| Decorating your bedroom can be a great way to | | | | style prints or prints of exotic animals and birds. |
| give your self a tranquil retreat, yet so many | | | | Do you have hundreds of pictures and just don't |
| people neglect this room. Often times people | | | | know what to do with them? If the idea of a |
| focus on the public rooms of the home - the | | | | personalized bedroom picture wall appeals to you, |
| kitchen, living room and guest bathroom but the | | | | you could arrange the photos into a huge wall |
| bedroom is your own private sanctuary and you | | | | photo collage. Examples include pictures of exotic |
| owe yourself to decorate it! | | | | places, weddings, and children growing up. If there |
| If decorating your bedroom seems like an | | | | is a teenager in your home, their bedroom is |
| overwhelming task, you might want to take it | | | | probably home to a huge collection of music CDs. |
| easy and make small changes over a period of | | | | They can create their own wall collage using the |
| time instead of one huge change. On way to ease | | | | cover art from their CDs. Although you will have |
| yourself into decorating the bedroom is to start | | | | more fun creating your collage yourself, there are |
| with the walls. Artwork can make a huge | | | | companies that will take care of this for you. The |
| difference in the look of your bedroom and is one | | | | cost ranges from about $50 for an 8x10 to $150 |
| decorating idea that you can easily reverse if the | | | | for a 20x24 wall collage. |
| look doesn't work. | | | | If your bedroom contains foliage, you might want |
| What is the first thing you notice when you walk | | | | to consider pressing leaves or flowers and |
| into someone's home? The walls, right? Walls | | | | framing your work; the best of these are flat. |
| enclose the home, giving a thematic impression. | | | | You basically place the leaves or flowers in a book |
| So, if your walls are empty you've got to get to | | | | to allow them to dry flat. They are ready for |
| work to populate them. Wall hangings can be | | | | your wall hanging when they become crisp. This |
| expensive, but that's only if you purchase | | | | shouldn't take longer than a week or two. After |
| something by a famous dead artist. You can | | | | the items are pressed, you will just need to |
| create your own artwork without any art | | | | mount the artwork and hang it on your wall. |
| instruction whatsoever. First, you have to | | | | When you decorate your bedroom with artwork |
| consider your theme. If you have a Victorian, | | | | you are only limited by your imagination. Don't be |
| feminine or shabby chic bedroom theme then you | | | | afraid to experiment. As mentioned previously, |
| will want floral or feminine artwork. A modern | | | | artwork is easily reversible. So, be imaginative and |
| bedroom theme will look best with prints in sleek | | | | creative and design your artwork. |
| frames. A tropical look? Then get some jungle | | | | |