Silk Flowers Turn your Bedroom into a Customized Sanctuary
Silk Flowers for Every Waking, and Sleeping, Moment

When redecorating your home, what’s the last room that you consider? If it’s your bedroom, you’re not alone. Many of us concentrate heavily on those rooms that our visitors are most likely to see first. The dining room, kitchen, living room, bathroom. But what about you? What about that room that’s for you only…for your enjoyment, for your relaxation. The room that is your escape from the rest of the world?

I’d like to propose the rebirth of the stylish bedroom. For your peace of mind in waking, and in sleeping.

A Peaceful Retreat

Your bedroom should be reserved for sleeping and waking only. The worst thing you can do for your sanctuary is to clutter it with the family computer, workout equipment, or make-up and hygiene clutter. You should be able to drift off without work-out guilt or bill-paying obligations being among your final daily thoughts.

A quiet environment is essential for sleep. If you live along a busy street, consider investing in noise-dampening drapes. Turn off the television. Turn off the radio. Turn off your mind.

Soft lighting, accomplished through the use of low-wattage light bulbs and warm-toned lampshades, can convince your brain that it’s time to sleep, and can start the falling-asleep process, even before you hit the switch.

Place a reading chair and ottoman under a lamp…for winding down with a book or magazine at the end of the day.

Coordinate your bedding and window treatments so that your bedroom has a put-together look. This will relax your eye and send a message of organization and relaxation to your brain.

Use lighter shades of color on the walls. Pillows, rugs, window trim, bedding, and silk flowers can be used to add bolder accent colors. Choose your palette:

Neutral colors promote a feeling of oneness with the earth and of peaceful existence. Tans and browns are great, while gray tones are depressing and have no place in a bedroom. Great accents to neutral tones include reds, blues, greens, and golds.

Warm colors, when not too harsh, offer a rich relaxing end to the day, and a vibrant waking welcome. Reds, oranges, and yellows, in mild tones, deliver this dual-purpose decorating trick.

Cool colors, like blue, green, and lavender make rooms appear larger and fresher. They also promote feelings of tranquility and sleepiness.

More about Color, Including Silk Flower Choices

You might have an idea for the new color palette of your bedroom, but how about accents? Flowers are known to offer a feeling of peace and oneness with the world, naturally. But sleeping next to allergy-aggravating blooms and being committed to their maintenance is enough to put a damper on the peace of any retreat. Instead, choose silk flowers as cost-effective alternatives. Here are a few tips when choosing silk flower accent colors for your bedroom:

Red silk flowers heighten eagerness and awareness. They have been proven to raise blood pressure, respiration, and metabolic rate.

Sounds like a great way to wake up in the morning!

And yes, pink delivers all of these benefits - with a softer edge.

Orange silk flowers deliver the energy-enhancing benefits of red, but with an infusion of optimism and serenity.

Who couldn’t use a little optimism in the morning?

Yellow silk flowers mimic the sun in its ability to arouse the brain’s function. They also bring cheer and hope.

A few yellow silk flowers, and you might be able to give up your morning coffee.

Green is nature’s favorite. It is representative of hardiness and good health.

What a way to unite with creation!

Blue silk flowers signify the peace of the ocean, and of all water. Therefore, they bear the color that is most associated with sleep.

Nighty, night.

Purple silk flowers are indicative of luxurious living and peace of mind.

What a way to drift off.


Inspiration for Slumber

Sleep should not be complicated, but in the shadow of our busy lives, we have made it complex and difficult to achieve. When you revamp your bedroom to reflect your specific needs and style, you put your own needs for sleep and peace at the forefront - so that you can deliver to everyone else during your waking hours.

Customizing your new bedroom look with the help of silk flowers and plants is an easy, maintenance-free way to add to the richness of your life.

Sweet dreams!

by Jacinda Little - May, 2009

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