A bedsitting room may be a starter flat for a young couple or an independent flat for a widowed parent. A small town apartment for weekdays or a country bolthole for weekends. Whatever the purpose of the flat, one thing is for sure, although it is a multi-activity area, it can still be decorated with style. A lot of thought should be given as to how to make the best use of the floor area available. Neutral colours will always give a calming airy feel to the room, but that does not mean that you should rule out using splashes of bright colour.

Curtains with a dark edging that is perhaps also echoed in the bedding and cushions will prevent the room from looking bland perhaps fitted to a minimal curtain pole like the Integra Orient Barrel 19mm Metal Curtain Pole Set which will not encroach too much into the room, both aseptically and physically. Roman blinds with a black out lining or a Roman blind such as the Rocas Moleskin Roman Blind with special light management properties makes an ideal window treatment in a multi tasking area where sleep management perhaps calls for early morning light control and television viewing management perhaps calls for light summers evening light control.

 A one room bedsit will need some type of cooking facilities, but if its just a question of a kettle, hot plate and a sink, then screen the area off with shelves which can double as storage. Although tidyness is the essence of successfully living in limited space, there will need to be a fine balance in a small area between being tidy and creating a faintly hostile setting where visitors may feel awkward just by their presence messing up the neatly arranged pile of magazines or wrecking the display of beautifully plumped up cushions.

White metal venetian blinds will always give a modern streamlined look, the deliberately subtle window treatment will leave breathing space for other natural assets of the room to be exploited perhaps such as the view, a deep window recess or a bay window.

A bay window will add greater dimension to the room so do not hang curtains across the front of the bay or you will reduce valuable floor area when the curtains are closed. There are many curtain tracks and poles available these days for what was once a curtaining nightmare. The Rolls Neo Stud 19mm & 28mm Metal Curtain Pole Set has corner joints and “C” passing rings as an accessory so you can easily fit this delightful pole to any bay or straight sided window.

 

If there is not an obvious focal point, then even the tiniest of rooms can be given unexpected distinction by dressing the windows with panache. The Eclectics Wing Nut Putty Roman Blind will make a stunning feature in the room, especially if there is enough room to accentuate the colourings of the blind with a natural plant placed in the vicinity of the window.

For the more subtle amongst us, the Balsam Wooden Venetian Blind looks great if the furniture is a light wood colouring, whereas a dark wood blind will normally need a larger area to set it off to its best advantage