How to Create Teenage Room Signs For Your

1Find your theme. Are you preppy, a bookworm, a cheerleader, gothic? You have to find what your theme should be, maybe it's based on a book or a movie, you decide.

2Figure out the base of you sign, what color should it be, blue, yellow, black, purple? Figure out what you're starting with.

3Write. You can write a saying or your own name in the sign, it doesn't matter. You can decorate your words to look cursive, painted, graffitied, or sloppy.

4What are you going to put at the edges? Flowers, feathers, thunder. For a sign, always decorate your edges to look your style. Maybe you want feathered edges or shredded ones to show your personality, there is no right and wrong so bring out your imagination.

5Choose a background sign. The most important is the background sign. It could be a giant peace symbol or a thunderbolt. This is optional but it's a very cool thing to add to your room signs. This can help you to see what your tastes are in designing too.

How to Create a Zen Bedroom

    1Clear the desks. Your bedside table should not be as a dumping ground for knick-knacks and growing piles of "stuff". Nor should it ever serve as an extension of your office. Put away the files, telephone, diary, highlighters, kids' toys and medications. Keep only the things that are essential for sleep and resting: a book, moisturizer, a photo, a glass of water. The fewer things next to your bed, the fewer distractions and the more disposed to sleeping you will be.

     2Make it into a noiseless cocoon. Your bedroom should be a haven. This may be hard if the neighbours hubbub can be heard through the wall. It's a bit too expensive in most cases to consider soundproofing the room but you can muffle any sounds coming from other rooms by putting up shelves and lining them with books. The books will absorb some of the noise. Although, Su T'ung

  Po, a zen master once said "All noises are the noises of the Buddha". Try to think of this when hearing that barking dog on the street.

    1Remove electromagnetic disturbances. The radio alarm clock, TV, mobile phone, computer etc. - all these appliances emit electromagnetic pollution even when in stand-by mode or turned off. This can disturb sleep and block the production of melatonin. Not to mention the annoyance of blinking or glowing lights emitting from some appliances that disturb sleep. Best to move all such appliances to another room. And get a wind-up alarm clock!

    2Leave worries at the bedroom door. Don't bring your day's concerns into the bedroom. Instead, write a list of the things that need doing or are bothering you in order of priority that you will deal with tomorrow. This list will help you to clarify ideas and give you a sense of mastering the situation, thereby avoiding useless stress at the time you want to be falling asleep.

    3Come to your Zen bedroom relaxed. This requires unwinding beforehand. Have a sea salt bath. Throw in several handfuls of sea salt into a bath of 36º C (97ºF) temperature. Not only is this assured relaxation as the warm water encourages physical relaxing but the sea salt penetrates your skin barrier to stimulate the circulatory system and unwind those tired muscles. You will feel good and sleepy after a sea salt bath.

    4Take Zen practices into the Zen bedroom. Meditation is permitted in a Zen bedroom. As is massage and no better than a sleep-inducing massage. According to traditional Chinese medicine, a 5 - 10 minute massage of the hollow found just behind your earlobe will stimulate your eyelids to close. Try it!

    5Keep the room cool. In summer, toss the covers and spritz your body with water before pulling over the sheet. Even in winter, a cooler room temperature is better for good sleep than overly warm.

    6Adopt a Zen sleeping position. Lying on your side is the best for aiding good sleep and digestion. Lying on your back tends to encourage snoring and sore necks, whilst lying on your tummy can inhibit breathing and place pressure on your stomach region, preventing easy digestion.

How to Completely Darken a Room on a Budget For Your

Step 1: You'll need the following tools and items:

Scissors

Measuring tape

Blackout lining fabric

Thumbtacks

Weatherstrip seal

Step 2: Measure your window to figure out how much fabric you'll need. Plan on getting enough to overlap the entire window by a few inches, this extra material is necessary to attach the fabric around the window.

Step 3: After getting your measurements purchase some blackout drapery lining from a fabric store. You may have to purchase more than one piece to cover the entire window depending on the width of the fabric which is usually 54 inches (137.16 cm). It can cost anywhere from $4-9 per yard.

Note: If using more than one piece of fabric you can permanently attach them together using stitch free fabric adhesive this will help avoid light from entering between the unattached ends.

Step 4: Now secure the fabric completely around the window, overlapping the window by about 3 inches (7.62 cm). Keep it in place with thumbtacks, nails or whatever you want to use, thumbtacks are inexpensive and can be easily installed/removed. Be sure to stretch the fabric when placing the thumbtacks to maintain it firmly against the wall, it'll keep light from sneaking in around the sides.

Step 5: At this point your room may already be completely blacked out but if light tends to come in around the edge of your door a quick solution is to use a weatherstrip seal. Just place it around the frame where the door makes contact. I used a 5/16 inch (7.9 cm) thick foam seal which worked perfectly and it only cost $4. Ensure you use the right thickness to avoid problems in closing the door.

Step 6: You're Done. Sit back and enjoy your completely blacked out room.

How to Choose a Neck Supporting Pillow For Your

1Look for a pillow that aligns your ear with your shoulder. This is the best position to support your neck.

2Keep trying the pillows until you find the one that works for you. Unfortunately, there is no one single combination that is ideal for everyone, so you will have to be prepared to experiment.

    Some people find two flat pillows are better than one large pillow.
    Some people prefer molded pillows.

3Use a pillow under your knees as well if you have back aches. This helps to take the load off your spinal joints.

How to Create a Bed Canopy Without Posts For Your

1Make a small hole in the ceiling above the bed and a few inches out from each corner of the bed. This will allow the material to hang clear of the mattress. The holes should be large enough to hold a wall anchor securely.

2Use a hammer and tap a wall anchor into each hole, and then screw a hook into each anchor without over-tightening.

3Hang curtain rings on each hook.

4Starting with the first ring, knot the fabric to the ring using one piece of material (length), then drape across to the other ring and knot.

5Using one short piece of material, knot the fabric to the ring and drape across (width) to the other ring and knot.

6Repeat for the last two rings.

7Using the vertical pieces of materials. Knot to each ring and allow to fall to floor creating a pool effect.

Edit Article How to Completely Darken a Room on a Budget For You

Step 1: You'll need the following tools and items:

Scissors

Measuring tape

Blackout lining fabric

Thumbtacks

Weatherstrip seal

Step 2: Measure your window to figure out how much fabric you'll need. Plan on getting enough to overlap the entire window by a few inches, this extra material is necessary to attach the fabric around the window.

Step 3: After getting your measurements purchase some blackout drapery lining from a fabric store. You may have to purchase more than one piece to cover the entire window depending on the width of the fabric which is usually 54 inches (137.16 cm). It can cost anywhere from $4-9 per yard.

Note: If using more than one piece of fabric you can permanently attach them together using stitch free fabric adhesive this will help avoid light from entering between the unattached ends.

Step 4: Now secure the fabric completely around the window, overlapping the window by about 3 inches (7.62 cm). Keep it in place with thumbtacks, nails or whatever you want to use, thumbtacks are inexpensive and can be easily installed/removed. Be sure to stretch the fabric when placing the thumbtacks to maintain it firmly against the wall, it'll keep light from sneaking in around the sides.

Step 5: At this point your room may already be completely blacked out but if light tends to come in around the edge of your door a quick solution is to use a weatherstrip seal. Just place it around the frame where the door makes contact. I used a 5/16 inch (7.9 cm) thick foam seal which worked perfectly and it only cost $4. Ensure you use the right thickness to avoid problems in closing the door.
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Step 6: You're Done. Sit back and enjoy your completely blacked out room.

How to Change Your Bedroom Into a Peaceful Area for you

 1Get some furniture that gives off peaceful vibes. For example, one great idea is a beanbag in the corner. Plants are very pleasing to the eye, maybe because it's in our genes to like the color green-after all, in Neolithic times, it was almost always a source of food! Find some good posters of nature or peace and such, and put them up on the walls. Put up some poster frames or something of strange objects. Perhaps get a really large one and put a loved but too small T-shirt in it or something. The possibilities are endless! And most of them-like the windchimes or beanbag chair-are fairly inexpensive.

    2Play some soothing music or sounds. This may include ambient music, which is usually nature sounds. The mood is light and happy, and you get more relaxed. In fact, if you close your eyes, you can almost imagine yourself at some place far away. Far away, beyond time and space, beyond life and death, beyond country boundaries... For example, on iTunes, there's a great album for this, called "Sounds of the Earth."

    3Learn how to lose yourself. No amount of peace-generating effects are going to help you if you can't calm down. Sit on that beanbag chair, close your eyes, and rest. Imagine yourself in the heart of Africa, or in a garden on a Sunday evening, or sleeping in a swamp at night, or even living underwater.

    4Get something to express your creativity. Consider keeping a pen and notebook near you, so that you can write a poem or a short story, or just write down your contemplations on life. Expression is the greatest way to realization of your true potential.

Alternate Method

    1Prepare to paint your room. You will need blue, green, yellow, orange, and any color of flower.
    2Paint a bright blue sky, and a sun on the ceiling.

    3Paint long green stems, and do bunches of flowers on them.

    4Buy a green carpet and put it on your floor.

    5Buy lanterns matching the color of your flowers, and hang them up.

    6Have most of your furniture be white. If it is not, have it green, blue, or the color of the flower.

    7Have yoga music playing. It will finish the scene off.

    8Invite a friend, and show off your new bedroom!

How to Buy an Organic Crib Mattress For You

1Read the description on the packaging to ensure the mattress is authentically organic. Some mattress packaging can make a mattress sound like it is made from natural materials, when in reality, those materials are still chemically treated. Other times, the natural materials are present in the mattress along with other toxic, synthetic or chemically-laden materials. An example of this is bamboo, which sounds natural, but in order to make it into a covering material it needs to be chemically processed. Inspect the details on the packaging, read the small print and product information thoroughly or ask the manufacturer about the details of the materials. Just because an organic crib mattress contains some organic material does not mean it is made completely of organic material. Only the fibrous materials in a mattress need be organic in order for the mattress to be considered organic.

2Look beyond the label to see what the mattress is really made of. Regular crib mattresses are sometimes made of harmful plastics and chemicals, typically foam and PVC. An organic mattress will most likely be made of cotton, latex or wool.

    Find an organic crib mattress made of wool. Organic wool has not been treated with chemicals. The sheep the wool comes from were fed a natural diet and were not treated with pesticides. Wool is a good filler for organic crib mattresses because it is naturally fire retardant. To be sure, ask the manufacturer if the wool is pure or if it has been treated with chemicals.
    See if the organic crib mattress is stuffed with cotton material. Sometimes these mattresses will be covered with cotton fabric, while other times they will be covered with vinyl covering. Since the vinyl emits chemical gases, you may prefer a naturally-covered mattress. Completely cotton mattresses may contain chemical fire retardants, as required by law. However, the organic cotton is sure to have been grown without pesticides and chemical growth enhancers.
Purchase an organic crib mattress formed from latex. Check to make sure the latex in the mattress is natural rubber latex and not synthetic latex. If you are unsure of the difference, note that natural latex comes from serum harvested from the rubber tree. Turning this serum into latex is a lengthy and costly process; therefore, the price of the mattress will be significant.
Consider a non-toxic mattress covering. While wool or cotton outer coverings may be tempting to purchase from an organic or natural standpoint, and while they do not contain chemicals like the vinyl coverings do, a non-toxic, waterproof covering is superior at warding off disease. Such a covering makes it easier to clean away dirt and bacteria. Look for a cover made from food grade polyethylene, which is non-toxic and protects the mattress from mold and dust mites.

3Check to see if the mattress is certified organic. A certified organic crib mattress guarantees the genuineness of the entire product, not just the fiber materials.

     The Global Organic Textile Standards or GOTS evaluate products like crib mattresses to make sure the fibers are organic and everything else used to make the product is non-toxic.
    Look for Greenguard certified mattresses. Greenguard is a separate certification organization that evaluates products on the level of emissions they put off.

How to Build a Bedroom Fort for you

1If you have a bunk bed, use it!Hang a blanket from the top bunk to the bottom bunk, making a secret place on your bottom bunk.

2If you don't have a bunk bed, you can still make a sort of lean-to by draping a blanket from the end of the bed.

3Try and use blankets, pillows, chairs (as structural supports) and anything else laying around.

4Make it as creative as you like. Try adding different rooms.

5You can make anything! The possibilities are endless! Be creative!