I hope you’ve been following my sleep challenge during which I’ve been trying get a better night sleep than ever before. I’ve been following some top tips for creating a restful atmosphere in my bedroom, and I’ve added a few new additions to my bedroom to make it even more conducive to sleep – including a blackout blind and mattress topper. Spending so long hanging out in my bedroom, making improvements and all that extra sleep has got me thinking about a whole bedroom makeover – and having lived in my home for 18 months, I think it’s about time that I got round to decorating the bedroom.
Over the past year, I’ve been taking interior design inspiration photos wherever I go and have seen sheet music used to decorate a couple of places – as a wall-covering in a charity shop (in my photo below) and even as an alternative flooring in a vintage shop (snapped above). Back in June, I had lunch in a London restaurant which had been wallpapered using old newspapers (below) and loved the effect, so I must have been subconsciously thinking about using this technique for a while!
I love to read and do most of my reading in bed, so it made sense to me to feature books in my bedroom somewhere and I think that some old book pages would look great on my wall. I conducted a little research on Pinterest and discovered that it is possible to buy book calligraphy wallpaper from Lewis & Wood and even postcard wallpaper from B&Q:
Check out my “Books in the bedroom” Pinterest board for all the image credits
I also spotted the use of book wallpaper in these fashion shoots below and although I like the look of wallpaper, it seems too ‘neat’ however, the book pages arranged at angles is too messy for me – picky, huh?! So I think the only way to get the look I want is to do it myself and I have gathered together some old books from the charity shop with the intention of pasting them to my bedroom wall. I will let you know how I get on – in the meantime, check out some more sleep tips from Dunelm‘s 30 Days of Sleep Challenge below!
Check out my “Books in the bedroom” Pinterest board for all the image credits
- Stop night time worries by writing your next day’s to-do list before you go to bed, this should stop you from running through everything while you are trying to drift off
- If you haven’t fallen asleep after 30 minutes, try reading a real book under low light until you start to feel tired again
- If you find that you often wake in the night to go to the bathroom, rather than turning on the lights try using a torch to light your way (if it’s safe to do so) as exposing yourself to less light should make it easier to go back to sleep
- Avoid exercising within 3 hours of trying to sleep as it will keep you awake