Each decision below says what you are choosing, what it changes in daily use, what you can compare here and what to settle with ELS. Several comparisons were made for the whole home or, where marked StayReady, as rental guidance for landlords; ask ELS how they apply to your bedroom. A preference you note here is not a confirmed specification until it is measured and agreed. Next: compare the options, note your preference, then ask ELS to check it against your room.
This room is consultation-led: none of these 10 decisions has its options set out on this site. 9 require consultation with ELS, and 1 has no comparison on this site yet. Ask ELS about yours.
You are choosing the bed size: queen, king, super king or a custom platform. The size decides the walking space on each side and which wall can take the bed. Bed size is settled with ELS in consultation. The StayReady Furniture Designer shows single, queen and king frames, but it is rental guidance for landlords. Next: measure the wall you want the bed on, and bring the measurement to ELS.
You are choosing where the bed goes. The Layout tool's bedroom patterns put it on a solid wall, centred on the room's most usable wall or on its quietest wall in a shoplot unit, with the wardrobe and desk kept off that wall and the window zone kept for a desk, dresser or seating. A bed facing the window or the TV is not shown; if you want one, settle it with ELS in consultation. Next: open the bedroom patterns for your house type, then ask ELS to test one against your room.
You are choosing what the floor beyond the bed and wardrobe is for: storage first, a work corner or a lounge corner. A storage-first pattern is in the Layout tool, and ELS's site survey asks whether you need a desk, dresser, cot or lounge chair. This decision is covered only in part, or for a different situation; ask ELS about yours.
Wardrobe door type
You are choosing how the wardrobe opens: open, sliding doors or swing (hinged) doors. Each has its own trade-off in a bedroom. A walk-in dressing room is a fitted interior rather than a door type, so it is settled under wardrobe internals and with ELS in consultation. Next: compare the three door types, then tell ELS whether you are considering a walk-in.
You are choosing how the inside of the wardrobe is divided: how its capacity is shared, how much is for hanging, the space for folded clothes, drawers and accessories, and the space for shoes, handbags and luggage. The interior can be shelves and a rail, fitted internals, or a walk-in. Fitting it to what you own is what keeps it usable. A pull-down rail is settled with ELS in consultation. Next: compare the capacity allocation, count what you hang and what you fold, and bring the count to ELS.
You are choosing the wall behind the bed: a loose headboard, an upholstered panel, a timber feature wall, or a headboard with integrated side tables. It is the surface you lean against and the backdrop of the room. There is no comparison of these yet; settle the choice with ELS in consultation. Next: tell ELS which treatment you prefer and what you want beside the bed.
You are choosing how light and privacy are controlled: bare glass, roller or Venetian blinds, curtains with a sheer layer for glare and a block-out layer, or motorised shading. The choice decides how dark the room gets for sleep and how private it is by day. Curtains are compared with both layers together; a block-out layer on its own is settled with ELS in consultation. Next: compare the shading options, then tell ELS how dark you want the room at night.
You are choosing the bedroom's light and power: central or layered lighting, cove lighting, and the colour of the white light, with sockets planned beside the bed. Sockets beside the bed decide where lamps can be plugged in without trailing cables. The lighting scheme is compared here. A fixed reading light or bedside light is settled with ELS in consultation. Next: compare the lighting schemes, then ask ELS to place the bedside points against your bed position.
Compare lighting schemes
Room Scope BuilderAir-conditioning
Also part of this decision, not pictured: Fans only / no AC
You are choosing how the bedroom is cooled: a wall split, a ceiling cassette or concealed ducted air-conditioning, or a ceiling fan. Each changes what you see on the wall or ceiling. The three air-conditioned options are compared side by side; the ceiling fan is a ventilation choice. Whether to run a fan together with the air-conditioning is settled with ELS in consultation. Next: compare the air-conditioning types, then tell ELS how you use the cooling at night.
Floor finish
You are choosing the floor, the wall finish and how quiet the room feels: SPC, porcelain tile or engineered timber underfoot; paint from washable eggshell to mineral limewash; wall panelling by material, coverage and joint pattern; and fabric panels, PET felt or timber slats for sound. These are compared side by side and are the same products in any room. Carpet, and keeping sound from passing between rooms, are settled with ELS in consultation. Next: compare the floor finishes first, then the wall and acoustic options.
These are four questions to settle with ELS before a specification is written for this room. Each example below is for this room, and each link opens the decision it belongs to. They are prompts, not an inspection.
Where does heat or stale air collect, and how does it leave?
Air-conditioning is a three-way choice of wall split, ceiling cassette or concealed ducted. Decide where the unit sits in relation to the bed and the wardrobe before either is fixed.
Air-conditioning optionsWhere can water or damp reach, and what protects what is behind it?
Ask whether the wall behind the wardrobe is an external wall, or has ever been damp, before the wardrobe board and internals are chosen.
Wardrobe door typeWhat will it carry, and what holds it up?
Long clothes, folded stacks and shoes load shelves, rails and drawers differently, so give the quantities before the hardware is chosen.
Wardrobe internalsHow is it reached to clean, service or replace?
Wardrobe and bed-head LED lighting needs a driver and a switch, and both must be reachable once the room is finished.
Lighting schemeA preference is not an approval. This is a decision aid for this room, not a promise: it lists what is still open and who checks it within the scope you commission. Nothing here is a condition for asking ELS about your room.
| What to decide | Why it matters | What is still needed | By when | Who verifies it |
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| Where the air conditioner sits in relation to the bed and the wardrobe. | Air flow and access to the unit both depend on where it sits. | The type chosen, and the positions of the bed and the wardrobe. | Before the design is finalised |
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| Whether the wall behind the wardrobe is an external wall, or has been damp. | Board and internals chosen for a dry wall may not suit a damp one. | Photos of the wall, and any history of damp or leaks that you know of. | Before the design is finalised |
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| What hangs, stacks and stands in the wardrobe. | Hanging clothes, folded stacks and shoes load shelves, rails and drawers differently, and hardware is chosen against the load. | The quantities of long and short clothes, folded items and shoes. | Before fabrication or ordering |
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| How wardrobe and bed-head lighting is switched and serviced. | LED lighting needs a driver and a switch, and both need to be reachable. | Where the driver and the switch go, and how each is reached. | Before the walls are closed |
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ELS verifies these against the information you supply, within the scope you commission.