Buying Guide for Bedroom Furniture

Our bedrooms need to be a cosy haven that we can retreat to after a long day, soothing us into a deep sleep. But we demand more than just dream-inducing comfort from this room because this is a space that needs to serve practical functions as well as becoming our oasis at the end of the day. 

The bedroom must provide storage for clothes, bedding, and accessories, and somewhere to place our water, book, and phone before we sleep. By thoughtfully choosing your bedroom furniture you can create a restful sanctuary that also fulfills all of your practical needs.

If you’re restyling or refreshing your bedroom, use our bedroom furniture buying guide to find the key pieces that make the space work for you. It is worth taking your time when finding and investing in the right furniture because once you nail your bedroom aesthetic, you’re likely to keep it that way for years to come.

A matter of space

The size of your bedroom will shape your furniture buying decisions. The space available to you dictates not only the number of pieces of furniture you can buy but the size of these pieces too. Large items of furniture can make a smaller bedroom seem cramped and out of proportion while pieces that are too small can make a spacious room appear sparse and unfinished.

If your bedroom is smaller (less than 10m²) your bedroom furniture should include a bed and beside tables, and an armoire or dresser. For larger bedrooms, you can also include a second large armoire, chests and dressers, a comfortable chair or sofa, an ottoman, and even a desk for home working or to which you can add a mirror and your personal care items and accessories for your morning routine.

If you have high ceilings, make the most of tall armoires, such as our beautiful Keane Wenge in mahogany veneer, which will accentuate the height and offer you excellent storage capacity. Make sure you measure the height of your ceiling first to ensure you leave a sufficient gap for dusting the top of your armoire. Likewise, for long rooms, bring in wide dressers and drawers to highlight the space, such as the timeless Tate 9-drawer dresser.

Simple interior design

We spend around a third of our life sleeping, so while a snuggly bed is an absolute necessity for your bedroom, you must also create a space that you love to retire to and will be happy to wake up to in the morning. To create an optimally calming space, avoid contrasting bright colours and busy prints, opting instead for a natural or simple colour palette, tactile textures and furniture with clean lines or charming curves.

The joy of embracing a simple, soft, neutral design in your bedroom is that both traditional and contemporary furniture will work well. You can even add interest to your bedroom by combining a mix of the two styles.  A case in point, the strikingly sleek and modern Renard Nightstand works in synergy with the wholly classic shape and lime waxing technique of the Altamont Black 6 Drawer Dresser. 

Whether your pairing up the traditional and the modern or just trying to find different items that look good together focus on echoing shapes, forms, and colours. You’ll find that light and dark woods in the same space might be jarring, and ornate details may clash with the crisp lines of modern pieces.
 

Your focal point

To pull a successful look together in your bedroom, choosing a statement piece of furniture that fills you with joy and matches your overall aesthetic will make it much easier to pick the other furniture for your space. Usually, the bed will be the focal point in the bedroom, with your headboard and choice of bedding helping to tell the story of your interior design aspirations.

The charm of the classical bed style, like the Mason Brass Full Bed, adds a lovely romantic edge to the bedroom while an effortlessly cool modern bed such as the Anaise King Cane Bed brings interest and character. A cleverly designed bed with hidden storage will not only serve as a pleasing draw to the eye in the bedroom, but it will also help you stow away extra bedding, out of season clothes, and shoes, something which is extra helpful if your bedroom is on the smaller side. Our genius, space-saving Batten White Oak Plinth Bed illustrates how a storage bed can still look uber-cool – the perfect combination of style and practicality.

Fit for purpose

Style is undoubtedly important in the bedroom because you want this space to look great and for the furniture to work in harmony with one another and with your overall look. Have the confidence to follow your individual taste and then start choosing pieces accordingly. But before your heart wins over, let your brain have a say! 

Your bedroom furniture must be fit for purpose and investing in items that feature top-class design and engineering will enhance your life by helping you keep your bedroom tidy.

An untidy bedroom is not a restful place to drop off into a restorative sleep, and waking up to a mess will not put you in the right frame of mind for a new day. So, when you’re choosing bedroom furniture, as well as enjoying its appearance, ask yourself what storage and organisational options it offers you and how skilled the craftsmanship is. Art Deco lovers will fall in love with the Gwen Nightstand for its endearing character, but it all ticks the boxes in terms of storage with its two generous drawers. To keep your clothes ship shape, the ten drawers in our Gwen Dresser will make even the most fastidious organiser delighted.

A multi-functional room that needs to keep you Zen, blissed out, and happy, and the key to curating a bedroom that achieves this state of mind is choosing furniture that is sympathetic to your bedroom size and height. It should also set your heart aflutter and allow you to easily stay on top of the tidying. Sweet dreams are just a few clever furniture purchases away.