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How to Choose a Bedroom Layout
Bedroom and Workspace Combo Layout
Elegant Primary Bedroom Layout
Bedroom Layout to Maximize Light
Choosing a bedroom layout is a critical decision when designing your personal sanctuary. You can begin by evaluating your bedroom's dimensions and shape, but you’ll also want to consider your favorite design style and how you want to spend your time in the room. Do you want a cozy, intimate atmosphere or a more open and airy feel? Do you want your room to serve dual purposes by including a desk or vanity? Ultimately, your bedroom layout should reflect your unique style and create a space where you can relax and unwind at the end of the day.
In this guide, we’ll discuss how to choose a bedroom layout and offer creative bedroom layout ideas for different types of spaces from small bedrooms to minimalist designs. With the furniture selection at Colder’s, you can find pieces that fit into your layout and express your unique style.
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When you’re thinking about how to design a bedroom, we recommend beginning with an inspiration piece like a unique fabric, bed frame, or chandelier. You might begin with a color palette or piece of art as your jumping off point. As you begin to think about how to arrange a bedroom with the inspiration pieces you’ve collected, you’ll need to assess potential layouts. Given the space you have and the style you want to achieve, what layout makes the most sense? Here are some factors to consider as you begin bedroom planning and choosing a layout:
| Bedroom Features | Suggestions | ||
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| Architectural Features | Bedroom architecture is a major factor to consider when considering bedroom arrangement ideas. The location of doors, windows, shelves, and any other permanent fixtures will help you determine your layout. An L shaped bedroom layout will present different challenges than a room with a wall of windows or a fireplace where the main goal is to highlight these natural features. | ||
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The Minimalist Bedroom Layout
Your bed is the biggest piece of furniture in your room, so where you place your bed will determine the rest of your layout. Your choice of bed can help set the tone for your space. A low profile, platform bed is an integral part of a modern, minimalist, or Feng Shui bedroom layout. Feng shui bedroom design emphasizes bedroom flow, balance, and harmony.
According to this design philosophy, your bed positioning matters. You should never have your feet pointing straight at a doorway, and your headboard shouldn’t be placed upon a wall where there is a toilet on the other side. Even in a small bedroom, make sure you can leave space on either side of the bed, rather than pushing one side against the wall.
Recommended Bed for Minimalism: Signature Design by Ashley Charlang Black Queen Platform Bed
This black queen platform bed boasts a simple, low profile design. It is simple and unadorned, which lends itself to a clutter-free minimalist design. In a small bedroom layout, a platform bed can help your room feel bigger whereas a solid wood sleigh bed with a dramatic headboard might visually overwhelm and shrink the room.
The Bedroom and Workspace Combo Layout
If you’ve been considering bedroom layout ideas with desk, a bookcase bed is a great addition to your design plans. It ties the desk into the rest of your design while providing more storage. A bookcase bed is a great example of how to use bedroom space efficiently, taking up a much smaller footprint than a full-sized bookshelf.
Recommended Bookcase Bed: Aspenhome Modern Loft Greystone California King Bed
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This California king size bed is perfect for a large bedroom layout where there is room to create a zone for working. The headboard shelving provides more storage and helps create a cohesive design throughout the space. The gray wood finish and simple silhouette of the bed make it adaptable to a number of design styles from modern to contemporary to transitional.
The Elegant Primary Bedroom Layout
A sleigh bed is a classic addition to a traditional or elegant bedroom design. It acts as a statement piece and focal point for your room, and because of its shape and large headboard, it may be better suited for large bedroom layouts.
Recommended Sleigh Bed: Liberty Americana Farmhouse Beige/Dusty Taupe Queen Sleigh Bed
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The curved shape of this headboard combines with upholstery and button tufting to create an elegant look for your queen bedroom layout. The white oak finish and creamy taupe upholstery are a lovely pairing. This bed would be perfect for a farmhouse or shabby chic design in a bedroom that allows for the larger silhouette of a sleigh friend.
A Bedroom Layout to Maximize Light
Adding mirrors to your bedroom can help bounce light around the room and make your space feel larger. The trick for using mirrors in the bedroom is to position them opposite or adjacent to a window in order to reflect the most light. Don’t have access to a window? Try using lamps, sconces, or even candles to add more light and make the space look larger.
Recommended Bedroom Mirror: Liberty Allyson Park Wirebrushed Black Forest Dresser and Mirror
This dresser and mirror combo will help to enhance your primary bedroom layout by reflecting light and making the room feel brighter and larger. The rich finish is a great contrast to natural light, and the mirror provides balance to lighten up the look. With details like carved feet and unique drawer pulls, this duo is a fantastic way to add storage and style to a space on a single footprint.
Large Bedroom Layouts
In a large bedroom, you have room for multiple dressers, a pair of nightstands, and a dramatic headboard. You even have room to create multiple zones, like a sitting area, reading nook, or workspace. You need to find pieces that make a statement and fill the room in order to avoid the extremes of feeling empty or packed. Here are a few suggestions.
Drew & Jonathan Home Boulevard Black Fox Dresser
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One of the biggest bonuses of a large primary bedroom layout is the extra storage! This dresser stylized silver legs and unique handles is perfect for a mid-century modern bedroom design. Its silver accents would also fit well in a glam design, and with eight drawers, this bedroom storage solution offers plenty of space to organize bedroom essentials and seasonal go-tos.
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Crown Mark Regata 4-Piece Grey Queen Storage Bedroom Set
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Opting for a bedroom collection is a great way to create a cohesive look and simplify the process. Sometimes the number of master bedroom layout ideas and furniture options can feel overwhelming, so buying a set minimizes decision fatigue and sets you on a clear path to designing your dream bedroom. This bedroom set is perfect for a modern or glam design with its charcoal gray wood finish and silver accents. The pieces tie together with their silver sparkle details, and there is ample storage with a dresser, chest of drawers, nightstand, and under-bed drawers.
Small Bedroom Layouts
Small bedroom and apartment bedroom layout ideas emphasize simplicity, creative storage solutions, and choosing a focal point you love. Whether opting for a chest of drawers over a long dresser or choosing a bed with under-bed drawers, you can find ways to make the most of your small space. Our interior designers recommend pieces like the following to maximize every inch of square footage.
Flexsteel Ludwig Walnut Drawer Chest
Swapping a long dresser for a chest of drawers is an easy way to gain more square footage by choosing vertical storage. This beautiful chest from the Flexsteel Ludwig collection takes advantage of its small frame by exuding style. With Tapered legs, brass drawer pulls, and a sleek silhouette make this perfect for a mid-century modern bedroom and a great way to add bedroom storage while minding smaller layouts.
American Drew Grand Bay Rockport White Semainier
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Like a chest of drawers, a semainier offers vertical storage to minimize its footprint. You could place this semainier in a kids’ twin bedroom layout between two twin beds, or if you are very tight on space, you could place this piece in a closet. We love its creamy color, carved feet, and the hidden mirror in the top drawer that provides a clutter-less presentation that’s great for smaller bedrooms.
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Creative bedroom layout ideas help you make the most of your space, whether you have a small bedroom that requires unique storage solutions or a large space that needs to be filled. Your space constraints, favorite design style, and any architectural features in your room will help you determine your layout. Whether you want to create a dramatic glam design or a subtle minimalist bedroom, Colder’s is the best place to shop for bedroom furniture in the Milwaukee area.
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