What is the first thing that comes in your mind when you think of the home you’ll own. Bright colors or light colors? Wall paper or patterns? Be it a mansion or just a flat everyone needs a perfect touch. Below mention are few perfect tips to brighten up your room.

1. Color it up cleverly
Pale, cool colors are receding, and will make the room appear bigger, whereas stronger, warm shades advance to create a cozy atmosphere. In a long, narrow bedroom, painting the shorter walls in a deeper color than the longer ones will help to widen it. In a dark room, choose reflective wallpapers.

2. For good night sleep
Soft blues and greens are calming and tranquil, so conducive to a good night’s sleep. But the more pastel these colors are, the colder they can look in a north-facing room, so go for pinks and lilacs for an injection of warmth, instead.

3. Add drama in your room for contemporary look
Don’t be afraid of stronger, deeper tones, such as sage and aborigine, deep turquoise or chocolate brown - either all over or on a single wall as an accent - which look smart teamed with fresh white bed linen.

4. Choose earthy shades to ease up 
Neutral, natural shades work well too, though creams are far more relaxing than wall to wall white, which can appear stark and clinical, and you can always add extra color with bed linen, throws and other accessories.

5. Test your color choices
As your scheme needs to look good day and night, test out the colors first by painting them on to sheets of paper which can be moved round the room, so you can see how changes in light affect them.

6. Play it up with patterns
Chosen carefully, pattern will lift a room and bring it to life, but get it wrong and it will look fussy and confusing. To avoid this, stick to the same key shades throughout, and balance patterned areas with expanses of single colors.

7. Club the décor
If you want to disguise the fact that your bedroom has a small window, but a great fireplace, decorating the fireplace wall with a pattern, then hanging a plain, coordinating blind will play to the room’s good points. Equally, pattern can exaggerate the size of a room – for example, vertical stripes – perhaps in floor to ceiling curtains - will give the illusion of extra height.

8. Create a focal wall
The easiest way to introduce pattern is by papering one wall – behind the bed, for example – or by adding curtains in a coordinating printed fabric. If you’re not sure about pattern, and want something less something less permanent, ring the changes with a new set of bedlinen.

9. Pile on the layers
Adding colour in your bedlinen choice is a really easy option – and simple to swap about if you get bored. Once you’ve decided on the bedlinen, add texture by piling on throws and cushions in varying sizes to create a sumptuous, yet cosy effect that will make early nights a top priority.

10. Texture will make the room welcoming
Adding texture with different fabrics and materials is also a great way to enhance your bedroom’s scheme. Quilted or embroidered silks are sophisticated yet romantic, while tactile lace or mohair knitted blankets are warm and inviting. Look out too for faux furs, faux animal skins and thick chenilles, perfect for cuddling up to on a chilly night.

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