It's time to get creative. Start by fantasising: What excites your sense of smell, touch, taste? What do you like to be able to see, or not see. Consider what turns up the heat in world-renowned love locales and use those places as your inspiration from plush hotel rooms to tropical beaches, from isolated cabins to elegant night clubs. Fill your room with what turns your mood on, then see what follows.
Extra pillows. The more the merrier! Noone wants to sleep in discomfort. Try different textures and fabrics to add colors & shapes to the surroundings.
Banish the television. Ladies, we don't want to remind him that Seinfeld is in syndication.
Adjustable lighting. A bedside lamp with a dimmer switch, or low-watt lighting behind a mysterious screen. Try a lampshade or paper lantern that's decorated to cast lovely shapes and shadows around the room.
Buy the best sheets you can afford. What makes sleeping at a hotel so sexy? Hint: it's not the mint on the pillow. It's the soft, crisp, easy-to-slide-between sheets. The magic words for any temptress worth her tickle-feathers are 'thread count', and you're looking for nothing less than 250.
Music. A successful love nest creates an ambience of passion and suspense, and music is a key part of that effect. The tunes you play in a love nest should be rhythmic, intriguing and a little bit racy. Think Barry White or Middle Eastern doumbek drums. Music that's repetitive or too soft, combined with dim lighting and a cosy-looking bed, can run the risk of soothing the very senses you want to stimulate. So take risks with your music, and don't be afraid to turn up the volume!
Adventures for the eye. A well-chosen, striking, and prominently-placed bit of eye candy can spice up your bedroom faster than a truckload of oysters. Think bold, sexy colours and prints, like one wall painted your favourite dramatic shade, or anything leopard.
Reflect the romance. Mirrors can go a long way toward creating an inviting atmosphere, and no, you needn't hang one on your ceiling. Some flirty alternatives: a lamp in a beautiful colour or a cluster of candles in front of your mirror can enhance romantic lighting, or a strategically-placed selection of small make-up mirrors throughout the room (on the table, near the flowers, on the bedposts) will add a sexy twinkle and some delightful surprises to the evening.
Something billowy. Try to add a little motion to the emotion in your love nest, with a floaty sheer curtain, or just your trusty ficus plant, reborn with a string of lights and swaying in a low breeze. And speaking of breeze, nothing gets sexy fabrics moving like a quiet fan on a low speed in the corner perhaps with a pot of delicious potpourri in front of it, to spread a warm scent.
Organic pleasures. Recreate some tropical abundance in your room with luscious plants and flowers!
Clear the clutter. The following things are not welcome in any true love nest: electric bills, the television (it's worth repeating), pesky pets, laundry baskets, stray socks and inhibitions!
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