Sleep Better in Your Bedroom

If you are having trouble sleeping at night, it could be your bedroom. Here are some ways to make your bedroom really sleep friendly. Make the changes now, and you’ll sleep better tonight. Getting enough sleep is priceless. Remove the Distractions Your bedroom should be a sleep center. It shouldn’t be a gaming center, a media center or a workout center. Remove things that don’t belong in the bedroom. These can serve as distractions that interrupt sleep. Common culprits include television, a treadmill, elliptical or other exercise equipment, and a desk or home office. These items serve as reminders of … Continue reading →

How to Buy Sheets: Thread Type

Fibers, thread counts, alternative fabrics…buying sheets today can be daunting and confusing. The best combination for your good night’s sleep is out there. Here is a buyers guide on how to buy sheets. Thread Type You can choose between two different types of thread for your sheets: cotton (two kinds), synthetic or green alternatives. Each has its own pluses and minuses. 100 percent or pure cotton has the benefits of being strong, yet soft. Because cotton breathes, you feel cool. The downsize of cotton is that it can wrinkle easily. To reduce the amount of wrinkles, dry your sheets on … Continue reading →

Bedroom TV

Do you have a TV in your bedroom? Everything I’ve read suggests that the bedroom is one of the worst places to have a TV. Watching TV in bed can be disruptive to intimacy. The TV can affect the way you sleep. The bedroom is supposed to be a quiet and calming place. Television is disruptive the serenity we are looking for in the place where we unwind, rest, and rejuvenate. My parents have always had a TV in their bedroom. That’s what I grew up with. The children were not to have TVs in their rooms, but Mom and … Continue reading →

Make Your Bed

Do you make your bed every day? When I was little my mom taught me to make my bed every day. Mom told stressed upon me how made beds are much nicer to get into at night. She was right there. Mom told me that your room could be a little bit messy and still look nice and put together if your bed was made. The funny thing about that was that Mom’s room was never messy. The house was never messy either. You could be sick in bed and Mom would make the bed around you. I am horrible … Continue reading →

Pillow Talk

Your pillow can be damaging to your health. The wrong sort of pillow or too many pillows can cause headaches and neck aches. Pillows are very individual. What suits one person, may well not suit another. Over the years Mick and I have bought a number of pillows and it doesn’t seem to matter if they are cheaper pillows or more expensive, sooner or later they seem to get to that stage where they are no longer comfortable and it’s time to buy a new one. If ever we stay at anyone’s place or go away on holiday I take … Continue reading →

The Bedroom Situation

Does each child need their own bedroom? When you’re buying or building a home one important consideration is the number of bedrooms and whether you want each child to have their own bedroom or expect them to share a room. As an only child I always had my own room and I liked to be able to go there to read or as I grew older to play music. My husband grew up sharing a room with his brother. It wasn’t a large room. Basically all it got used for was sleeping or maybe lying on the bed reading, as … Continue reading →

Converting the Basement to a Teen Suite

If you’ve got teens, especialy a teen son who wants to spread his wings just a little, you might consider letting him move into the basement. I won’t get into why my son wants to move into the basement, but my husband and I have agreed that it is the right thing and now we are in the planning phases of getting him relocated. For a teen to move into the basement, the basement has to be pretty much finished already. You don’t want to do major construction. Asumming your basement is basically finished with drywall, heat, and air condition, … Continue reading →

The Five Minute Bedroom Pick up

The bedroom can be one of the most neglected areas of the home. Since it isn’t usually a room that is in the general flow of the household or a place that company gets to see, it can get pretty cluttered. This is a shame, because a cluttered bedroom isn’t peaceful or serene for sleep. Here are some tips on having a five minute bedroom pick up. Make the bed Making a bed actually takes less than five minutes. Making the bed is important, because it establishes a routine for the bedroom pick up, and it is amazing how neat … Continue reading →

Spruce Up Bedroom Furniture

If you want to add a little bit of perk to your otherwise functional bedroom furniture, then you may like these ideas. They don’t cost much at all, and yet they add just the right amount of impact. If you have a tall armoire or other piece if furniture with doors, you can add a touch of color and or pattern by adding wallpaper or contact paper to the interior walls and doors. When you open the doors, you’ll see a great bit of design that doesn’t overwhelm the room as it might if the paper were on the outside … Continue reading →

A Guide to Winter Bedding

I rank warm winter bedding up there as one of the top essentials to have in a home. Forget the HDTV, the new kitchen, the coffee maker. If you have warm bedding you’ll be okay. Having warm bedding can not only keep you comfortable at night, but it can also greatly reduce your heating bills. With a thick down comforter, for example, we are able to turn our heat way down at night, lower than recommended by the department of energy for energy savings. With spring approaching, it is a great time to find some end of season deals on … Continue reading →