Make your bedroom a sanctuary free of clutter

Your bedroom should be a place of serenity.  Clutter shouldn’t be the first thing you see when you awake in the morning and it shouldn’t be the last thing you look at before you go to sleep.  Create a peaceful, calming atmosphere in your bedroom.

Here are 10 tips to a peaceful, relaxing bedroom.

1. Grab a pen and paper. Walk into your bedroom and stand in the doorway. Take a minute to look around the room.  Jot down anything that just doesn’t feel right to you. Is it the positioning of the furniture? Does the space make you feel uncomfortable or stressed? What do you see? Is there clutter in the corner or clothes slowly making their way out of the closet onto the floor? Are the nightstands full of books, magazines, medicine or chatzkies? Can you see the tops of your bureaus?
2. Once you have followed the above, now it’s time to get to work and create a space that you love. Start by decluttering nightstands and bureaus. Do you really need all the magazines that you have stored next to the bed? Utilize drawers in the nightstand if you have them. Place drawer organizers in them. Declutter bureau tops by only leaving on them what you use on a daily basis.
3. Do you have an office in your bedroom? It’s ok if you do, but keep everything organized and contained to the desk area. Don’t let information spill all over the bedroom.
4. Keep as little in the bedroom as possible. Do you really need everything that is in your bedroom right now?  Start purging items that you no longer feel you need.
5. Don’t let your bedroom be a drop spot for random items. Create a home for those items and get them out of the bedroom.
6. Do you love the furniture placement in the room? Take a minute and think about how you want the room to look and then change it.
7. Maybe you are clutter free and organized and you just need to refresh your color scheme.  Choose a new accent color and change the accent pieces in your bedroom. It will give you a totally different look and feel to the bedroom.
8. Organize your closets. This tip alone will make you feel energized and lighter!
9. Keep the room simple. Remember less is more.  Try not to clutter the room with too much furniture.
10. When all the above is completed give your room a good cleaning!

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Your bedroom should not make you feel anxious or stressed. This is a room where we recharge, refresh and get revitalized. The bedroom should not be disorganized or cluttered. Make it a sanctuary and a retreat where you can go to find sanity and serenity.