Cheerful Bedroom Ideas
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Cheerful, cosy decorating ideas to get you through the winter
From indoor bulbs to cosy fabrics, here are our favourite ways to bring a little cheer to your interiors this winter
There's no getting round the fact that this is a long hard winter... we're all stuck indoors, it's really rather cold, and the news is a constant source of anxiety. It's more important than ever that home feels like a sanctuary, and a place to recover our flagging spirits. With this in mind, we've put together a few decorating tips to bring a little cheer (and cosiness) into your interiors.
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Owen Gale
Layer patterned textiles
Molly Mahon's colourful cottage in Sussex is filled with her own block-printed creations, which she layers to striking effect in every room in the house. Here in the sitting room, one of her rugs in a large pattern anchors the scheme, while prints at different scales appear on the ottoman, sofa, and cushions. Now might be the time to reupholster a chair in a cheerful pattern, or simply buy some new cushions to add texture to an existing space.
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Paul Massey
Decorate with indoor bulbs
It's not the best time of the year for buying flowers, but indoor bulbs are a brilliant way to brighten up your interiors, and can easily be bought online and potted up ready to flower. 'Forced' bulbs are those which have been through cold treatments to trigger the flowering process - this is usually done in autumn, but you can buy prepared bulbs which will be ready to flower once planted at home. Try these white hyacinths at crocus.co.uk, or go for a beautiful kit with everything you need (including the bowl) from Wild Willow.
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Yuki Sugiura
Embrace chintz
As far as we're concerned, the blowsy florals of chintz fabrics and wallpapers never go out of style, and they're full of a kind of romantic English charm that is very reassuring. Whether you go small with a chintz cushion, medium with a bit of upholstery or a cabinet curtain (as Matilda Goad has done in the pantry of her London house), or full on with a chintz wallpaper, it'll introduce a joyful summer mood into the chilliest of houses.
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Davide Lovatti
Paint in warm colours
When you're spending all day indoors, white walls can start to feel a little sterile. Consider painting a room in a warm, enveloping colour instead. In this attic room, the wood panelling has been painted in Farrow & Ball's 'India Yellow'. It creates a really cosy space, but should however be used in moderation in small rooms where its intensity may be overwhelming.
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Elsa Young
Rethink your curtains
Curtains and blinds naturally play a much larger role in winter than they do in summer - you're going to be looking at them all the time on dark nights! Make sure they're beautiful then, perhaps in a patterned fabric you love, and perhaps also that they're substantial enough to provide a warm layer between you and the outside world. In an Edinburgh flat designed by Susan Deliss, the bedroom curtains are in Robert Kime's 'Susani Red' linen. Says Susan: 'I like curtains to just brush the floor, especially if they are made from heavier weaves or silks. Softer fabrics look super puddled, but they pick up dirt and can get stuck in the vacuum cleaner. It's often better to be practical than have something that looks nice but is hard to maintain.' Susan is also known for her decorative linings: 'It pushes up the cost quite significantly, but it's worth it – especially when the curtains are very obvious from the outside of the house.'
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Michael Sinclair
Set up a reading nook
Have you got a bookcase? Have you got an armchair? Then you have all the ingredients necessary for a cosy reading nook. Leave your phone in the other room, extract a book from the shelf, maybe switch on a nearby floor lamp, and voila, the best way we can think of to spend a winter evening. The mood of your nook can easily be changed depending on the colour of your bookshelves - a dark moody colour creates an enveloping feel, or paint them in a bright red or yellow for a more uplifting atmosphere.
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Charlie Porter
Create a lovely table setting
Whether you prefer mismatched vintage tableware or immaculately elegant matched settings, now is the time to take your dinner off the sofa and put some effort into laying the table. Set up the candlesticks, get out the napkins, and find yourself a lovely tablecloth. It'll make even the most basic of dinners a more cheerful event.
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Alexander James
Make use of kilims and jajims
Kilims and jajims are part of a rich, centuries-old tradition of textile weaving in Turkey, Iran and Central Asia. With their warm colours and intricate designs, they add an effortless cosiness and richness to any space, and can be bought at a wide range of price points, depending on whether your budget is more Ikea or Robert Kime.
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James Merrell
Add more lamps
If you have a tendency to rely on ceiling lights, fight it! An array of decorative table lamps around a room, each emitting its own gentle light, is so much cosier (and more flattering!). Add a lampshade in a pretty pattern, and they perk up the room immeasurably as well as serving their essential function.
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Paul Massey
Revamp your bedding
Bed is a sanctuary right now, and it's worth making sure you're comfortable. Is your duvet warm and fluffy enough? Would you prefer a pretty eiderdown instead? Are your sheets and pillowcases soft and inviting, or are they looking a little threadbare. We've created a guide to optimising your bedding for the best night's sleep, and we're also full of recommendations for the best bedding out there.
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