How To Make a Modern 'Faux' Headboard with Wall Mounted Lighting Small Space Bedroom Solution. Our bedroom is so small that we had to choose between making room for night stands and a bed frame or having room to walk on both sides of the bed. Find out how $50 in hardware, a drill, and some patience became a space maximizing, faux headboard with bedside lighting. Two swing lamps, a long towel rod, and three ceramic eggs from Ikea mounted to the wall above the bed were enough to make a faux headboard. The key to making all this work on plaster and lathe walls was making sure that everything was well connected to the wall. Toggle Bolts and Wing AnchorsIn order to make sure that we didn't tear the lights out of the walls from daily use, I used toggle bolts and wing anchors to securely fasten the swing lamps to the wall.
I knew we would want to adjust the lights and that would put a lot of stress on what could have been a very delicate connection in a fragile plaster wall. CordsThe disadvantage of a wall mounted light is that one must deal with the cords. (Image: Laurie McGinley) Ease Into the Day the 'Morning Person' Way.
Previous image Next image Our internal clocks are mysterious, often frustrating biological mechanisms. While some folks pop right out of bed with a spring in their step, many find waking up early to be a daily exercise in self-torture. There are plenty of remedies that aim to shock you, such as Nanda's 'Clocky' alarms that run and roll away to lure you from bed, but I'm no fan of rude awakenings. Light upWe're biologically inclined to respond to the day's natural lighting cycle.
Follow your nose! Late to bed, early to rise? Are you a reformed over-sleeper? (Images: 1 & 3. Layering Lighting for a Flattering Effect. Migratory Sleeping in the Summer Months. Sex, Sleep and Rock & Roll: 17 Musicians' Bedrooms. The Pros & Cons of Tech In the Bedroom. Since we're so connected to our devices, the internet, email and apps all day long, it's nice to have a place of sanctuary that doesn't include tech. It makes sense for the bedroom to be that sanctuary, but often times tech seems to find its way in there anyway. Here, in our experience, are the pros and cons of keeping tech in the bedroom.
Pros Instead of having an alarm clock or some sort of dashboard that tells you the weather, you can just keep your phone on your bedside. We're long past the days where our phones are only used as phones. The couple hours we have before retiring for the night are often spent doing leisure activities to unwind from the day, like reading or catching up on TV shows, as well as playing some casual games and chatting with friends. Having a desktop setup in the bedroom can be convenient when it comes to working late, especially if you have roommates and don't want to disturb them. Cons How much tech do you keep in your bedroom? (Images: Julienne Lin) In the Mood for Sexy Bedrooms House Tour Roundup. Hack, Build, Revamp: 10 Awesome DIY Nightstand Ideas. Inspiration & Ideas for Setting Up Your Own Bedroom Sitting Area. 10 Ways To Get the Canopy Look Without Buying a New Bed. Maybe you love the look of a canopy bed, but can't afford to buy new furniture.
(Hey, beds are expensive). Or maybe you really like your current bed, but want to give it a bit of a romantic makeover. Here's an Apartment Therapy guide to DIYing your way to canopy bliss. An easy way to get the canopy bed look is to hang curtains from an L-shaped drapery rod that's been mounted to the ceiling. In this case, the curtains can't be drawn around the bed, but you definitely get that romantic look. I love how, in this example from the HGTV Dream Home, the ceiling above the bed (and the wall behind the headboard) have been painted to contrast with the rest of the room. Here are a few more variations on this look. There's also the option of hanging curtains only over the head of the bed. From Better Homes and Gardens: drape a piece of fabric over two swing-arm curtain rods, mounted on either side of the bed, for a super-easy canopy.
And now that you're full of ideas...time to get crafting. Just Right Modern Bedrooms from Our Tours. Simplicity & Balance: 13 Artists' Bedrooms. Previous image Next image Robert Motherwell's bedroom They weave together fantasy and reality, interpret vast emotional landscapes, capture the endless hues in setting suns and fleeting moments of bliss; they grapple with the darkest places and our darkest hours; they get us thinking about color and symmetry and form. We might expect an artist's bedroom to reflect the passion it takes to create worlds of new ideas. Yet I was surprised to find a restrained simplicity in their places of respite. Perhaps the subtle nature of these rooms reflects the tremendous discipline it takes to live as a working artist?
I often add new things to my bedroom to try and create the right feel, yet these bedrooms speak to the value of restraint in bedroom decor, for leaving room to imagine and dream. Top Row:1. Bottom Row:11. (Images: 1. Common Items as Unusual Bedside Tables. Previous image Next image If you're short on space, cash, or move a lot, try swapping traditional nightstands with something else from your home. Go "shopping" in other rooms and get those creative juices flowing. And you'll have a few less things to haul come moving day. Need some inspiration? Check out some ideas after the jump. • Extra storage or seating. . • Get crafty and DIY small space solutions.
. • No matter how weird, you can make it work. Have you used non-traditional items as bedside tables? MORE QUIRKY BEDSIDE TABLES ON APARTMENT THERAPY:• 10 Bedside Tables That Aren't: Repurposed Bedside Storage• 5 Small Nightstands for Under $5• Green Style: Chairs as Nightstands and Bedside Tables (Images: 1. Literary Style: 15 Writers' Bedrooms. Previous image Next image Truman Capote It's true; we find the secret lives of others fascinating. Especially if those others are writers. We get to know them through their work, and we yearn to learn more about them as people...We feel a kinship, with their experiences or with their characters, and we begin to imagine what their lives must be like.
We read biographies about them, tour their homes and visit their graves, all in an effort to gain insight into their own particular genius. Whatever it may be, often what it is most is a space that reminds us that, genius aside, writers are people... just like you and I. Top row, left to right:1. Second row, left to right:6. Bottom row, left to right:11. MORE ON WRITER'S HOMES:• Writers' Houses• Writers' Rooms on The Guardian• Architectural Digest: Truman Capote at Home in the Hamptons • 5 Legendary Writers' Homes on Oprah (Images: 1. 5 Tips for Working From the Bedroom. 6 Simple Changes to Make at Home to Help You Sleep. 10 Small Bedrooms Organized by (Big!) Style.