What items should I keep in my bedroom?

What items should I keep in my bedroom?

Mary Astadourian (Professional Organizer) gives expert video advice on: How can I organize my bedroom?; What items should not be stored in my bedroom?; What items should I keep in my bedroom? and more...

I think anything that really is relaxing to you creates that sanctuary feeling: music, candles, photographs that bring back good memories, things of your family, things that you want to be looking at, flowers. You want to have colors that are soothing to you and that you just enjoy looking at because, again, you wake up in the morning, you open your eyes, and the first things you're going to look at are all things that are around you in this room. So, I think, try to keep as little clutter in there as possible. If you have to have clutter in your life, in your home, it's, I think, better to have it in other rooms of the house if you can, because this bedroom is a sanctuary. Another thing people always do is laundry that isn't folded. A great space for it seems to be the master bedroom. A lot of times, it's really right on the bed and you find people are just pushing it aside to go to sleep or whatever. You want to take a little time and effort to make this like a really nice environment.