| Depending on your stage in life, you may spend a large | | | | relative. Houseplants often have to be split when they |
| percentage of your time in your bedroom. Even an | | | | outgrow their pots, so someone may be more than |
| average person spends 8 hours in bed at night, which | | | | happy to give you an extra chunk of plant. |
| is a third of your time right there. Yet, many bedrooms | | | | Some outdoor plants also make good houseplants. Ivy |
| are on the bottom of the list when it comes to | | | | and other groundcovers are excellent ones. Or, you |
| redecorating. When money is tight, redecorating | | | | can always try those childhood science tricks to sprout |
| budgets only stretch to main rooms like kitchens, | | | | and grow potatoes, pineapples, and carrots. You don't |
| bathrooms, and living rooms. This article will give you | | | | even have to buy a pot. Look through your kitchen, |
| several ideas you can use to brighten up your | | | | and you'll probably find a lot of items you can use for a |
| bedroom. | | | | cute planter, such as an old teapot or even one of |
| 1. The easiest thing to do is to rearrange the things in | | | | those huge mugs. Look for something in colors that will |
| your room. Keep in mind that all of the furniture doesn't | | | | look good in your bedroom. |
| need to be put square with a wall. Your bed, for | | | | 4. By taking some old, sentimental pieces you've got |
| instance, can go anywhere in the room you want it to | | | | hidden away in a closet, such as your wedding veil or |
| including diagonally or right in the middle. Your room will | | | | invitation, photographs, diplomas, or whatever, and |
| have a whole new feel with just these few simple | | | | displaying them in your bedroom, you've got a ready |
| rearrangements. | | | | supply of new accessories in your room that can be |
| 2. Find fabric items that you already own which will | | | | changed as often as you like. |
| complement the colors in your room. You can use | | | | 5. You can make your own potpourri to provide a nice |
| tablecloths, towels, scarves, pillowcases, or anything | | | | scent for your room. By allowing some pieces of |
| else that you like to dress up your dresser and | | | | orange peel to dry, you can mix them with small |
| nightstand, or even a beautiful scarf or shawl draped | | | | pinches of sweet spices, such as cinnamon, ginger, and |
| gracefully over the foot of the bed can look nice. You | | | | allspice, to make a potpourri. Once it's mixed, set it in |
| can also wrap these items around throw pillows and | | | | your room in an open bowl for a truly lovely aroma. In |
| pin them in back to give the pillows a different look. If | | | | the summer, you can always add flowers to your |
| you don't have any throw pillows in your bedroom, get | | | | room. If you don't grow your own, look for wild daisies |
| some from the living room. | | | | and roses which will smell wonderful. |
| 3. You can add a plant or two to your room to create | | | | Hopefully you've found some ideas in this short article |
| a bit of interest. If you have extras around the house, | | | | that will help you make some positive changes in your |
| all you'll have to do is move some. However, if you | | | | bedroom without costing you a thing. Now that you've |
| don't have one, you'll be able to create one for | | | | got the idea, you can use your own creativity to come |
| yourself. You can take a shoot from many | | | | up with your own ways of improving your bedroom |
| houseplants and put it in water until it sprouts roots. If | | | | for free. |
| you don't have a plant of your own, ask a friend or | | | | |