What tips can you give someone who needs to organize a bedroom / study in a small-ish space?

Question

My bedroom is rather small. Not tiny, though. I guess it's decently sized, but it also has to be my 'study' area as well....... How can you decorate and organize a space that's meant to keep you alert enough to do homework, and yet calm enough to wind down at the end of the day? Should I be arranging my room so that the study area is on one side? What tips can you give me to make my bedroom comfortable, yet practical for my needs?

Answer 1

If your space is small, you need to be absolutely ruthless in culling your things. Too much clutter and your room will start to look like something out of the "Hoarders" TV show.



You need a comfortable, inviting space. If your space is a one room efficiency type apartment, try a day bed that doubles as a couch. Your work surface can be a table that doubles as a desk. You might also want a lap desk so you can work lying on the bed.



The best method for cleaning is from the top down. That means you dust the ceiling fan and cobwebs first, then the blinds, then the surfaces of the furniture, and finally you vacuum or sweep the floors.

Answer 2

Clear and clean like they do at the whilte house, top down, then walls to center. Use color to engergize, such as oranges, greens and yellows. These also motivate. Do not put your bed close to your work center, it is too tempting to sleep instead of focusing on business. Set one or two items in your area that brings back good memories of better times. Decide what you really need and want. If undecided, consider renting a small storage unit, or get an inexpensive ottoman that opens for things. I got 2 at World Market for about 26 bucks, and they fold when not in use, they are made of seagrass. Very open and calming. If you have difficulty focusing, try using a navy blue, but stay away from the light blues, and they will make you drowsy when you have work to do. Keep your study area, your study area, and your sleep area, your sleep area to help delineate your life. Blend colors schemes, but accent which areas should have more or less of one color.

Answer 3

Organize the room to make it comfortable for you, but here are some basics for you to think about. Have the majority of the objects against your walls and in your corners. When you do this make sure it is not cluttered, by doing these it creates the sense of more space in your room. Also, research colors that create a calming affect (such as blue) and the shades of that color that would make your room seem bigger. These combined should make your room seem much more spacey.

Secondly, when I clean my room I start with the little things. I usually start with trash, junk and paper. When I clear those, it gets easier to move onto the larger things.

Answer 4

First clean your room. Any furniture you can move easily, push to the side. Put everything that needs to be put away in a pile on the floor and start with the biggest stuff. Keep grabbing stuff working your way down to the little things. When there is nothing left, vacuum.



Move the furniture around so you have a bedroom area and a study area. Make it so there is enough space to put a wall with a doorway up. Get plastic storage bins with drawers and put them near your desk. Fill up desk drawers and these drawers with:

Paper, pencils, pens, crayons, markers, colored pencils, erasers, tape, scissors, glue (etc.)



If you are a crafty person like me I have plastic bins for my craft stuff too.



Get a comfy chair and put a radio near you desk and invest in some soothing, calming music. On your desk get really tiny desktop plastic drawers, file sorters, your computer, a phone, pencil cup, sticky notes, a memo pad, and behind your desk put a bulletin board.



Good Luck cleaning!