Decorating Your Bedroom – How Colour Can Help You Sleep Better

Making sure we get a good night’s sleep is vital to our wellbeing. Believe it or not, we spend about one third of our lives in bed so it’s worth paying attention to how comfy our bedroom is!

Of course, sometimes, our bedroom can be more than just somewhere we go to sleep and then wake up to get ready for the day – it can also be our personal sanctuary to read, study and even meditate. But generally, our bedroom is the key place where we want to wind down into a restful slumber, and where choosing the right colours can help.

How well you sleep, do you wake up rested and refreshed in the morning? If you wake up feeling tired, it may be down to the colours that you have around you. Colour can influence how we feel and behave; it affects our moods and emotions. Some strong or very bright versions of colours like red or yellow, can be over-stimulating and a visually a strain, the very opposite to how we want to feel before we want to go to sleep!

Try decorating in a pastel tint or less intense shade of the colour that you like, it might help you to fall asleep more easily. Surrounding yourself with cool, understated colours and muted tones will feel very soothing and peaceful. Soft and subtle blue, green and lavender tones create a relaxing effect on the mind, body, and soul. While great “snuggle colours” are soothing pink and peachy tones.

Bernay Laity – Colour Consultant at Philip Martyn Design