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Dress Up Your Bedroom with a New Nightstand

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Magnussen Southampton 3 Drawer Nightstand in Black

The right nightstand is an important component to get right in your bedroom or master suite. While the bed is the major focal point for your room, selecting complimentary nightstands is just as important. This is where you place your most valuable and useful items like alarm clocks, cell phones or current reading material. It also usually houses a lamp as usually provides extra storage as well.

Sonax Pacific Contemporary Nightstand in Ebony Pecan Cart

Choosing a nightstand that is the right size and height is important. Be sure to measure the height of your mattress to help make a decision. In general it’s a safe bet to buy a nightstand that is about equal in height to your mattress. It’s also useful to consider that usually the taller the table the more formal the look. A low profile look is usually more contemporary. But for your personal comfort and style a few inches higher or lower might be preferable.

Wynwood Cypress Point Nightstand in Soft Amber Finish White

There is also no need to feel constrained by the rest of your bedroom furniture. Maybe you are looking to upgrade your space one piece at a time. Or maybe your bedroom set has been discontinued. Buying a matching set is still the easiest way to get a cohesive look in any room. But buying furniture pieces that are complimentary but not matching is a great way to get an individual look and show off your unique personality.

Tommy Bahama Home Ocean Club Coral Nightstand Cart

Today’s nightstands feature a variety of different design options. Choose from open shelves or one to three drawers. Go for a sleek urban look with a dark finish like espresso or black accented by shimmering satin chrome hardware. Keep it casual with the charm of rustic pine or white wood with attractive turned legs. Or go for traditional flair with an antique-inspired nightstand with three drawers in a sophisticated soft amber finish. The incredible style and great prices on the market today make it super simple to find the right choice for you.

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Create a New Room with a Popular Bedroom Set

Friday, August 26th, 2011

Modus Nevis Espresso Wood 2 Piece Bedroom Set

Prepac Sonoma 5 Piece Bedroom Set

Fashion Bed Group Murray 2 Piece Bedroom Set

Hillsdale Brookland 5 Piece Bedroom Set

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Top 10 Bedroom Sets for 2011

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Summer is a great time to redecorate. You’ve finished spring cleaning and the weather is more reliable. It’s also the season for house guests and trips to your summer home. So whether it’s your spare bedroom or your country cottage, why not make your next redecorating project a bedroom?

Start with a few basic questions. Are you interested in contemporary black bedroom furniture for modern minimalist interiors? Is white bedroom furniture more your taste? Do more traditional carved wood bedroom sets catch your eye?

Will you want multiple dressers for maximum storage? Is limited floor space an issue? Should you consider bedrooms sets with storage beds?

Depending on the room you’re redecorating, you may want to choose your size up front. Does your summer home have the space for a king size bed? Or should you start by browsing full size bedroom sets for a smaller guest room?

Discount bedroom sets and regularly priced cheap bedroom furniture sets are a great choice for if you’re shopping on a budget, or simply wish to restrain your investment for a bedroom not used full time.

To kick start your search, here are our Top 10 picks for bed sets for sale at Bedroom Furniture N More:

Sitcom Hida 4 Piece Bedroom Set

Prepac Sonoma Black 6 Piece Bedroom Set

South Shore Back Bay Queen 3 Piece Bedroom Set

South Shore Sand Castle 5 Piece Bedroom Set

Standard Seville Old Fashioned 5 Piece Bedroom Set

Standard Diana White Wash 5 Piece Bedroom Set

Lifestyle Solutions Wilshire Modern 5 Piece Bedroom Set

Somerton Enchantment 3 Piece Bedroom Set

Hillsdale Brookland 5 Piece Bedroom Set

Modus Nevis Riva Modern 4 Piece Bedroom Set

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Bookcase Headboards for Back to School

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Do you have a high school or college student at home? If so, a little extra organization could be in order this fall. A simple headboard change can add extra shelving to even the smallest space.

Coaster Herbert Twin Bookcase Headboard in Light Natural Oak

Bookcase headboards are ideal for teen rooms and dorm rooms where keeping a messy bedroom tidy is more important than ever. Choose a taller 2-tiered design for maximum storage.

Prepac Slant-Back Espresso Tall Queen/Double Bookcase Headboard

Choose one of the many headboards for full size beds for your teen’s room, to get practical storage sized just right for your highschooler.

Nexera Topolino Bookcase Storage Headboard in Truffle and Ivory Finish

For your college student, headboards for queen size beds might be a better solution as your son or daughter has probably opted for a larger bed at this point.

South Shore Breakwater Full / Queen Bookcase Headboard in Pure Black Finish

Make sure the student in your life has the storage and shelving space to stay organized so that books are always visible and within easy reach.

Shop online now to ensure you’ve got your headboard for a queen or full size bed in plenty of time for the next school year.

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Bold Headboards for Refreshing Style

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

As our busy lives move more quickly every day, the personal home bedroom has become a crucial place for each of us to relax and restore a sense of balance. Reward yourself at the end of every day of hard work with a space that is truly welcoming and inviting.

Distinctive Headboard Design Ideas

You’ll be surprised how little it takes to overhaul the atmosphere of your room and how quickly your design efforts can yield results. Start with a new headboard and you could be amazed at the impact.

King Size & Leather Statements

Complement, or even create, a new décor theme with a stylish statement headboard.

A striking design on a canvas as large as a king headboard – accented by a few new lamps or wall artwork – can be enough to take your space from drab to bold or from uninspired to pleasantly soothing.

Maybe the dramatic flair of an upholstered headboard is more your style. Brown, black, white, beige and many other colors come in leather or vinyl flat padded panels or button tufted designs.

Subtle Style or Practical Storage

For something more understated, metal frames with detailed scroll work or clean angular lines can enhance your existing furniture and linen choices. For more storage, choose a bookcase model and you’ll still find eye-catching configurations and rich, warm wood finishes.

Whatever your style, adding a new headboard can be a major change, or the launching point for a completely reinvented space.

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Don’t Forget the Bunkie Boards!

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

If you’ve been reading Furniture and Design Ideas recently, you know we’ve had bunk beds on the brain. And why not? Today’s bunks are more versatile than ever, creating fun, yet practical living spaces in modern children’s bedrooms. They can be playful, sophisticated, and all points in between.

We’ve talked about building a boy’s bedroom with loft bunk beds from South Shore and twin over full bunk beds from Alligator Enterprise.

And if you read our post on seaside-inspired teen furniture, you saw a great Young America bunk set, perfect for artful shabby chic rooms.

Look for contemporary bunk bed features like:

• Desks and bookshelves
• Platform storage drawers
• Vertical cupboards
• Rolling or spring trundles

Yes, there are a lot of great bunk beds out there, but naturally, size, structure, and design all vary. So today, we also want to talk about bunkie boards.

And what are they? For bunk bed frames that don’t include built-in mattress support, these boards fill the role of a box spring or wood slats.

It makes sense when you think about it; a bulky box spring isn’t going to work well with bunk beds – especially on that top bunk!

When you’ve decided on your dream bunk bed, find out if the frame includes slats that support each mattress. If not, you’ll want to add bunkie boards. Some bunk beds will only need one board for the top bunk alone, while some models need support for both mattresses.

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Encourage Your Teen to go Coastal

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Because it conjures up soft ocean breezes, tranquil summer days spent by the lake or the scent of tropical flowers on a Pacific island, coastal style is an ideal choice when decorating a teen girl’s room. A coastal theme will allow you both to be as creative as you like, offering a wide range of hues for the wall color, bedding, accessories and even the bedroom furniture itself. With such an eclectic style like coastal, the ideas are endless and the color palette you choose can be as bright and bold or soothing and tranquil as the mood takes you.

Coastal Style Colors

Colors for a coastal style teen girl’s bedroom can be bold or pastel simply because the palette takes its cue from a particular coast or region – a Caribbean coast is bluer and brighter than the coastline of the eastern States, which is readily identifiable by soft grays reflecting the drifting fogs or fine sea mists common to the area.

Coastal Style Furniture

Coastal style furniture is designed to capture the spirit of a summer holiday spent by a lake; an escape to a tropical island or a winter seaside getaway. Coastal style youth bedroom furniture possesses a laid-back feel that is casual yet sophisticated – perfect for a teen girl. When looking for a bed for your teen’s coastal bedroom, choose one that includes bead board panels or louvered accents. Coastal has become such a popular interior design style that manufacturers like Lea and Young America offer bunk beds that display charming decorative details such as bead board, molding, bun feet and scalloped aprons typical of coastal style furniture. You will want to look for similar accents in case goods like an armoire, dresser or chest of drawers.

Coastal Style Bedroom Finishing Touches

Accessories for a coastal style teen bedroom should be warm, comfortable and inviting. Try to include organic elements like wicker baskets or a rattan hamper. Add touches like a shell-base table lamp, shell motif wall sconces or oceanscape prints.

Select nautical striped or botanical patterned fabrics for window treatments, area rugs and/bedding. Anything water-related such surf-themed bedding, sail boats, sea creatures, etc.

Look for collectibles like starfish, shells or hurricane lamps. Hanging objects like oars or a lifesaver make great wall art.

Tags: beach style, Bedroom Furniture, coastal style, cottage style, girl’s bedroom, teen room design, youth bedroom furniture
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Go Navy Blue for a Boy’s Bedroom

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

Whether you’re transforming the ex-nursery into a “big” boy’s bedroom or redecorating because it’s just time for a new look, consider the color navy blue. While it is of course a color, it often functions much like a neutral shade such as black or beige. Navy blue can be layered throughout the room in a number of inventive ways, through the use of actual navy blue bedroom furniture, bedding and accessories, including wall art and area rugs. You can use navy blue “straight up” or mix-and-match with white and red for a truly classic look that might even last until he’s off to college.

Pick a Theme

Especially if you’re upgrading from nursery space to a first “real” bedroom, pick a theme. This is an easy way to start decorating, because it will help you focus on a particular topic, hobby or interest that will inspire your son. As well, everything you select for his room will be related to this theme, resulting in a room that has cohesive, finished look.

Pick Where the Navy Blue Will Go

You will probably not want navy blue both on the walls and as the color of the bedroom furniture. A classic choice is to paint the walls navy, providing a rich backdrop for a light colored bed. But there is something to be said for a bedroom set that isn’t a typical dark wood finish or one that is black.

Pick the Accessories

Have fun accessorizing your son’s room, especially if he is able to contribute ideas or “help” you with some final decisions. A table lamp with a red or green base and/or shade will add a punch of color to the navy blue already in the room. If you are accessorizing a bedroom with a bunk bed in it, an easy way to define each boy’s “territory” is to choose complementing bedding sets as opposed to matching ones. Don’t forget the floor, even if you already have carpet – area rugs in primary colors will introduce a light-hearted element into the room’s décor. Adding window treatments, wall art and themed bedding will give your boy’s navy blue bedroom a classic look that everyone can enjoy.

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Bedroom a la Shabby Chic

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

The appeal of shabby chic is its capacity for being both glamorous and comfortable at the same time. This makes shabby chic an ideal design style for the bedroom, because, while you do want a little glamor you want to be comfortable and cozy even more. To create a shabby chic bedroom, don’t be afraid to experiment: mix-and-match bedroom furniture pieces; pile on those pillows in a variety of fabrics; and accessorize to your heart’s content to add texture upon texture – the result will be an enchanting bedroom that will be really welcoming.

Shabby Chic Bedroom Hues

First decide what to do with the walls. A shabby chic palette is soft with a touch of the romantic. Select gentle shades of red, yellow and blue. Keep shades of green pastel and soothing. If you would like to wallpaper either all or one or two of the walls of your bedroom, choose neutral shades with small-sized patterns where lines are curvy as opposed to linear.

If painting isn’t an option, give your bedroom that shabby chic look with one or more of these wall décor ideas:

Framed floral or botanical prints
Antique frames displaying black and white photographs or sepia prints
A shadow or memory box with collectibles like porcelain figurines, dried flowers or other vintage items
A vintage or heritage quilt; one made by an ancestor or relative is even better

Shabby Chic Bedroom Furniture

To evoke the spirit of the shabby chic interior design style, mix-and-match bedroom furniture pieces that are made of wood and have a distressed finish with ones that incorporate metalwork or organic accents.

Popular types of inserts for shabby chic bedroom furniture and beadboard and louvered; often headboards or side panels of dressers or nightstands will include beadboard or louvered detailing.

Don’t forget to include bedroom accent furniture pieces like a bedroom vanity, armoire or accent chair.

Shabby Chic Accents

Accessories for a shabby chic style bedroom should have the look and feel of being comfortably vintage. A milk can in the corner of the room can display grasses or twigs. A water jug and matching wash basin would make a good conversation piece sitting on a dresser or tall chest of drawers.

Eyelet cotton or lace is an excellent choice for a pillow or window treatment fabric. Slipcovers are often used to change the look of bedroom vanity or accent chairs according to the season.

Hurricane lamps and railroad lanterns are popular choices for table lamps.

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The Sophisticated Bedroom

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

It’s one of those things we know when we see it, but how exactly does one go about decorating a bedroom that looks as sophisticated as it is functional? It actually isn’t all that difficult and doesn’t even particularly depend on a certain design style of bedroom furniture: a modern style bedroom can possess sophistication just as easily as a traditional styled room. It’s all about focusing on specific design qualities: a sophisticated bedroom is refined, elegant and cosmopolitan.

Color Dictates the Mood

Neutrals like gray, silver, or deeper hues of beige can create a sense of calm in a room. Earth tones such as sand, mulled wine, or sage also have a tranquil effect. Bolder colors often generate excitement or energy which creates a different vibe. Neutral or earth-toned colors tend to be more sophisticated than brighter or bolder ones.

Less is More

De-clutter the space. Nothing ruins the atmosphere or appearance of a bedroom faster than clutter. Tidy things away when they are no longer needed; throw things away or recycle when they’re broken or worn; and get into the habit of not leaving miscellaneous items lying around on the dresser or the nightstand.

Choose accessories wisely. An elegant flower arrangement in a cherished vase; three or four pictures in simple frames grouped together; or one or two porcelain figurines or bronze sculptures will lend the room elegance and sophistication.

Examine the bedroom furniture pieces currently in the room. If you are not using the chest of drawers crammed into the corner, move it to another place in your home. Or if you’ve fallen out of “like” with a piece of bedroom furniture, someone else is sure to like it; list it on the internet and see what happens.

Replace and Upgrade

How long have the curtains been in the room? Especially if they are five or more years older, consider replacing them with window treatments such as sheers and chicly patterned fabric curtains or classic Roman blinds.

If the washable cotton duvet has been on the bed since the kids were toddlers, it is definitely time to upgrade. Choose bedding that matches the colors in the room, has a textured feel or weave and will enhance the appearance of the bed. Select solid colors or bedding that has a small rather than large pattern.

Adding bedroom accent furniture pieces like an accent chair, a lingerie chest, a jewelery armoire or a bedroom vanity gives the bedroom décor a cosmopolitan appeal.

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