by Kathy H

Created on: September 08, 2008

The walls of your bedroom are most likely the last thing you see as you drift off to sleep and they're probably first thing you see when you wake up. This means that the atmosphere they create should be very personal and enhance these two most vulnerable times of day.

You want to select a color of paint for these walls that does not vibrate too much energy, as it could interfere with your ability to fall asleep. You also do not want to be jolted awake by a color that is harsh and blaring to your eyes.

Your bedroom is a very private and personal area of the house, so many people paint their bedroom walls a shade of their favorite color. This is not just pleasing to their eyes, but subconsciously this color also vibrates positive energy. It is the color that makes them feel at ease and they can identify with. If you are in tune with the color of your surroundings, you may have a tendency to release stress, become calmer and drift off to sleep more easily.

With all this being said, the bedroom should have walls painted in a color that promotes a sense of well being and security. Pastel shades of almost any color are preferable to darker shades of any color. These lighter shades are soothing to the eye and give the room the appearance of spaciousness. You do not feel trapped and confined, you are able to completely relax and ease into sleep.

This is also a recommended practice if you have a rather small bedroom. Paint the walls a pastel color so the room appears larger.

If you insist on painting the walls a medium or deeper shade of color, apply it just to the wall that your headboard of your bed is against. This brings this area of the bedroom to the focal point, but when lying on the bed, you see more of the other three walls than the one behind you. Painting one wall like this adds to the decor of the room but should not interfere with your trying to sleep.

If you have a larger bedroom, you could paint the walls a medium shade of color, but you want to make sure your bedroom set and accent pieces stand out against, instead of blending right into the paint on the walls. A large bedroom also allows the option of painting two areas of it, say the sleeping section and the dressing area two shades of one or two contrasting colors to differentiate between those two separate areas of the room.

Sometimes people run across a certain bedspread or quilt that they love and they would prefer it to be the focal point of their bedroom. In this situation, it would be trendy to

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