Home Décor: Bedroom Design Ideas - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. Now we all know that a lot more happens in the master bedroom than just sleeping. And when designing your master bedroom, I want you to consider everything else that is going on in it, before you lay it out. I like to separate a master bedroom into zones. What other functions are happening in the bedroom? Is it also a home office? Is it also a sitting room? Are you watching TV? What else is going on in the room that needs to be considered? Now, the size of the bed. That is the first thing you should consider. And especially here in Manhattan we are very spatially constrained. So I always like to look at the size of the bed first and see how it works with everything else in the room. A good rule of thumb is to figure thirty inches around all sides of the bed. If you have that clearance, at least, at a minimum, you have the correct size bed for your space. Now once you have selected the bed size, you can start to lay out the zones around the bed for everything else you need to take place in the bedroom. And then when you have those zones located you can add lighting appropriately. So if you have a home office space, you can add a task light. If you like to sit and read in your bedroom, you could have have a nice reading lamp next to a chair. Table lamps beside the bed. And how you control the lighting is another thing to factor in. Now, do you want sound in the room? A huge trend today is adding music in the master bedroom and even in the master bath. Who does not like music while they are taking a shower? And all of your lighting and the music can be controlled by one central iPad or even on your iPhone. We design those systems in so that you can control everything, even from the bedside. Now if you take the size of the bed, divide your room into zones, add light and sound appropriately, you will have a beautiful and restful master bedroom.