Making the perfect Japanese inspired bedroom?

Justbeingm

I am designing my bedroom in a japanese/feng shui kinda style, and I need some tips. I think I am doing pretty well so far, but I would love to find out some new ideas. I know there are ppl far more creative than I, so if you have any great tips and/or ideas let me know. ~Thanks~
Don't have tons of money!

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My Asian room has Japanese and Chinese Kimonos hanging from the walls on drapery rods. You can find them inexpensively in Chinatowns and thrift stores, but mine are genuine antiques I inherited. I use Thai masks as faces hung above them. I have a little table top fountain and put animal figures representing the year of the rat and the year of the tiger which are my husband and mine Chinese astrology years. I took the little red envelopes Asians use for gift giving and framed them. I have several Buddhas surrounded by candles and incense as decoration. I used the calenders from the Asian markets to decoupage frames. I bought brocade fabric with an Asian toile design from JoAnne Fabrics to make pillows and throws. I got a lot of Asian coins at the Chinese market to glue to picture frames. I got chops cut with our names in Chinese and used them as stencils on the walls and enlarged Japanese characters into stencils, too. I used a lot of red, black and gold for accent colors. And since I collect Asian tea sets I use them for water next to the bed and for bath salts next to the tub. You can find Asian style bedding at Domestications and Brylane Home.

Alternative bedroom ideas?

Kelsey

I have an alternative style to me, and I'd like that to be shown in my room also.
I have almost 4 walls covered in posters, but a few of those are going down for room to get something else to go up, on one wall I have the lyrics 'They say that love is forever, your forever is all that I need'.
I have multiple figurines like Jack Skellington, Chucky, Mario, Spongebob, Patrick, a japanese girl dressed as a play boy bunny etc and Mario & Pokemon teddies against my wall.
Any other ideas on what I can put on there?
Put in there*

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you can use wall paper to decorate your wall, there is a paper wall sticker ,the butterfly can glow at night. Here is a website on amazon it sells all kinds of home decorations, high quality, good service. The wall paper is :
http://www.victoriasdeco.com/Home-Decor-Mural-Art-Wall-Paper/M/B002LRPLOA.htm
Maybe you can use pretty curtain to decorate your window, and use bed sheet sets to decorate your bed. http://www.victoriasdeco.com/category/29206420821/1/BEDROOM.htm

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How to decorate my apartment with a zen/Asian style?

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~Gwen~

I'm moving into a new, smaller apartment and would love a minimalistic, calming decor. I can't afford to spend too much, but I am very crafty, own a sewing machine. I have a set of textured red curtains that look gorgeous.

Any ideas?

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I love bamboo roman shades paired with beautiful curtains. Keep your furniture very minimal, and get a few asian inspired throw pillows for your couch, or chairs or whatever you have. Something that will match your curtains. Or you can find some fun asian inspired fabric to make the throw pillows out of (try e-bay for some cheap fabrics).

Check out this fabric, this is beautiful with a little hint of red, and it's not tooo busy: pretty cheap on e-bay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ZEN-CAMOUFLAGE-VINTAGE-JAPANESE-SILK-HAORI-FABRIC_W0QQitemZ270315153557QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item270315153557&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50#ebayphotohosting

You could do a couple of throw pillows out of that.

I would leave everything else very minimal, maybe do a nice mirrow with a big frame (black or something pretty plain). I would do a lot of natural things, like the bamboo shades, maybe a seagrass or jute rug,

Maybe a woven trunk for storage that can double as an ottoman. I recently picked up 3 of these at my local target, but they were 50% off.

http://www.target.com/Square-Banana-Leaf-Woven-Trunk/dp/B0012N759I/sr=1-1/qid=1228799917/ref=sr_1_1/183-7292684-8445769?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Awoven%20trunk&page=1

They are darker in color as they appear on the website. I have used two pushed next to each other as a coffee table, and one as a side table next to a chair in my living room.

What is most important, is to bring stuff into the room that makes you feel the most comfortable in your space. I have "inspiration pieces" in all my rooms that really make the room for me. In my living room it's a palm tree painting from a local artist here, every time I look at it, I'm absorbed into it for a little while.

In my bedroom it's my down european pillows on my bed, They are so comfortable and comforting. Find something that you LOVE and build your room off of that. But use it as your "main attraction".

Happy Decorating, and Happy Holidays.

Making the perfect Japanese inspired bedroom?

Justbeingm

I am designing my bedroom in a japanese/feng shui kinda style, and I need some tips. I think I am doing pretty well so far, but I would love to find out some new ideas. I know there are ppl far more creative than I, so if you have any great tips and/or ideas let me know. ~Thanks~
Don't have tons of money!

Answer
My Asian room has Japanese and Chinese Kimonos hanging from the walls on drapery rods. You can find them inexpensively in Chinatowns and thrift stores, but mine are genuine antiques I inherited. I use Thai masks as faces hung above them. I have a little table top fountain and put animal figures representing the year of the rat and the year of the tiger which are my husband and mine Chinese astrology years. I took the little red envelopes Asians use for gift giving and framed them. I have several Buddhas surrounded by candles and incense as decoration. I used the calenders from the Asian markets to decoupage frames. I bought brocade fabric with an Asian toile design from JoAnne Fabrics to make pillows and throws. I got a lot of Asian coins at the Chinese market to glue to picture frames. I got chops cut with our names in Chinese and used them as stencils on the walls and enlarged Japanese characters into stencils, too. I used a lot of red, black and gold for accent colors. And since I collect Asian tea sets I use them for water next to the bed and for bath salts next to the tub. You can find Asian style bedding at Domestications and Brylane Home.

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To those who live in a Small house/Space, how do you make room for babies and kids things?

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Sophia's M

My husband and I live in a 1200 square foot bungalow which has two bedrooms down stairs and 1 full bath. Upstairs has 1 large Bedroom and Half Bath...We want more children in the future but we don't see ourself moving anytime soon. I am trying to find a good way to make more space for my child and her toys and things. Any tips

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I am also in a small space - 900 sf 2 bed / 1 bath apt - and we have a toddler and twins on the way.

Our lease is up at the same time I am due. It would be really bad timing to move, so we plan to stick it out here for a year and get into a larger place next year.

We've adapted by making our space very child centered. We have a train table instead of a coffee table. The kitchen is too small for a full-size dining room table, so we sit Japanese style at a toddler-size table. The living room is the play room (as well as my daughter's room). The living room also houses our computers and office stuff which we have compactly on one wall. The futon couch doubles as a guest bed when we have company.

My daughter's closet now has two rods for clothing (one high and one low) to accommodate the twins' wardrobe. Her bedroom has enough room to have 2 beds - a full size bed for co-sleeping/nursing and a smaller toddler bed. Her BIG tent will have to be packed up once we set up the toddler bed, but we plan to replace it with a smaller collapsible version. The train table may also temporarily go into storage to make space for some baby gear.

In your situation, I would make the large upstairs bedroom into a play room and let the rest of your house be relatively clutter-free.

Critiques on the beginning of my short story?

Christine

I'm 18 and I haven't written a story in years! I've also never taken a "formal" class in writing (not until next semester) so I'm sorta flying blind at the moment. I read a lot, so I've taken tips from reading.
Well, here goes nothing!


Good morning, evening, or afternoon. Guten tag. Bon matin. Salutations to whomever has taken this rare opportunity read the raw recollection of a suicide.

M A Y 28th
Jesus, the sun is bright this morning. What time is it?
7:52 AM. Later than usual. Next train to 14 St leaves at 9:15. Need to leave manuscript by Teresa Gunnâs office by 10:30. Lunch date with Jess today at Deusenbergâs at noon(-ish). Would it be too early for sweets? I could use some tiramisu, maybe a hot mocha to wash it down.
Last night I dreamt of China again: there lay Allison and I, bareback on a bamboo canoe silently praying to the Leshan Buddha, and subsequently asking ourselves if we were supposed to pray at all and whether we were as educated on Eastern philosophy as weâd thought while flipping through The Lotus Sutra for reference. That conversation was very much real, along with the brief pseudo-romantic excursion to China, and both took place about three years ago amidst a summer of heat and Southern floods; however, in place of a boxy bespeckled redhead lie a grizzly TV fat guy named Jonah whoâd insisted on bringing Ramen to China as if it werenât a Japanese dish. I called him my fiance.
I stretch my arms towards the mahogany headboard and yawn. Monday morning is serenaded by violent honks and garbage truck engines. Theyâre reciting the same old stories verbatim, little tales of tense mashed potato dinners forced down with $15 Pinot Noir and an impending sense of Kafka-esque delusion, and a 10th-grade English teacher recommending a boy with a duster coat and a dream, dizzy off of paint thinner, to retake the course. The tastes of stale memories and morning breath coat my tongue, and the faint scent of my daily maté floats up from the kitchenâ¦no, no, it doesnât.
Meow. Lilyâs up. Feed her, change her litter box. Do I have time? I should be out by 8:45, and Iâve already lost three minutes to my thoughts. Get up. Get up. Get up.
I get up. A gray tail peeks from under my bed and wraps itself around my ankle, threatening to pull me in. Lilyâs very hungry.
A profound rumbling is heard from next door. No discernible clue as to what my neighbor could be doing, but heâs quite loud. I glance in the mirror, stopping to admire myself in the airy oversized flannel shirt Iâd slept in. It hadnât belonged to anybody significant to my life--at least, I donât remember. There are no clues left in or on the plaid; at some point it emit the faint scent of coffee grinds, but it smells like me now.
The matéâs aroma still lingers like a ghost in the halls, easily overpowering the scent on my mind. There was no maté tea brewing for me, not anymore; any day now I could hop to IKEA and buy a little kettle of my own--fill it with boiling water, honey, and a few herbs--but nothing could replace Allisonâs rusty yellow teapot, and the collective fragrances from swanky tea leaves would take years to reproduce. Iâd rather stick to my coffee.
8:01 AM. Time is moving so quickly this morning. I rip open my flannel, lower my panties, unclasp my bra, and grab my towel off the desk chair. Somehow my eyes land on my mons pubis. Iâve grown rather fond of my own
Another two minutes lost to my thoughts. Canât miss the 9 AM to Greenwich. I wrap myself in the towel and glance around my bedroom for Lilyâs cat food. The rumbling has grown louder, almost sounds as if itâs resonating from downstairs. Itâs a starving, unending growl akin to a black bearâs borborygmus--the profound echo of...the pipes, I guess. Call the landlord after lunch to check it out.
âCome, Lily!â I call, beckoning my kitten by patting my knee. She peeks up out from under the bed, but immediately pulls back into the shadows. Perhaps sheâs not hungry yet. Iâll feed her after my shower.

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I absolutely love the first bit. It really hooked me, as all great openers are supposed to. However, it sounds a bit awkward, and I think all those greetings are more confusing than they are necessary. Make it a shocker of a first sentence instead. Something like, "Good morning and salutations to you, who has taken the time to read this raw recollection of a suicide." Or something. I don't know. It's a difficult line to make sound right.

After your opener, though, there's a lot of random information all thrown in there at once, which is a bit confusing for the reader. Unless you're George R.R. Martin, or your readers are all highly intelligent beings, it's best to leave some stuff to the imagination, or to be revealed later on. Your first chapter should tell us who the protagonist is, what her goal, motivation and problem are, and the setting. We don't need to know all about her flannel shirt unless it's important to the plot, like if later on she gets stuck taking it off and suffocates to death or something. That bit about the neighbour was unnecessary too. Things like that.

I also love your writing style (Kerouac ish?) and the quick, snappy, diary-like way you've set it out. Just be careful not to bore your reader with mundane activities like: "I ate breakfast. I took a leak. The plants need watering. I'm out of bread. There's cat hair on my overalls."

Your story seems pretty cool so far, so keep working at it! Good luck, and I hope this helps. :)

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Any tips to designing a Chinese theme bedroom?

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paola_agui

I'm moving to a new home in 3 weeks or so, and this gives me an opportunity to design my room the way I've always wanted. I've always wanted to go for a Chinese themed bedroom, and I'm looking for any tips on how to start with this new project. So If you have any ideas, feel free to tell... Anything from Wall decor, to floors, to furniture is welcome!

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a traditional chinese themed? or are you looking for an american interpretation of a chinese themed bedroom?

either way...you might want to look in to bamboo materialed/colored things, dark/semi dark wood oriented furniture with oriental design. do not get Bonsai planet, cuz thats japanese. if you're looking into more feminine stuff...try lotus, plum (the flower), and chrysanthemum. for guys...try kirin, dragon (chinese looking ones)...or if you want (tho not necessarily recommended) the chinese horoscope.

chinese people loves the color red, but we use it more on weddings...you might consider that as well. the wall decor, you can look into asian calligraphy styled painting, a fan (hanging)...or perhaps an authentic chinese character sucha as fortune. 2 chairs/stools with a table...small end tables...chinese lantern...ceramic tea set...perhaps incents....all these can be considered as decor :D for windows you can use beads instead of curtains (like the beads yoou hang in the doorway, wooden beads...i hope you know what i'm talking about)

also, google oriental living, or oriental decorating..it'll help. the thing about having a chinese themed bedroom is that you might end up with things that are "oriental themed" but has nothing to do with chinese. you should do a little bit of search just in case :)

How to decorate my apartment with a zen/Asian style?

~Gwen~

I'm moving into a new, smaller apartment and would love a minimalistic, calming decor. I can't afford to spend too much, but I am very crafty, own a sewing machine. I have a set of textured red curtains that look gorgeous.

Any ideas?

Answer
I love bamboo roman shades paired with beautiful curtains. Keep your furniture very minimal, and get a few asian inspired throw pillows for your couch, or chairs or whatever you have. Something that will match your curtains. Or you can find some fun asian inspired fabric to make the throw pillows out of (try e-bay for some cheap fabrics).

Check out this fabric, this is beautiful with a little hint of red, and it's not tooo busy: pretty cheap on e-bay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ZEN-CAMOUFLAGE-VINTAGE-JAPANESE-SILK-HAORI-FABRIC_W0QQitemZ270315153557QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item270315153557&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50#ebayphotohosting

You could do a couple of throw pillows out of that.

I would leave everything else very minimal, maybe do a nice mirrow with a big frame (black or something pretty plain). I would do a lot of natural things, like the bamboo shades, maybe a seagrass or jute rug,

Maybe a woven trunk for storage that can double as an ottoman. I recently picked up 3 of these at my local target, but they were 50% off.

http://www.target.com/Square-Banana-Leaf-Woven-Trunk/dp/B0012N759I/sr=1-1/qid=1228799917/ref=sr_1_1/183-7292684-8445769?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Awoven%20trunk&page=1

They are darker in color as they appear on the website. I have used two pushed next to each other as a coffee table, and one as a side table next to a chair in my living room.

What is most important, is to bring stuff into the room that makes you feel the most comfortable in your space. I have "inspiration pieces" in all my rooms that really make the room for me. In my living room it's a palm tree painting from a local artist here, every time I look at it, I'm absorbed into it for a little while.

In my bedroom it's my down european pillows on my bed, They are so comfortable and comforting. Find something that you LOVE and build your room off of that. But use it as your "main attraction".

Happy Decorating, and Happy Holidays.

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Japanese/Chinese styled bedroom with a bit of punk?

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LaLeLa S

im almost 16 and love both of these styles and before i just wanted a japanese styled room, but i want some originality with it like punkish.
im mainly looking for wall color, drapes, and accessories to do this.
pictures and links would be helpful. :]

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Well, in favor of the Japanese, keep straight lines and simplicity in mind. Try to keep furniture simple and matching. But when punking it up, try really funky colors and patterns in mind, but tasteful to emulate a Kimono into the mix. When getting wall decor, go for flowers and nature like, but get it like in bizarre setting, (Warhol i think). i think that would help.

How is your bedroom?!!!!!!?

Lucy Diamo

A little describe would be good.I redecorate my bedroom and im looking for ideas

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I love Paris and started to create a Paris theme for my bedroom. So far I have an Eiffel Tower bedding set, damask wallpaper and Paris posters. Got my ideas from here:

http://www.squidoo.com/paris-themed-bedroom

Here are some other cool ideas:

http://www.squidoo.com/japanese-style-bedroom
http://www.squidoo.com/marilyn-monroe-hollywood-bedroom
http://www.squidoo.com/zebra-teen-bedroom

Hope this helps give you some decorating ideas, good luck =)

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Where can I find a bed like this for my daughter ?

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Lezzy.

Okay I am on my daughters account and she is really into Japanese culture. She showed me how she wants her room, and I thought a room makeover would be a wonderful Christmas present. The bed she wants is only on a website, and I don't like ordering furniture online, so no answers like Ebay please.
Thank you.

Here's the link:
http://www.haikudesigns.com/bedroom-furniture-sets.htm


She wants the floating platform bed.

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Try walmart, here is a link to all the platform beds:

http://www.walmart.com/browse/Furniture/Bedroom-Furniture/Beds/_/Nh-3yc4Zaq90ZaqceZ1yzn9ll/Ne-aqxa?ic=48_0&ref=125874.184468+501454.4292504409&tab_value=172608_All&catNavId=102547&waRef=+501454.4292504409&catNavId=102547


I know you mentioned that you don't like ordering online, and I'm not sure if walmart actually carries any of these in the store, but you do have the option to have it sent to the store or to your home. But maybe you could go to your local walmart and check. These beds are very nice looking and very affordable then compared if you were to walk into a furniture store. My friend ordered one of these style beds off of walmart and had it sent to the store and it is very nice looking and made well. Hope this helps!!

Japanese/Chinese styled bedroom with a bit of punk?

LaLeLa S

im almost 16 and love both of these styles and before i just wanted a japanese styled room, but i want some originality with it like punkish.
im mainly looking for wall color, drapes, and accessories to do this.
pictures and links would be helpful. :]

Answer
Well, in favor of the Japanese, keep straight lines and simplicity in mind. Try to keep furniture simple and matching. But when punking it up, try really funky colors and patterns in mind, but tasteful to emulate a Kimono into the mix. When getting wall decor, go for flowers and nature like, but get it like in bizarre setting, (Warhol i think). i think that would help.

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