Bedroom
Beds, bedding and a calm place to sleep.
9 guides
Bedroom
Explainer How bright should a bedside lamp be? Dim it and see A bedside lamp has to let you read, then get out of the way of sleep. Drag the lamp, change the brightness and the warmth, and see how much… 4 min Bedroom
Tool Why do blackout curtains still leak light? Slide the curtain and see Blackout curtains block light through the fabric, so when a bright line still shows, it is coming round the edges. The fix is mostly about… 4 min 3 picks Bedroom
Tool How big should a bedroom rug be? Slide it under the bed and see A bedroom rug is there for your first step out of bed, so the question is how much of it still shows once the bed sits on top. Pick your… 5 min 3 picks Bedroom
Tool What bed size fits your room? Drag the bed and see Bed sizes are sold by the mattress, but you live with the gaps around it. Pick a size, enter your room's measurements and drag the bed… 4 min Bedroom
Explainer How tall should a bedside table be? Raise the bed and see The best bedside table is usually level with the top of your mattress, or at most a few centimetres higher. Too high and you reach up and… 4 min Bedroom
Explainer What tog duvet do you need? Match it to your room and see That number on every duvet label is the tog: how well it holds your body heat in. The right tog depends less on the calendar than on how… 4 min Bedroom
Tool Where should the bed go? Drag it around your room and see Where the bed goes decides how a bedroom feels more than the bed itself. Enter your room size, pick a bed, and drag it around a to-scale… 4 min Bedroom
Explainer What makes a good bedside lamp for winding down? Move one and see A bedside lamp is really a dimmer switch for your evening. In a study of 116 volunteers, ordinary room light before bed delayed melatonin… 5 min 3 picks Bedroom
Tool How to size blackout curtains so no light sneaks in: a planner Blackout curtains only work if they reach past the window. A thick curtain that stops at the frame still lets a glowing outline of light in… 5 min 3 picks
Explainer How bright should a bedside lamp be? Dim it and see A bedside lamp has to let you read, then get out of the way of sleep. Drag the lamp, change the brightness and the warmth, and see how much… 4 min Bedroom
Tool Why do blackout curtains still leak light? Slide the curtain and see Blackout curtains block light through the fabric, so when a bright line still shows, it is coming round the edges. The fix is mostly about… 4 min 3 picks Bedroom
Tool How big should a bedroom rug be? Slide it under the bed and see A bedroom rug is there for your first step out of bed, so the question is how much of it still shows once the bed sits on top. Pick your… 5 min 3 picks Bedroom
Tool What bed size fits your room? Drag the bed and see Bed sizes are sold by the mattress, but you live with the gaps around it. Pick a size, enter your room's measurements and drag the bed… 4 min Bedroom
Explainer How tall should a bedside table be? Raise the bed and see The best bedside table is usually level with the top of your mattress, or at most a few centimetres higher. Too high and you reach up and… 4 min Bedroom
Explainer What tog duvet do you need? Match it to your room and see That number on every duvet label is the tog: how well it holds your body heat in. The right tog depends less on the calendar than on how… 4 min Bedroom
Tool Where should the bed go? Drag it around your room and see Where the bed goes decides how a bedroom feels more than the bed itself. Enter your room size, pick a bed, and drag it around a to-scale… 4 min Bedroom
Explainer What makes a good bedside lamp for winding down? Move one and see A bedside lamp is really a dimmer switch for your evening. In a study of 116 volunteers, ordinary room light before bed delayed melatonin… 5 min 3 picks Bedroom
Tool How to size blackout curtains so no light sneaks in: a planner Blackout curtains only work if they reach past the window. A thick curtain that stops at the frame still lets a glowing outline of light in… 5 min 3 picks