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Create your perfect bedroom retreat

Our bedrooms are very personal spaces in our homes. They are where we rest and recharge at the end of each day, and where we prepare for the new day ahead.

Here, we show you how to create bedrooms that everyone will love coming home to.

A cozy bedroom with green walls and a bed

Tailor your space

Our bedrooms reflect us – from the wall colours to the choice of bedding and artwork (this is especially true in teenage years!). Bedrooms are also crucial to how well we rest, so careful planning is a must.

Thinking about how everyone might use their bedrooms, and how they want them to look are the first steps in the Electric Home Design for this room. Whether it’s your own room, or for teens and small children, there are elements that are useful in every bedroom, like bedside lights, dimmers, USB fast chargers, temperature control, and even blind controllers.

Then, you could consider data points with cabled internet for kids’ homework and entertainment. Younger children might like a night light, while teens could get creative with smart LED strip lights or a feature neon sign.

Remember, walk-in wardrobes are part of the bedroom layout too and can be enhanced by clever lighting, motion sensors and extra power points for charging and electrical accessories.

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Mother and daughter sitting on a couch in a cozy room, sharing a tender moment together
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Mother and daughter sitting on a couch in a cozy room, sharing a tender moment together
A woman with a piece of clothing walking to the closet

Bedroom must-haves

Lighting is an important part of any bedroom. Dimmers for ceiling and bedside lights are a great way to create instant ambience, and to shift the mood in children’s bedrooms from playtime to bedtime.

Power points with built-in USB charging ports are perfect next to bedside tables, and an Iconic Smart Shelf charging station helps to keep devices out of the way. These are great for kids’ bedrooms too as they’re large enough to charge tablets.

Add a Wiser Temperature/Humidity Sensor and Wiser controlled ceiling fans for managing hot weather. The sensor detects changes in temperature and can activate the fans to keep bedrooms comfortable all night. (Click next picture for more)

A wardrobe that works

A few clever additions to your walk-in wardrobe can really enhance the space.

Add a motion sensor to activate lights when you walk in, which is handy if you’re carrying clothes or other items to put away. Create a mini charging station by placing power points with USB chargers next to a shelf. Your phone, e-reader, smart watch and other devices can stay tidily out of sight while charging.

For a luxe feel, use LED strip lights for a soft glow under cupboards and shelving, or around a full-length mirror.

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Cozy workspace with computer and chair in small room
Little girl sleeping in bed, covered with soft pink blanket
Cozy workspace with computer and chair in small room

Rooms that grow

Children grow up fast, so it pays to think ahead if planning a bedroom for younger family members.

Little ones will love a night light that casts a reassuring glow. The Iconic Night Walk Sensor Light activates with motion for late night trips to the bathroom, or you can use it as an all-night night light.

Make sure you have plenty of power points around the room to avoid the need for power boards and for easy access as furniture is moved around over time. A power point with built-in USB charger is a must too. (Click next picture for more)

Add data points

With growing demand on home WiFi, consider adding data points with cabled internet to kids’ rooms so they’re set-up for reliable and secure online access when they’re older.

More homes are installing cabled internet now as working from home becomes more common and more devices are online simultaneously for content streaming or online gaming.

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A woman sleeping in a cozy bedroom
A man resting in a bed and scrolling through an app
A woman sleeping in a cozy bedroom

A smart sanctuary with Wiser

Make your bedroom an even more enjoyable space with PDL's Wiser smart home system. Wiser lets you link electrical elements in your bedroom with an app on your smart device for touch screen control of lights, blinds and connected power points.

You can create ‘Moments’ with Wiser too, linking several actions to one command. For example, ‘Bedtime’ might turn off the overhead lights in the bedroom, dim the bedside lights and close the blinds. You could even schedule that to happen each night in children’s bedrooms to encourage regular bedtimes. (Click next picture for more)

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Morning moments with Wiser

A ‘Morning’ moment could slowly raise the bedroom blinds at a set time or have your bedroom lights come on gradually. Wiser gives you control of your home from wherever you are, so you can create an “All Off” moment to turn off all bedroom lights with one tap.

And once you’re in bed, you can use Wiser to turn off lights around the house and check all the blinds are closed. Simple!

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Style your space

The wide range of looks in the Iconic range means everyone in the family can style their own bedroom space. 

The brushed metallic finish of Iconic Styl looks chic in Silver or Crowne for the grown-up retreat, while the moodier tones of Silver Shadow might match darker rooms. The charming natural beauty of the timber trim of Iconic Essence is a fun match for little ones’ bedrooms and is a great match for timber floorboards.

Iconic has the added benefit of ‘skins’ that are easily interchangeable, so as time passes and tastes change it’s easy to swap a new look into the room.

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