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10 ideas for the perfect spring bedroom makeover
Samsung, West Elm
Now that spring is here, it’s time to add some fresh decor to your bedroom for a quick and easy makeover. Achieve this with one or two pieces of new accent furniture, some new tech to make your life easier, or maybe by upgrading your bedroom’s TV set. You don’t need to hire an interior decorator or even have a huge budget to give your bedroom a spiffy new look that can brighten your mood — and even, potentially, improve your sleep.
And while you’re thinking about your bedroom, we have some great ideas for how to reorganize your closet as well. Our team of DIY home experts have compiled these 10 bedroom makeover ideas that you can adopt in a single day, but enjoy for years to come.
10 bedroom makeover ideas for spring 2024
Sure, you can add a fresh coat of paint to brighten up a room, but it’s easier to replace your bed’s duvet cover or curtains, or add a few colorful throw pillows on your bed. And for adding new artwork, that’s easy when you hang Samsung’s Frame TV on your bedroom wall.
Colorful new duvet cover: The Citizenry stonewashed linen duvet cover
The Citizenry
Available in a dozen colors and two pattern options, these stonewashed linen duvet covers make it easy to transform the look for your bed, while giving yourself a cozy comforter that can be used year-round.
The linen duvet cover from the Citizenry is breathable, yet warm. It’s garment-washed to provide it with an airy and soft feel, while giving it an elegant look that can be coordinated with the company’s bed linen bundles. This duvet cover is made from 100% French flax and is woven by a family-run linen mill in Portugal. It’s Oeko-Tex certified and made sustainably in a fair-trade working environment.
Choose between a full/queen or king/California king duvet cover size. Two matching pillow shams are included. If you don’t yet have a down alternative duvet insert, the Citizenry has you covered with that as well.
Upgraded bedsheets: Brooklinen organic cotton hardcore sheet bundle
Brooklinen
A fresh set of organic cotton sheets and pillow cases may be just what you need to transform the look of your bedroom, while giving yourself a soft and more comfortable way to surround yourself in luxurious comfort while you sleep.
This 300 thread-count sheet bundle comes with a fitted sheet, flat sheet, duvet cover and two pillow cases. Choose between eight color options, including several that are absolutely perfect for giving your bedroom a spring makeover, like white, blue marina, vanilla, morning mauve or warm clay.
Brooklinen offers this bundle in four sizes — full, queen, king or California king. All are made with 100%, long-staple organic cotton that’s certified to ensure the manufacturing process meets environmentally and socially responsible standards. Featuring a percale weave, these sheets are garment-washed for added softness and a relaxed look. In fact, they’re designed to get softer with each wash.
Decorative pillow covers: West Elm bold center mixed stripe pillow cover
West Elm
Sure, pillows can keep your head and shoulders supported and cradled in comfort while you sleep, but they can also add a touch of color to your bed.
We absolutely love these striped pillow covers from West Elm. They’re available in three color combinations, which are perfect for mixing and matching to give your bedroom a personalized look.
Each handwoven pillow cover is a 20-inch square and made from wool, jute, viscose and linen. One side features a textured pattern, while the opposite side is solid. They have a zipper closure and are made in India.
Decorative pillow inserts are sold separately ($18.50 each) and feature a 100% cotton shell and 230 threat count with a 100% feather fill that’s hypoallergenic and machine washable.
Display fresh art and upgrade your TV: Samsung’s 65″ Frame
Samsung
For people who enjoy watching TV in bed, we recommend Samsung’s Frame TV. The 4K picture quality is top-notch. And the integrated speakers can nicely fill a room with clear sound. This TV is designed to be hung on a wall. It’s surrounded by what looks like a picture frame, so it adds to the decor of a room.
Plus, instead of displaying a black rectangle when nobody is watching TV, the Frame displays your choice of more than 2,000 famous works of art. Or the Frame can showcase your favorite digital images in an animated slideshow format.
Unlike most TVs, this one features a matte finish, which virtually eliminates glare. The works of art wind up looking like real paintings when viewed from more than a few inches away. And don’t worry about the Frame keeping you up at night. It can easily be programmed to turn itself off anytime nobody is in the room.
To help you perfectly match your Frame smart TV with your bedroom’s existing decor and color scheme, a variety of frame designs and colors are available. The frames use magnets to attach to the TV and are very easy to change. For an average size bedroom, a 65-inch TV is typically ideal, although “The Frame” is also available in smaller and larger sizes (between 32-inches and 85-inches).
For more information about this smart TV and how it can change the decor of a room with the touch of a button or voice command, be sure to reach our full, in-depth review of the Frame, or for more advice on choosing a smart TV, read our coverage of the six best TVs for 2024.
An accent chair for a favorite corner: West Elm Viv swivel chair
West Elm
You’d be surprised how simply adding an accent chair to your bedroom — with or without a complementary side table — can transform the appearance of an entire room. At the same time, it’ll provide a comfortable place to sit and relax.
We love the timeless look of West Elm’s Viv swivel chair. It’s not too big, yet provides a comfortable sitting space and swivels 360 degrees. What’s great about this chair is that it’s available in your choice of several dozen colors. You can also choose between a flat weave or velvet fabric upholstory.
The Viv’s frame is made from durable and long-lasting kiln-dried pine. It uses high-resiliency polyurethane foam for extra comfort. When ordering your chair, you can even choose its firmness. Overall dimensions are 29.5 x 31 x 29.5 inches, with a seat depth of 23.5 inches, seat height of 19 inches and a seat width of 21.5 inches.
A more comfortable (and elegant) sleep: Beautyrest Hungarian white goose down comforter
Beautyrest
If you’re looking for a soft, easy-to-care for, all-season goose down comforter, we think you’ll love this option from Beautyrest. It comes in twin, queen or king size. You can easily cover it with your choice of duvet covers to give it a personalized look.
The comforter itself is made from 100% U.S.-grown cotton and has a 500 thread count. It’s both soft and breathable, thanks to its baffle box design. This comforter is filled with Hungarian white goose down with 750 fill power to keep you warm in the winter, but comfortable during the rest of the seasons.
To accompany this down comforter, we highly recommend the Beautyrest Harmony Lux pillows ($219). These plush, king-size pillows are made using responsibly sourced feather-down that simultaneously cradles and supports your head for maximum comfort.
This Beautyrest Hungarian white goose down comforter is one of our top picks in our coverage of the best gifts for husbands.
Better sleep, prettier windows: West Elm European flax linen blackout curtain
West Elm
In a bedroom, you want curtains that look light and airy by day, but can block out all light at night so you can sleep soundly. That’s exactly what these European flax linen blackout curtains offer.
They’re available in your choice of 10 colors and come in six size options. The panels can be purchased individually or in pairs. Each panel offers a dual top treatment, so you can decide how they’ll be hung, and a sew- in blackout liner to block unwanted light.
These curtains not only look elegant, but they’re easy to install and can quickly change the look of an entire room. Each panel is made from 100% European flax, with a blackout liner that’s white and made from 100% polyester. You can use your own curtain rods or choose from many rod designs offered by West Elm that you can install yourself.
Make your room look bigger: Balsulto rectangle LED wall mirror
Wayfair
To add a modern appearance to your bedroom and the functionality of a full-length mirror that lights up, check out this Balsulto rectangular LED wall mirror that’s available from Wayfair.
The mirror can be hung vertically or horizontally. It measures 65 x 22 inches (which is large enough to serve as a full-body mirror). One feature we love: You can adjust the temperature and brightness of the LED light strip that’s built around the mirror’s frame.
On the surface of the mirror are easily accessible touch controls that allow you to choose between 10%, 50% or 100% brightness and between a white light or yellow light. Meanwhile, on the back of the mirror, you’ll find a hook hold design for easy installation. The mirror can be hardwired into your home’s electricity or plugged into an electrical outlet.
Smarter ambient lighting: Philips Hue Iris smart table lamp
Amazon
One of the easiest ways to transform a bedroom is to add color-changeable LED smart lighting. Philips offers a vast ecosystem of smart lighting options, including bulbs that can replace the traditional bulbs in your light fixtures. Use the Hue smartphone app or voice commands to change the color and brightness of each light individually or as a group.
Beyond just smart lightbulbs, we’re fans of the Philips Hue Iris smart table lamp. Place one on each of your nightstands, or strategically place one or more in your bedroom to serve as a primary light source or to bounce colored lighting off a wall or ceiling.
To use any of the Philips Hue smart lights, you’ll need a Hue Bridge (which is sold separately for $54). It also comes bundled with the Smart Light Starter Kit that includes three traditional-size light bulbs ($176). You only need one bridge to control all of the Hue smart lights.
Use the Hue smartphone app to create colored light designs for ambience and animated light sequences. Or set timers or schedules for the lights. The Iris displays more than 1 million colors, including multiple temperatures of white light. Its brightness can be adjusted between 0% and 100% using the mobile app, optional smart dimmers, or voice commands.
Smart device controller and smart switch: Brilliant smart home control plug-in panel
Amazon
For fans of smart home technology, this one device can serve as a hub and control it all — smart TVs, lights, music, you name it — from one location.
Put the Brilliant smart home control plug-in panel on any wall in your bedroom and then plug it into a standard electrical outlet. Pair it wirelessly with all of your home’s compatible smart home gear. If you install this home control panel next to your bed, you can easily and wirelessly control any of your smart gear without needing access to your smartphone.
For example, using Brilliant’s smart home control panel, you can adjust the lighting in a single room or throughout your home, turn on and stream music, adjust the temperature, or activate your home’s security system — all without getting out of bed.
This home control panel is compatible with Ring, Sonos, Philips Hue, Google Nest, Wemo, SmartThings, Apple Home Kit and any device that’s controllable using Amazon Alexa. The panel itself has a five-inch, full-color, LED touchscreen along. It also has two touch-sensitive slider switches that can dim lights, control the volume of wireless speakers and more.
For even more advice on how to redecorate your home for spring (and save money in the process), or handle spring cleaning throughout your home, stay up to date on all of our home, kitchen and outdoor coverage, which we’re continuously updating.
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Tajikistan nationals with alleged ISIS ties removed in immigration proceedings, U.S. officials say
When federal agents arrested eight Tajikistan nationals with alleged ties to the Islamic State terror group on immigration charges back in June, U.S. officials reasoned that coordinated raids in Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia would prove the fastest way to disrupt a potential terrorist plot in its earliest stages. Four months later, after being detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities, three of the men have already been returned to Tajikistan and Russia, U.S. officials tell CBS News, following removals by immigration court judges.
Four more Tajik nationals – also held in ICE detention facilities – are awaiting removal flights to Central Asia, and U.S. officials anticipate they’ll be returned in the coming few weeks. Only one of the arrested men still awaits his legal proceeding, following a medical issue, though U.S. officials speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive proceedings indicated that he remains detained and is likely to face a similar outcome.
The men face no additional charges – including terrorism-related offenses – with the decision to immediately arrest and remove them through deportation proceedings, rather than orchestrate a hard-fought terrorism trial in Article III courts, born out of a pressing short-term concern about public safety.
Soon after the eight foreign nationals crossed into the United States, the FBI learned of the potential ties to the Islamic State, CBS News previously reported. The FBI identified early-stage terrorist plotting, triggering their immediate arrests, in part, through a wiretap after the individuals had already been vetted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News in June.
Several months later, their removals following immigration proceedings mark a departure from the post-9/11 intelligence-sharing architecture of the U.S. government.
Now facing a more diverse migrant population at the U.S.-Mexico border, a new effort is underway by the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice and the Intelligence Community to normalize the direct sharing of classified information – including some marked top-secret – with U.S. immigration judges.
The more routine intelligence sharing with immigration judges is aimed at allowing U.S. immigration courts to more regularly incorporate derogatory information into their decisions. The endeavor has led to the creation of more safes and sensitive compartmented information facilities – also known as SCIFs – to help facilitate the sharing of classified materials. Once considered a last resort for the department, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has sought to use immigration tools, in recent months, to mitigate and disrupt threat activity.
The immigration raids, back in June, underscore the spate of terrorism concerns from the U.S. government this year, as national security agencies point to a system now blinking red in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel, with emerging terrorism hot spots in Central Asia.
A joint intelligence bulletin released this month, and obtained by CBS News, warns that foreign terrorist organizations have exploited the attack nearly one year ago and its aftermath to try to recruit radicalized followers, creating media that compares the October 7 and 9/11 attacks and encouraging “lone attackers to use simple tactics like firearms, knives, Molotov cocktails, and vehicle ramming against Western targets in retaliation for deaths in Gaza.”
In May, ICE arrested an Uzbek man in Baltimore with alleged ISIS ties after he had been living inside the U.S. for more than two years, NBC News first reported.
In the past year, Tajik nationals have engaged in foiled terrorism plots in Russia, Iran and Turkey, as well as Europe, with several Tajik men arrested following March’s deadly attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow that left at least 133 people dead and hundreds more injured.
The attack has been linked to ISIS-K, or the Islamic State Khorasan Province, an off-shoot of ISIS that emerged in 2015, founded by disillusioned members of Pakistani militant groups, including Taliban fighters. In August 2021, during the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, ISIS-K launched a suicide attack in Kabul, killing 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghan civilians.
In a recent change to ICE policy, the agency now recurrently vets foreign nationals arriving from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and other Central Asian countries, detaining them while they await removal proceedings or immigration hearings.
Only 0.007% of migrant arrivals are flagged by the FBI’s watchlist, and an even smaller number of those asylum seekers are ultimately removed. But with migrants arriving at the Southwest border from conflict zones in the Eastern Hemisphere, posing potential links to extremist or terrorist groups, the White House is now exploring ways to expedite the removal of asylum seekers viewed as a possible threat to the American public.
“Encounters with migrants from Eastern Hemisphere countries—such as China, India, Russia, and western African countries—in FY 2024 have decreased slightly from about 10 to 9 percent of overall encounters, but remain a higher proportion of encounters than before FY 2023,” according to the Homeland Threat Assessment, a public intelligence document released earlier this month.
A senior homeland security official told reporters in a briefing Wednesday, that the U.S. is engaged in an “ongoing effort to try to make sure that we can use every bit of available information that the U.S. government has classified and unclassified, and make sure that the best possible picture about a person seeking to enter the United States is available to frontline personnel who are encountering that person.”
Approximately 139 individuals flagged by the FBI’s terror watchlist have been encountered at the U.S.‑Mexico border through July of fiscal year 2024. That number decreased from 216 during the same timeframe in 2023. CBP encountered 283 watchlisted individuals at the U.S.-Canada border through July of fiscal year 2024, down from 375 encountered during the same timeframe in 2023.
“I think one of the features of the surge in migration over recent years is that our border personnel are encountering a much more diverse and global population of individuals trying to enter the United States or seeking to enter the United States,” a senior DHS official said. “So, at some point in the past, it might have been primarily a Western Hemisphere phenomenon. Now, our border personnel encounter individuals from around the world, from all parts of the world, to include conflict zones and other areas where individuals may have links or can support ties to extremist or terrorist organizations that we have long-standing concerns about.”
In April, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that human smuggling operations at the southern border were trafficking in people with possible connections to terror groups.
“Looking back over my career in law enforcement, I’d be hard-pressed to think of a time when so many different threats to our public safety and national security were so elevated all at once, but that is the case as I sit here today,” Wray, told Congress in June, just days before most of the Tajik men were arrested.
The expedited return of three Tajiks to Central Asia required tremendous diplomatic communication, facilitated by the State Department, U.S. officials said.
Returns to Central Asia routinely encounter operational and diplomatic hurdles, though regular channels for removal do exist. According to agency data, in 2023, ICE deported only four migrants to Tajikistan.
Robert Legare and
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