Antique Bedroom Decorating

You're tired of your old bedroom style, and you're looking for ways to spice up the look and feel of your sanctuary. One of the more popular design themes today is Chinese antiques. The look and feel of the old wood, intricate carvings, lush colors, and rich gems can make for a luxurious bedroom décor.

Depending upon your budget, you can go for reproduction antiques (newly made items that are created with the look and feel of antiques) or the real deal. Actual Chinese antiques are going to increase your budget, but if you have the money, at least spring for a few real antiques. Pick one or two major focal items and go from there. For example, you could buy an antique armoire or dressing cabinet, and based on its style and coloring, you could add reproduction pieces to the room to finish off the look.

An antique chest could sit at the foot of your bed. An antique vanity or a reproduction vanity would be a good addition to a corner of your bedroom. A small Tibetan square table or two could act as bedside tables or night stands. Add some Buddhist statues and artwork to put some finishing touches on the antique look of your bedroom.

Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese system of aesthetics in order to align Heaven and Earth to receive positive qi or energy in your home. Feng shui decoration in your bedroom is an extremely good idea because it is believed to provide the proper type of energy needed in all realms of your life, and in the bedroom it can be aligned to provide healing and calming energy. Feng shui can easily be incorporated into your antique style bedroom. Feng shui suggests that the best color to paint bedroom walls are the "skin colors" - varying from a pale pink to a chocolate brown. Place your bed in such a way that it is accessible from either side, and be sure to have twin antique bedside tables on either side. In feng shui, it is best if you don't align your bed directly with the door.

Whether you decide to go with a Feng Shui themed bedroom or simply a Chinese antique style bedroom, using the above tips will have you headed in the right direction for the style that you are looking for, and before you know it, you will have a fantastic new style in your sleeping quarters!

Bedroom Accessories

Any interior space is primarily composed of walls, floor and ceiling. These elements give a habitable character to the interior space.Apart from providing protection from natural elements such as rain, snow, wind and other natural calamities, an interior space is also responsible for creating moods, depending upon the theme of the decoration.Depending upon the functional purpose of the interior space, the quality and quantity of the furniture and other elements may change. For example a "meditation center" might not require any furniture at all, but a gymnasium on the other hand requires specially designed equipment.For the sake of this article we are only going to concentrate on bedrooms. A bedroom is a space, which is close to our heart. This is the space where we take rest and regain the vital energy force for the next day's work. A typical bedroom consists of a double/single bed depending upon the size and occupancy of the room, wardrobe, study table, chairs for informal gathering, dressing table, side tables adjacent to the bed for keeping items such as telephone, watch, etc..Since a bulk of volume gets occupied with the furniture pieces, the beauty of a bedroom greatly depends upon the quality of the furniture. But that's not all. Any interior space can be greatly enhanced using "accessories" and some great amount of detailing can be added to an existing bedroom with furniture.These are called as "valances" are a very good means to decorate the windows and other openings. These decorative curtains have 2 purposes. a) They define a window opening b) They diffuse the incoming sunlight and help the dispersion of light evenly. Valances can be easily be prepared at home with some basic knowledge of stitching.