Choosing the right furniture for your bedroom can be a hard decision. Your bedroom is your palace, it is your oasis, it is the one place that you can escape from the world. This is why it is very important that you make it as comfortable and inviting as you can. With the huge selection of furniture that is now available to us it is important that we can select something that can be our own, and allow us to express our individuality. The first main choice we must make is whether we would like to go with traditional bedroom furniture or modern bedroom furniture.

A modern bedroom can vary sharply from one to the other, but they’re all still modern in design. A modern bedroom can feature straight symmetrical pieces with minimal detail or they can be curvy, wavy, detailed and fully avant-garde.

Modern beds are typically platform beds, japanese (oriental) influenced beds, storage beds, round beds, rotating beds, rocking beds or even magnetically floating beds. WOW! About 90% of modern beds are indeed platform beds, this means they are typically lower to the ground and made up of a wooden flat platform, this actually removes the need for a box-spring. Some modern platform beds may include a headboard or footboard, some are simply minimalist and include neither. With new technology enveloping itself into furniture design we now see many types of lights and even speakers built right into these beds. Some modern headboards will have an array of LED lights for book reading, late night snacks or just to improve the aesthetic nature of the bed itself.

A modern bedroom typically surrounds its focus onto the bed itself, the rest of the furniture is then chosen to match. Modern dressers, armoires, and nightstand’s tend to look similar to their traditional counterparts in their overall shape and functionality, however they differ in the details. These modern bedroom accessories will have flush straight lines, a simple minimalist approach to detail and will overall be easy on the eyes, without the intricate detail and carvings known to traditional pieces. These modern bedroom pieces can be seen in an wide selection of color and finishes. Popular finishes include glossy lacquer, wood veneer, solid wood, and even natural wood tiling.
Traditional bedroom’s tend to be filled with formal looking furniture and provide a more humbling style. These styles can consist of 18th and 19th century, victorian, and even antique classics. Traditional beds are typically made up of a metal frame with a headboard and footboard. The mattress for a traditional bed will actually sit atop a box spring on top of the frame. Many traditional beds will be sleigh beds, canopy beds, arched beds, 4-post beds or sometimes even platform beds. Traditional bedrooms tend to have more detail’s and intricate design worked carved in the dressers, nightstands, armoires and other accessories. It is easier to decorate a room around a traditional styled bedroom considering the furniture can be easy to match with other accessories such as lamps and lights. Traditional bedroom’s tend to look heavier and take up a large presence in the room compared to their modern counterparts.

Both traditional and modern furniture can be just as beautiful as the next, it is important though that one creates a safe, warm, and comfortable environment for their bedroom. It is also a great thing to express your individual nature and persona through the furniture you choose. Because remember furniture isn’t just furniture…. It is a functional piece of art, and can be a small piece of yourself.

Contemporary Bedroom Furniture

Do you ever think and realize how much time you spend in your bedroom, about the third of our life if you can count. The bedroom is the first place you see when you wake up in the morning, the place you share your family and personal moments with your loved ones. The bedroom can be the place for reading books, listening to music, or just relaxing on our comfortable and plush beds.

Contemporary furniture style makes adequate planning for open spaces; the modern style consists of small size furnishings. The small contemporary furniture makes the room look more open and even appear larger and less cluttered. If the bedroom furniture set up correctly providing an open space and flow, it can inspire the feeling of comfort, harmony, warmth and coziness. Considering the size of the contemporary style furniture, you will be able to accommodate more items in your bedroom.

To start your contemporary bedroom furniture design, you may want to select color appropriate for the pieces you intend to place in your bedroom. The more contemporary colors very from: gray to silver and some bold colors like red to brown. It is suggested to pain at least one wall a bold color to accent the room or to separate spaces in the room.

Remember, coordinating bedroom furniture does not have to be complicated or expensive. The whole bedroom furniture doesn’t have to be all the same style and product, as long as you stay within the contemporary style. Choosing different and interesting pieces for your bedroom furniture will make your room look more interesting and eclectic. Adding appropriate lighting is very substantial in the bedroom; it will allow for the adequate lighting and to showcase some interesting pieces in your bedroom.

Sometimes, in order to change the look in your bedroom, all you need is to change some pieces in the bedroom. However, it is important to keep within the similar style (etc modern, contemporary) and the same lines. You can add or change the bed, and still keep the same nightstands and dresser. It will make a dramatic difference in your room, and will look like a brand new space. Adding new luxurious bedding and plush pillows, will add more to the style and the character of the room.

Another voluble fact is that with the contemporary furniture, you could easily mix and match glass, pewter, wrought iron, and acrylic for a cohesive look but the pieces would all need clean, simple lines.

The modern and contemporary bedroom furniture is small, but you need to make sure that it is all fitting in your room. Another words, do not overload the bedroom with too much furniture pieces. Keep in mind, even thought the place is intended for resting and sleeping, it should also be functional and airy.

When it comes to the elegant things of life the French have no rivals. Whether we are talking about fashion, interior design or furniture style, they have that “je ne sais quoi” that makes everything they touch desirable and glamorous.

French fashion has always been elegant, forward thinking and lavish, just like French furniture. If women have always wanted to wear the most beautiful clothes from the best French designers, now there is a craze for furnishing our homes with glamorous French furniture. In a way it’s like extending the fashion trends into our homes. If you want to dress yourself with the most elegant ensemble, why not dress your bedroom accordingly?

A smart and eclectic mix of different French styles will turn your house into a stylish and comfortable home. Create the perfect reading corner with a gorgeous Louis XV armchair, or turn your bedroom into a boudoir with a delightful French Armoire and a Rococo style bed – there aren’t any rooms that won’t benefit from a little French styling.

But where does this craze come from? It all definitely started in Paris, in the 17th century under Louis XIV – “le Roi Soleil” – who ruled from 1643 to 1715, the longest reign of any European monarch. The reign of the French king Louis XIV commences what experts would call the start of ‘elegant’ furniture design in France. French furniture became refined in design, with a lot of emphasis on flowing, symmetrical design. Louis XIV saw the birth of Baroque style. The Versailles Palace was decorated in a strong, dramatic and exuberant style echoing the king’s strong leadership in a period of war and colonial empire building. The French classical Baroque style was grand and impressive, a symbol of the king’s power.

The French aristocracy became obsessed with interior design, beauty, decadent living, and French furniture became desirable, and crazed for ever since.

When Louis XIV died in 1715, his five-year-old great-grandson became Louis XV. As he was too young to take the throne, his uncle Philippe, the Duke of Orleans, was appointed Regent until the king attained legal majority in 1723. The transitional period between the opulent baroque period and the less formal rococo era of Louis XV became known as French Regence.