Rattan is where a lot of boho bedrooms tip over. One woven piece looks collected. Six look like a showroom. My rule is two, maybe three, and each one should do a job.

A mirror is the easiest place to start. Anthropologie's Kingston rattan mirror has that sunburst softness without going full sunburst, and it bounces light around a small room. If you do your makeup in the bedroom, Urban Outfitters' Caroline mirror vanity folds the mirror and the table into one piece, which saves a whole corner.

Baskets are the other workhorse, and they are the real secret to a room without clutter. The Kemble basket Heidi Caillier designed for Lulu and Georgia has a handle, so it moves from the foot of the bed to the closet on laundry day. McGee & Co.'s Evelyn seagrass basket comes with a liner, which matters more than it sounds, because a liner stops loose socks and chargers from poking through the weave. Jenni Kayne's woven storage basket is plainer and wider, good for a spare throw.

For walls, a single shelf is enough. The Anthropologie rattan shelf with a ledge holds a candle, a small plant and whatever book you are pretending to read. Urban Outfitters' Rattan Daisy shelf is sweeter, almost childlike, and I would only use it if the rest of the room is very calm. If you have space at the foot of the bed, Loon Peak's Aston bench in solid wood gives the rattan something plain to sit next to, so the whole room reads warm rather than themed.

You can own the most beautiful quilt in the world and still dislike your bedroom at night if the lighting is wrong. Overhead light flattens texture. Low, warm light makes every woven thing look better.

Anthropologie's Seychelles table lamp has a bleached rattan base that goes almost white, so it does not add yet another brown to the room. The Cirebon floor lamp is the one for a reading corner, and it throws a patterned shadow on the wall that honestly does half the decorating for you. Put both on dimmers or warm bulbs if you can.

Rugs are the other half. Stepping out of bed onto cold boards is the least cozy moment of the day, so something soft on either side of the bed, or one big rug under the lower two thirds of it, earns its place. Lulu and Georgia's Karcal and McGee & Co.'s Melville are hand-knotted wool, the kind that gets better with age. Sarah Sherman Samuel's Koukero rug for Lulu and Georgia has a looser, more graphic pattern if you want the floor to carry the print instead of the bed. Urban Outfitters' Megan Cloud rug is washable, which I would choose for a guest room or a house with pets. Annie Selke's Swedish Stripe rug is flat woven cotton in blue, a little Scandinavian and very forgiving underfoot.

What I would skip: a patterned rug and a patterned quilt in the same room unless they share a color. Pick which one gets to talk.

I have lived with a very busy boho bedroom and I have lived with a sparse one, and I sleep better in the sparse one. The quilt, one woven piece, a rug and a lamp do almost all the work. The rest is usually stuff we bought because it photographed well.

If you take one thing away, let it be this: choose one pattern for the room and let texture do everything else. Start with the bed. It is the biggest surface in the room, so whatever you put on it sets the tone for every other choice, and once it is right you will find you need far less than you thought. Faded florals, cream embroidery or a soft velvet will all get you there. Then buy the baskets last, once you know exactly what needs hiding.