Prepare For The October Heat With This Bedroom Remodel Guide

 The month of October brings searing heat and sends everyone scurrying indoors to sit in air-conditioned environs. You might spend a lot more time trying to cool off in your bedroom this season, but is your room fabulous and ready for October? In other words, have you remodelled it with small, deft touches to give it the makeover it both needs and deserves?

From buying new bed linen to surrounding yourself with greenery, we present a few tips to remodel your bedroom without substantial repairs or even spending a lot of money:

* Declutter and donate what you don’t need.

Over the years, most homes tend to accumulate a lot of clutter in the form of clothes, shoes, bags, toiletries, appliances, books, documents, even bedding and other items. Some items become too old to use but we continue using them all the same. Others become damaged but we don’t throw them right away. The most clutter is accumulated in our bedrooms, lofts and kitchens. This October, do your bedroom a favour and remove all the clutter that you can find. Put it in different bags as per type and condition, and donate the usable material to a charity of your choice. Removing clutter instantly improves the vibes of your room and ushers in positive, healing energies.

* Let the light in.

Though the month of October is all about the heat (at least that’s what it feels like once the mercury shoots up), it’s also about the sunlight. The grey skies of the monsoon season are gone and they give way to bright, hot sunshine. Usher in the natural light into your bedroom – do away with heavy, dark drapes and get light coloured curtains from a premium brand. Cotton curtains in pastel shades are best. The more the natural light in the room, the larger the room appears. Natural sunlight filters into the room and also kills lurking bacteria and germs.

* Get new bed linen.

It is time to overhaul the bedroom entirely, and the biggest scope for an overhaul lies in the bed. When was the last time you junked your entire stash of bed linen – bedsheets, comforter or dohar, duvet covers, pillow cases, the works – and bought a fresh stock? New bed linen that is crisp yet soft to the touch, in colours and designs that you like and which feature anti-viral properties are the best gifts to your own and your family’s health this season. You can buy anti-viral bedsheets, pillow cases and dohars online from premium brands, and also look up other variants like hygro-cotton, air-purifying, and bamboo charcoal. These keep you safe while you sleep.

* Use bright colours reflective of the summer.

The summer season is all about bright yellows and blazing oranges, but we’re not suggesting that you paint the room in these hues. But you can still add pops of colour in the room to reflect the cheer and good spirit of the mini-summer season in October. You can do this with wall art, or a gorgeous tapestry, or get a mural painted on one large wall.

* Get greenery in.

One of the best ways to remodel the bedroom without breaking the bank, is to let greenery into the room. Invest in a few indoor plants in pots of various colours, and place them in different locations around the room – the window sill, the dressing table, next to your sofa chair, on your nightstand, etc. These add elegance to the room and help in purifying the air around themselves.