The bedroom is one of the most important areas of your house. It should be a peaceful area where you can relax, and get ready for sleep.

It can be tricky picking your paint colours for this room, so we’ve used some example bedroom settings and listed the paint colours you would need to re-create the look.

Ikea have some great bedroom furniture, and this example will appeal to both men and women with a mix of masculine strong colours, pale accessories and soft dusky lilac.

Ikea Bedroom Furniture : black glossy wardrobe

The paint colours you would need to recreate this look are Juniper Ash, Chemise and Hollyhock. They have accessorised this room with white bed linen and a strong yellow/green accent colour.

Juniper Ash

Chemise

Hollyhock

Feather & Black have a couple of nice room setups for 2009. This room uses a neutral green/grey for the main colour, accessorised with a soft brown, and the floor has been varnished in a striking dark wood brown.

Recreate this look by using either Dark Lead Colour or Lead Colour, French Grey and Portland Stone.

You can get the bed from Feather & Blacks.

Lead Colour

Dark Lead

Portland Stone

French Grey

This bedroom, also from Feather & Blacks. You can recreate this look by using Bone Chine Blue or for a slightly stronger effect, James, and Slaked Lime for the woodwork.

This has been accessorised with strong black items, and the bed can be bought here.

Bone Chine

James

Slaked Lime