bedroom

thumb|A bedroom in Germany thumb|Bedroom in the Indian Mound Cottage at Jekyll Island A bedroom or bedchamber is a room situated within a residential or accommodation unit, primarily used for sleeping. A typical Western bedroom contains as bedroom furniture one or two beds, a clothes closet, and bedside table and dressing table, both of which usually contain drawers. In dwellings with multiple stories, bedrooms are often on the upper floors. Beds range from a crib for an infant; a single or twin bed for a toddler, child, teenager or single adult; to bigger sizes like a full, double, queen, king or California king). Beds and bedrooms are often devised to create barriers to insects and vermin, especially mosquitoes, and to dampen or contain light or noise to aid sleep and privacy.

==History== thumb|French bedroom, 1823 thumb|Bedroom in Arles, by [[Vincent van Gogh in October 1888, at the Van Gogh Museum of Amsterdam]] In the 14th century, the lower class living in Medieval Europe slept on mattresses that were stuffed with hay and broom straws. Servants usually slept in various rooms, rolling up and putting away their bedding during the day. During the 16th century, mattresses stuffed with feathers started to gain popularity, with those who could afford them. The common person was doing well if he could buy a mattress after seven years of marriage. In the 18th century cotton and wool started to become more common.