The 5 Best Calming Bedroom Ideas On A Budget

Searching for calming bedroom ideas on a budget? These calming bedroom ideas will help you to transform your bedroom into a relaxing space that you’ll want to spend a lot more time in.

It comes as no surprise that following the experience of a global lockdown there’s now a profound focus, in the home design sphere, to create items that help us to form meaningful connections with our home environment, help us to relax and tune into our true sense of self.

The nature of a ‘trend’, whether that be layouts, colours, or product design will always follow cycles of being deemed accepted or fashionable and be entertaining to indulge in a little. However, the past few years have encouraged a more significant shift towards many of us being more aligned with what makes a positive difference and impact on us as individuals in our own homes.

The beauty in the alignment has manifested itself into more individual homes that reflect our unique experiences and perspectives, and homes that bring us a great sense of contentment.

The slower pace has helped us to resurface a lot of what we innately know to be true, so in this post I wanted to highlight 5 calming bedroom ideas on a budget that will continue to support forming an authentic connection with the environment in your home and create a sense of calm in your bedroom.

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Calming Bedroom Idea On A Budget #1: Organisation and Rituals

Lets start with the actions that you can do now that are completely free.

There’s a big psychological benefit of decluttering your bedroom to create clarity and a sense of calm. It’s more difficult to feel relaxed and calm when you’re surrounded my disorganisation so, looking at your bedroom and removing the items that you don’t use or that don’t bring you joy will help you to feel grounded. If the items are in a good condition, consider donating them otherwise recycle or bin them.

There are also psychological benefits to creating the ritual of making your bed each morning and making your bedroom feel calmer. Author Charles Duhigg, who wrote ‘The Power of Habit’ argues that a cumulation of keystone habits, that include making your bed in the morning, will lead to “a greater sense of well-being.”

And according to Gretchen Rubin, the author of “The Happiness Project” her research found that the most simple and common change that led to happiness was making the bed.

Know that your bed doesn’t need to be made perfectly either, it’s more about the ritual that contributes to your sense of calm in the room.

Calming Bedroom Idea On A Budget #2 ‘Airplane Mode’ Area

Another extremely affordable tip that will help create a calming bedroom is designating an area or time of day where you don’t engage with technology and allow yourself the moment to center whenever you’re in this space or during this time.

You may use it for stretching, yoga, writing, colouring, painting, reading, meditating, doing a puzzle, enjoying your favourite tea, for example, but whatever you choose to do the idea is that you begin to form a habit where you recognise the space or time as a place to unwind and feel relaxed.

It may take a few times to start feeling the effect as we’re so used to being ‘wired in’ but taking the time to purposely disassociate yourself from technology for a little while will help in creating a sense of calm.

Calming Bedroom Idea On A Budget #3: Sentimental Scents

Smells take a direct route to the limbic system, the part of the brain related to emotion and memory. Our olfactory sense is one of our greatest survival mechanisms, fundamental in helping us avoid danger and finding rewards hence why in the womb and as a child we begin to associate smells with experiences and emotions. Interlacing scents with emotions and memories forms the basis of what we like, dislike and how we feel.

Therefore, introducing scents that illicit positive memories or emotions can transform how you feel in your bedroom. Scents that we tend to lean towards in our homes are those that we consciously or subconsciously associate with a feeling of safety.

So, introducing a meaningful scent into your bedroom is an amazing way to elevate your mood and relax in the space as you become present in the moment due to the calming scent. Here are some of my favourite independent home fragrance brands to check out and rouse your positive olfactory memories.

Calming Bedroom Idea On A Budget #4: "Womb" Chairs

Items in the house that can ‘embrace’ you such as a chair or bed, are linked with our primal human need for warmth, and to feel sheltered and safe. When an item satisfies these needs it tends to illicit feelings of comfort and relaxation, summed up in the word ‘cosy’.

The original ‘Womb’ chair, designed by Eero Saarinen, is a mid-century classic chair that supports multiple positions whilst providing a cocooning sensation to curl up and feel calm in.

There are multiple designers that have taken inspiration from the iconic design as well as retaining the principle of creating a feeling of security that will positively impact how you feel each time you sit in the chair.

Calming Bedroom Idea On A Budget #5: Weighted Blankets

Like the previous item, a weighted blanket helps to support our psychological and physiological needs causing a calming effect on the body. However, be mindful that taking a blanket approach (excuse the pun) with regards to thinking that a particular blanket will have the same effect on everyone isn’t accurate.

For example, the amount of comfort caused by the weight of the blanket will be completely unique to the individual. Some people will prefer a heavier blanket to feel extremely cocooned whilst other people may feel restricted and therefore uneasy. The material that the blanket is made in, and colour may also be a factor.

All bedroom images courtesy of Soho Home.

The visual texture that a blanket can add to a room will also create a sense of cosiness that will support a feeling of calm in the space. So, here are some of the best affordable options available that will provide comfort and cosiness in your bedroom.

I hope you’ve found these calming bedroom ideas on a budget useful and that they’ve provided inspiration for your own bedroom. For more bedroom inspiration take a look at these decorating ideas and related posts below.