Making the perfect Japanese inspired bedroom?

Question

I am designing my bedroom in a japanese/feng shui kinda style, and I need some tips. I think I am doing pretty well so far, but I would love to find out some new ideas. I know there are ppl far more creative than I, so if you have any great tips and/or ideas let me know. ~Thanks~

Don't have tons of money!

Answer 1

My Asian room has Japanese and Chinese Kimonos hanging from the walls on drapery rods. You can find them inexpensively in Chinatowns and thrift stores, but mine are genuine antiques I inherited. I use Thai masks as faces hung above them. I have a little table top fountain and put animal figures representing the year of the rat and the year of the tiger which are my husband and mine Chinese astrology years. I took the little red envelopes Asians use for gift giving and framed them. I have several Buddhas surrounded by candles and incense as decoration. I used the calenders from the Asian markets to decoupage frames. I bought brocade fabric with an Asian toile design from JoAnne Fabrics to make pillows and throws. I got a lot of Asian coins at the Chinese market to glue to picture frames. I got chops cut with our names in Chinese and used them as stencils on the walls and enlarged Japanese characters into stencils, too. I used a lot of red, black and gold for accent colors. And since I collect Asian tea sets I use them for water next to the bed and for bath salts next to the tub. You can find Asian style bedding at Domestications and Brylane Home.

Answer 2

I saw a beautiful asian inspired room once (it might have been chinese not japanese, I can't remember), the walls were bold red, with black and white pictures of chinese lettering.

The furniture was black. It was very bold, and awesome!!

Answer 3

I would keep it pretty minimal.

Maybe a bonsai plant or a bamboo plant.. how about a fountain?

One of those Japanese screens would be nice.