Decorating your bedroom should not be a job that you rush through. It takes time, preparation and planning to create the perfect space for your bedroom. Your bedroom is probably the most important room of your home, it’s where you will relax at the end of a hard days work, it’s where you can retire and read your book, it’s where you need to feel complete harmony and tranquility to get a good nights sleep each night. Here are some do’s and don’ts to follow when choosing your bedroom furniture and decorating your bedroom.

- Do make paper plans of your bedroom before you do anything else! Before you pick up a paint brush, before you purchase your bedroom suite, before you even say the word ‘bedroom’ you should have already made a plan of your bedroom and detailed out where your furniture will go, have an array of colour charts to show the colour scheme and a carefully selected range of fabrics. Preparation is key.

- Don’t be afraid to experiment. There is a common theme today that the plainer it is the better it is and this is true to an extent and for some people but there is also nothing wrong with choosing a colour scheme or a set of bedroom furniture that really shows off your personality and character. The key to this is for every extravagant choice whether it’s a piece of furniture or choice of paint, have a plain choice next to it to balance it out. For example you may want to choose a bold red for the walls but you are a fearful it is too much, why not have one wall in the deep red and the rest of the walls in white or an off white, extravagance plus plain equals perfection.

- Do shop around for your bedroom furniture. You may think all high streets sell the same bedroom furniture sets so what is the point of going from place to place and wasting time! Even if you only go to three shops make the time and go, you will be surprised at the different suites you will see. You are going to be living with this furniture for the next couple of years and so taking out a day or two finding the perfect furniture set isn’t too much to ask, you never know what golden treasurers you may come across.

- Don’t be afraid to ask for advice. Do you have a vision of how your bedroom can look but you aren’t a 100% sure how to pull it off? Don’t let pride or shyness get in the way go to your local paint shop or furniture store and ask them what they think, or maybe your next door neighbour is an interior designer or you love your friends decorating and want to know how they did it, ask! No question is silly.