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Do you like what you have but dont like your room? Heres the solution: pull your rooms together so they look finished and professionally decorated by following these techniques to add the wow to your rooms! (Ive used them in hundreds of homes!).

1. Paint the walls and ceiling a rich, warm neutral color or one of the colors in your rooms fabrics. Your furnishings will immediately look more at home. I call it marrying your architecture to your furnishings.

2. Next, move your seating away from the walls and group it around a fireplace, a view window or any logical focal point.

3. Now, add a generous area rug to accent and unify your entire seating area.

4. Fill any empty looking corners with large plants and soft up-lights. Add a decorative, folding screen for a fuller look.

5. Place your lamps to evenly and softly light your seating area. Use additional lighting to accent your artwork, collections and accessories.

6. Create a focal point on the coffee table by elevating one of your favorite accessories on a stack of several books (sans covers). This will give your treasure more presence. Then add a low, full green plant or a blooming orchid and a couple of large, glowing candles. If you like a fuller look, use a decorative tray or runner underneath.

7. Lastly, be sure to decorate the top half of your room (from the furniture up), with tall plants, window treatments, artwork and that wall color. The room will feel considerably larger, more interesting and most importantly finished!

These few changes will make all the difference so you can start enjoying living in a beautiful home!

Mary L. Brown of One Day Design is an interior re-designer who specializes in quickly transforming rooms using the furniture, accessories, and artwork people already have to give them a professionally decorated look! She’s been featured on FOXTV, NBC and HGTV. Download Marys FREE Top 10 Decorating Mistakes (and How to Avoid or Fix Them!) and sign up for her FREE decorating eNewsletter at http://www/OneDayDesign.com

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Features

• Solid 15" High Platform Assembles Easily
• Sleek, Efficient Design is also Strong and Durable
• 10.5" Clearance below for extra storage - Matching Storage Drawers and Trundle Available
• Complete w/ (12) underbed slats
• Made in USA - Southern Yellow Pine - Ready to Finish

Product Description

Economical solid-wood platform bed. Simple, Solid yet Stylish - A Perenial Favorite. The 15 high platform bed height is perfect for a single mattress or futon. In addition, the 10 1/2 underbed clearance proivdes ample storage space below. Made of premium, solid southern yellow pine. While OK to leave unfinished, you can easily add a hand-rubbed Danish/Tung Oil finish or stain to match any decor. Comes ready-to-assemble in 2 compact boxes for easy transportation (also make finishing very simple). No tools required, allen wrenches included. NOTE: Underbed drawers sold separately.

Customer Reviews

Review date : 2008-07-15
Item was easy to put together and very sturdy!
Plus it was delivered earlier than expected!

Review date : 2008-07-06
Product arrived complete in excellent condition, few days before the estimated delivery date, thanks to fedex tracking information provided by the seller.

Available assembly instructions is minimal yet good enough considering how easy it was to put this together. From the time I opened the box it just took 15 minutes to be fully assembled and ready to use. I have bought and assembled several such things in the past like Audio shelves, book shelves, entertainment centers etc.. none as easy as this.

As far the bed it self, it is all solid wood, light weight, easy to move around, very stable and a quality piece of engineering. Highly recommended, value for money.

Review date : 2008-07-02
i bought this bed for my 6 year old and thought we would have fun painting it.. just like the 1 star review which i didnt see at the time.. yes, splinters are very very possible. anyway, my son didn’t sleep in this bed that much when one of the pieces of wood which go down the center broke, then another.. the frame is fine but the middle not so good.. i think i would have been better off for the money having just bought the box spring then having gone this route..

Review date : 2008-06-08
In 2005 I bought this platform for myself in Queen size, knowing that I would be moving in 2007/2008 and would likely purchase new bedroom furniture for my new home from Pottery Barn. Well, I’ve moved… and given the solid classic design of this platform, I’ve decided to spend money on other furniture items instead and purchase a second platform for my daughter, both stained in Mahogany to match the Pottery Barn pieces. Looks lovely with under-bed baskets, easily assembled and disassembled. In fact, while my other furniture traveled with a moving company, the disassembled Queen-size platform fit comfortably in my Subaru Legacy so I could quickly have my bed in my new home. Why spend $2,000 for two beds when I am quite satisfied with these platforms at < $400 ?

Review date : 2008-05-13
I ordered the twin size bed with under bed storage drawers. This is for my young grandson who has outgrown his toddler bed. We are making a very small room into his "own space". Being a retirement age grandma I was amazed at how quickly and easily I was able to assemble the bed. (No help required.) The customer images were very helpful to me as I assembled the bed. The bed appears to be quite sturdy and the materials are in excellent shape. I’m sure this bed will get a lot of use.

The topic of eastern influences on western interiors is a very broad subject. Many countries, such as China, Japan, Tibet, etc., have had an influence. Therefore, I have chosen to focus on one country for this article, Japan.

Characteristics of Japanese Interiors

1. COLOR:

Japanese interiors generally use neutral, natural colors, to provide a simple background. Interiors emphasize architecture, and as a result, provide a sense of geometric order. In addition, natural colors minimize a feeling of clutter, which is also essential to eastern design and its philosophy of simplicity. When a statement is made in a Japanese interior, it is usually through a single strong exclamation of color or a predominant texture.

Eastern art colors are pure. Unlike western art, which mixes color and refines sketches, eastern art is original. This means the initial color and/or brush stroke is the final result. Western art is often complex, whereas eastern art is simple, strong, and graphic.

Black is often considered a “non-color” in western society, yet, it is very important in eastern interiors. The use of black in oriental rooms lends definition and form. For example, black is a color in its own right, when used with white rice paper in a shoji screen.

2. TEXTURE & CONTRAST:

Some Japanese textures and materials that immediately come to mind are cedar, rice paper, maple, bamboo, stone, and woven wicker. One might also think of textured silk, tatami floor mats, and the elaborate needlework of kimonos and obi’s.

Japanese culture seeks to balance opposites in all aspects of life (yin and yang), and interiors are no exception. Interior finishes can be highly opposing and contrasting, and yet achieve balance. Examples are, highly polished floors with heavily textured mats, a lacquered box displayed on top of a rough wooden table, or white pebbles on a polished black granite ledge around a tub.

3. DISPLAY:

Western homes typically use an object on the perimeter as a focal point, such as a fireplace, a painting, or an elaborate window treatment. Eastern interiors, on the other hand, focus on a central object, such as a hearth (irori), a garden, an altar, or an elaborate still life composition.

Japanese homes also commonly have display alcoves, called tokonoma. Objects placed in these alcoves generate two types of feelings, either (1) a natural or organic feel, by displaying an odd number of objects together, or (2) an ordered and disciplined environment by using an even quantity. For example, three calligraphy brushes in a cup would be organic, and four pebbles on a dish would be disciplined.

Japanese displays are fluid. In other words, a Japanese alcove may display a scroll one-week, and a set of pots the next. Eastern cultures tend to store and rotate objects. (This is probably for two reasons; (1) limited space, and, (2) visual pollution, outside the home, as the population increases.) Japanese displays are a reflection of the season, celebration, or honored guest. This minimal approach focuses on the quality and craftsmanship.

Instead of rotating objects, westerners tend to “display it all.” (I guess its because they we’re afraid someone whose given us something may come over and we won’t have it out?) A westerner would also tend to add to a display to create a balance, whereas an easterner would create harmony by taking away. To easterners, less is more, order is harmony, and there is a place for everything and everything is in its place.

This concludes Part I. Part II of Eastern Influences on Western Interiors: Japanese D