Where You Sleep... - The Space Doctors

This is SUCH an important list!

Are the colours featured the not very saturated but relatively bright ones that humans find relaxing? Blues are good colors for bedrooms because we associate them with feeling calm and sleeping—and a little nonverbal signaling is always useful! Make sure that the ceiling in your bedroom is a lighter colour than the floor or walls.

Do the patterns on walls, or carpets, or bedspreads or elsewhere feature mainly curvy lines, as opposed to rectilinear forms? These are the sort that we find most calming to view. The one of the left (the red stripes), will upset your night’s sleep, whereas the circles in the room on the right are calmer.

Does the space have a middling amount going on visually (known technically as having “moderate visual complexity”)? This means that shapes (in patterns or alone) and colour palettes are carefully managed so that only a few are obvious and that there seems to be some order in how all the colours and shapes come together, as in this image.

Can you open the window treatments so that sunlight can flow freely, and copiously, into your bedroom?If not, new curtains/blinds are likely in order—if you make changes remember that blocking out light and sound that may find its way into your bedroom at night via those windows is really important. Make sure that the curtains/blinds are as good at cutting off nighttime light and sounds as they are at letting in daytime ones.
Can you see your work area as you are trying to fall asleep?If so, reposition furniture or screens.
Review the sleeping areas for everyone who lives in your home; if one person is not sleeping well, everyone’s life is affected.

Where You Sleep…