How to create the perfect dressing room
Create the perfect dressing room with these designs and bedroom decorating ideas
A dressing room is the ultimate luxury. After all, who wouldn't want all of their clothes neatly hung up and shoes beautifully stored away, making getting dressed in the morning a whole lot easier.
Let us guide you in all the little extras that will make that space so much more stylish and organised.
Start with your main furniture. A wardrobe is an obvious place to begin when designing the perfect dressing room. Choose carefully to make sure you get the most storage space out of your wardrobe. Make sure there is plenty of shelving in your wardrobe so you can stack up labelled boxes, filled with of all your favourite clothes.
A white dressing table is another pretty place to make the most of smart storage solutions. Slot boxes under your table to keep all of your extra accessories safe and display your favourite jewellery and perfume either in bell jars or on beautiful glass trays on top of the dressing table.
There are so many ways to pack your clothes and accessories away in a dressing room. Choose breathable storage boxes, lined with acid-free tissue paper to protect your favourite knits, or keep lingerie in cotton storage bags, hanging on your door. Padded hangers are a pretty way of protecting your clothes and will mean you can keep your favourite clothes on display, without losing that boudoir aesthetic.
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1/9 Keep your jewellery organised
A dressing table should keep all your small accessories close to hand. Display your favourite pieces of jewellery on a classic tree placed under a glass cloche to protect them from dust. Find a dressing table like this at New England Lifestyle. The jewellery stand is from The Contemporary Home.
2/9 Protect your clothes
Choose clothes storage bags that allow your best wool and cashmere pieces to 'breathe' while protecting them from moths. Always wash woollens before storing and layer with acid-free tissue paper.
Visit Total Wardrobe Care to find clothes storage solutions.
3/9 Stash away your shoes
Find quirky shoe boxes and add labels or photographs of the contents - have a chair nearby so you can sit down and slip on your shoes in comfort.
Bombay Duck have a range of shoe boxes and bedroom storage items..
4/9 Give garments a new lease of life
Prolong the life of delicate garments with padded coat hangers that are nice enough to take out of your wardrobe and put on show.
Visit Bombay Duck for decorative hangers.
5/9 Get ready for the weekend
Store your hairdryer and brushes in a pretty vanity case that's ready to go for weekends away at swanky hotels. If you find yourself with double items, keep one stored ready for impromptu trips, so you won't be in a mad rush!
Find a vanity case like this and other travel accessories at Cooey.
6/9 Plan an organised wardrobe
Well-organised storage will help keep your clothes in tip-top condition. Group accessories in easy-to-see drawers and box up last season's favourites when not in use.
The wardrobe was from New England Lifestyle, and the mirror from Chic Shack.
7/9 Go for smart a fabric laundry bin
A fabric laundry bin is a smart, understated choice plus it's kind to delicates as there are no rough surfaces to cause snags.
Marks & Spencer sell similar laundry bins.
8/9 Keep glass trinkets on display
Pressed glass cake stands make an attractive display area for perfume bottles and trinkets. Stack them up to double the space.
Find glass cake stands at RE.
9/9 Store away your lingerie
Store your favourite lingerie in pretty hang-up cotton storage bags - they're great for travelling too.
Visit Sibona for similar laundry bags.
So know you now our top tips for creating a gorgeous dressing room full of country style ideas.
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Holly Walsh was Content Editor at Ideal Home from 2021-2024 but joined the brand back in 2015. With a background of studies in Interior Design, her career in interior journalism was a no-brainer and her passion for decorating homes is still as strong as it ever was, now she is a freelance interiors writer and shopping editor. While Holly has written for most of the home titles at Future, including Livingetc, Country Homes & Interiors, Homes and Gardens and Style at Home, Ideal Home has always been her ideal home, and she can still be found sharing her expertise and advice across both the printed magazine and the website, while also raising her two young children.
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