Make Your Bedroom a Relaxing Retreat

Great Solutions 12 October 2011

If your bedroom is lacking lustre, you might be able to change it by the flip of a switch. Bedrooms often only have overhead lighting, but should instead also have bedside lamps or alternate accent lighting to create the appropriate ambiance. The light in a bedroom should be softer, and thus more comforting than that of any other room. If you do not want to retire to your bedroom, then it is definitely time to analyse why, and make a change.

So, if you are ready to introduce new lighting, or already have bedside lights but are uncertain that they are the right height, take note. A lamp shade, when placed next to a bed, should be no less than twenty inches above the mattress. This allows for proper illumination, but does not produce glare. It might not seem that important, but once you correct any miscalculated placements you will see the tremendous difference. If you are not going to bringing in any other lights, then you can still make a change for the better. Take out any old light bulbs that give off harsh light and put in warm spectrum ones.