How To Have a Cosy Room

Whether you’re living in halls, a house, flat or wherever you don’t have to let the basics of the room determine what it looks like. 

The house we live in has old furniture, blue carpets and awful lighting, and yet still feels cosy! 

The secret is little touches, everywhere. 

One of the easiest, and cheapest ways to make your room cosy are fairy lights. The left set are from Primark, and the right are from Amazon. When the light in your room is dim, it can create a dull atmosphere so these are the perfect way to soften the feel. 

This sounds so simple but cushions are essential. There is no better way to make your bed look ready to dive into than a big snuggly arrangement of cushions. The front cushion here is from  bedding from Argos, and the two at the back are from good old Dunelm. 

 A great way to make a room cosy is to fill blank, boring surfaces. 

Things that hang fill space so easily, and turn a boring area pretty instantly. Again both of these items are from Dunelm and can be hung just about anywhere. 

So that’s the walls sorted, but having blank spaces on top of surfaces can leave your room looking sparse, and far from cosy. Here’s where to make use of what you’ve got, and jewellery boxes and perfume are a great way to do this. Marc Jacobs perfume bottles are gorgeous, and have multiple functions acting as decorations. 

This arrangement is made up of a jewellery box from, yet again, Dunelm (seriously, go there!) and the beautiful ring holders are all from Fenwick - all at £9.99 each! The clock was a gift but you can pick cute clocks up from almost anywhere! Asda particularly have a cute section at the moment. 

Notice boards are not for revision and work i’m afraid. 

Covering in them of a collage of pictures, tickets, hangers, cards and calendars is the perfect way to great a busy mess to your room, creating a cosy decorative piece that is relatively cheap to make. 

Us being us moaned a hell of a lot when we first saw our rooms, but after a little bit of perspective and a very expensive Dunelm shop we created rooms which we absolutely love.