A romantic bedroom pleases all the senses. Try these ten easy tips and enjoy the difference!

1. The key is cosiness
The bed is the focus of any bedroom, and the most romantic rooms make it as welcoming as possible. Soft, luxurious sheets that have a thread count of 180 or higher are the key to comfort.

2. Colour of my love
Choose sheets, blankets and duvet covers in colours bring out the best in you. Looking for an all-out room makeover? Take a weekend to paint the walls in warm tones and textures that accentuate the richness of natural and artificial light. Want a quick fix? Set up new curtains and put a pretty throw across the bed.

3. Luxurious layers
Layers of soothing colour and intriguing texture are a romance must. Try combining smooth, crisp sheets with plush blankets - they're an easy way to bring colour and velvety texture to every bed.

4. Pillowy pleasure
Love to sink into cuddly comfort? Add a few more plump pillows to the bed. For variety, layer different sizes and choose ones that match your sleeping needs. Mattress pads are a simple solution to refresh older or too-firm mattresses and add a layer of comfort and support.

5. Season of love
Small changes that reflect the passing seasons keep romantic rooms irresistible. Richer, warmer winter scents, including vanilla, should give way to fresher spring fragrances. Rotate sheet sets and blankets of different colours to match the seasons.

6. Scent-sational ideas
Romantic scents can easily carry a personalised theme for any romantic bedroom. Essential-oil-infused candles or oil diffusers that rest on your lamp bulb send gentle drifts of calming or sensual scent throughout the room. Prefer floral aromas? Keep scented sachets of lavender and rosemary in the wardrobe and linen cupboard. For a comforting envelope of fresh scent in bed, try washing your sheets in a home-made lavender infusion. Here's how: Fill a small muslin sachet with lavender flowers. Bring three cups of water to boil in a saucepan. Add the sachet to the boiling water. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the resulting infusion to the rinse cycle of the wash.

7. Mood lighting
Avoid stark, super-bright overhead lights in the bedroom. Light bulbs with lower wattage or pink-toned lights in bedside lamps offer more complimentary lighting. And, for special evenings, nothing surpasses the warm glow of candles. (Never leave lit candles unattended.)

8. Sound advice
One of the easiest ways to elevate your mood is to keep a small sound system with your favourite CDs at your fingertips. If it's noisy outside your bedroom, hang thick curtains over the windows to act as a beautiful sound-muffler. Richly coloured and textured curtains will also add to the ambience of the room. A peaceful bedroom retreat is the place to focus on each other, so keep distractions like TV in another room.

9. It's the little things that count
Personalise your room with sweet mood lifters and cosy comforts: a vase of fresh, fragrant flowers on the bedside table; favourite prints and photos in unique frames; plush robes hanging from the back of the door. Use these ideas and add some that bring out the romantic in you.

10. The great escape
Remember, all great escapes rely on teamwork - use this project as a way to discover what your partner finds romantic, so that you both can't wait to get into the bedroom each night.