. Used with author's permission.
The bed represents the beginning and ending of life. In the past, people were conceived, born, and died in the same bed. You spend more time in your bed than on any other piece of furniture. Design Psychology offers new bedroom makeover ideas concerning your bed for supporting your emotional well-being.
Bed Placement for Secure Feelings
Position the headboard directly opposite the doorway up against a wall. This creates the visual expansion of the room and underscores the bed's importance. As the main attraction, the bed represents the focal point of the room.
A greater reason to place the bed so that it faces the doorway is for a feeling of security. People feel safe with a clear view of the door. With the door behind your vision, you feel like someone can sneak up behind you. However, some bedrooms with a separate entry space coming into the main area present a dilemma; positioning a mirror in a way that reflects the blind spot corrects this problem. Convex mirrors, those that curves or bulge outward, help you to see down the hallway.
Beds and Enclosure
Totally enclosed beds, those with full canopies of voluptuous fabrics, sustain the comforting feeling of a personal sanctuary. Canopies and testers, originally hung to protect sleepers from drafts, give a secure sense of enclosure. Partial canopies or beds with both headboards and footboards provide a suggestion of enclosure. Partially enclosed beds allow views of the room. A footboard adds a semi enclosed womb-like feeling of comfort.
Some sleepers feel most comfortable with a barrier-free bed with nothing to clutter the end space. Decide what makes you feel secure, a peaceful, expansive bed without enclosure, a semi-enclosure with a bare framework, or total enclosure with abundant fabric on all sides.
Padded headboards, easy to assemble and more comfortable than the more expensive brass, iron, or wood headboards, offer great support for reading. Construct a marvelous and unusual headboard with an antique oversized fireplace surround. Fabricate a padded insert for the fireplace opening space.
A bed footrest, love seat, or padded old chest at the foot of the bed offers more functions than a footboard.
Bed Dressings
Black sheets not only look seductive, they also help keep the morning light from disturbing sleep. Because forest green evokes feelings of deep serenity, this color is another good choice for bed linen. High-thread count, white cotton contributes the impression of a luxury hotel. White bed linens give you refreshingly cool emotional support during hot summer nights. If you want an easy bed to make, then use a bedspread that touches the floor instead of a comforter and dust ruffle.
Forget all the pillows! They get in the way, make it hard to make the bed, and add needless clutter.
Giving thought to your emotional needs when designing your bed placement and enhancements helps you create a bedroom for joyous living.
(c) Copyright 2004, Jeanette J. Fisher. All rights reserved. Professor Jeanette Fisher, author of Doghouse to Dollhouse for Dollars, Joy to the Home, and other books teaches Real Estate Investing and Design Psychology. For more articles, tips, reports, newsletters, and sales flyer template, see http://www.doghousetodollhousefordollars.com/pages/5/index.htm
Black Hat Search Engine Optimization the White Hat Way
Whilst there are many "black hat" tactics to drive traffic to your website, they will often get you banned by search engines. The same effect can often be achie...
The Relationship Between Pain and Chronic or Major Depression
The relationship between pain and chronic or major depression is just being recognized my scientists and researchers. General practioners are not trained to loo...
Art, Women, and Creativity
Women often come into their own as artists and frequently find that their "artistic voices" become more confident and self-assured later in life. For younger w...
Extreme Breakup Recovery: Maximum Healing / Minimum Time
If you are going through the emotional rollercoaster of a breakup, feeling pain, anger and depression, know this: You don't need to suffer one more day over you...
Other Peoples Opinions
Learn to overcome the fear of other people's opinions and build your confidence through understanding the Psychological explanations which underlie this common ...
Perfect Christmas Gifts Better than Diamonds for Your Wife
Every year families get into trouble by charging up their credit cards for Christmas gifts. Don't get caught up in commercialism during the holidays. You don't ...
The Almighty Beer-Can Chicken
A popular method of cooking chicken in recent years both in Barbeque contest as well as backyard barbeques is the beer-can chicken.
The Undercover Vitamin
There is a secret vitamin in the neighborhood, wandering around your body under cover. This "vitamin" has just one single purpose, although some researchers be...
A Healthy Child Is More Than Skin and Bones
Building strong and healthy children involves more than filling their tummies with the right foods, giving them milk for healthy bones and making sure they get ...
The Never Ending Spyware Story
It's been with us since 1993, it's gotten more intrusive, more complicated.
7 Simple Ways to Increase Your Credit Card Limit
Discover 7 strategies you could use to successfully get the banks and credit cards companies to increase your credit card limit.
Spiritual Relationships: Partnering Through Change
We have the tendency to repeat certain patterns in our
relationships. It seems we take the best and the worst within
ourselves and project it into the contain...
Hibernating Humans for Space Flight
Can we hibernate humans using hydrogen sulfide gas for long-term space flight? The answer is most likely; "YES". Scientists have successfully hibernated mice sp...
Do Insurance Premiums Increase Every Year?
Many people ask, "If I am supposed to get a renewal discount, why do my premiums seem to increase with each renewal?" The answer is not always so simple...
How to Weight Train for Maximum Muscle Gain
To build more muscle mass you must eat more calories and perform some form of resistance training. This can be in many forms, but the most common is weight trai...
Instant Relaxation Anytime Anywhere
If there was a way of relaxing quickly and easily in any situation would you want to know what it is? Ancient cultures knew this secret, and followers of Hawai...
Frugal Gifts for Frugal Gals
If great minds think alike, the same is true of frugal minds. Simply look within yourself. The frugal gal can get excited about the most ordinary items.
What Do You Really Want ?
Being a coach is such a rewarding profession. The enormous impact you have on other people's lives always astounds me. Let me share with you John's story… John ...
Using Feedburner to Add Statistics to Your RSS Feed
Out of many of the free RSS and blogging services that I have tried one of the most useful has been Feedburner. Feedburner allows you to publish your RSS feed a...
Building Successful Work Relationships--Playing In The Same Sandbox
There's a tremendous amount of pressure as we grow older to learn to act our age (whatever that means). In fact, most people consider age a number not an indica...
10 Ways Massage Therapists Can Get More Mileage Out of Their Marketing Budget
Are you making the most of your marketing dollars?
Confessions of a Networking Junkie
Lorraine Ball is a networking junkie! But unlike people with other addictions, she is not looking for a 12-step program to cure her habit, because she likes the...
Is a Blog Right For Your Business?
How do you know when a blog is right for your business? Learn why people start blogs, how they find their niche and how blogging tools can be used for more than...
All Things Are Not Always Created Equal
A look at omega-3 fatty acids. Are they good for us and how much?
|
Print this page