Fun decorating ideas for the most personal space in your home: the bedroom. From paint colors to pillows to pretty patterned walls, we’ve got some major inspiration.
Create a Sanctuary
A bedroom is a cozy haven, the most personal room within a home. The color palette, the bedding, the seating, the nightstands, the floorcoverings — they should all meld together to create a setting you love. Dressing up a space to reflect your personal style sounds easy, but if your old stuff isn’t giving you any new ideas, we’ve got you covered.
Make a Statement With Neutrals
This room is full of glamorous design moves. Bold wallpaper: check. Poster bed: check. Velvet chaise, leather stools and a lush wool rug: check, check and check! With all these luxe elements, a room could easily veer toward overwhelming, but the neutral palette helps everything blend seamlessly to create an ultra-relaxing environment.
Keep It Comfy
Quilted pillows and a cozy throw on top of layered coverlets make this bed extra inviting. A casual wool rug and warm wood tones in the wicker light and bed frame round out the space with laid-back style.
Design a Stunning Jewel Box
Try covering the walls and ceiling in the same glossy paint shade to turn a bedroom into a cozy jewel box. Enveloping this room in warm mauve makes it an inviting second bedroom that guests will never want to leave.
Draw Attention With a Pretty Accent Wall
Make the wall behind your bed command attention by covering it in dazzling wallpaper. A floor-to-ceiling pattern is always a showstopper.
Channel a Boutique Hotel
While filming in Las Vegas years ago, designer Tiffany Brooks stayed at the Wynn and fell in love with the suites. “They’re neutral but not boring,” she says. She designed her own bedroom in the same vein. “I dialed up the luxury by adding panels of hand-painted wallpaper and a crystal chandelier.”
Add a Trio of Art
Adding an interesting design element to your bedroom is as easy as one, two, three — three pieces of art, that is. Triple the prettiness with a triptych of framed prints that express your personal style.
… Or Panels
“Here I wanted romance, so I have curtains and French doors that I can open to hear the birds,” says HGTV host and designer Hilary Farr. In keeping with the soft, feminine feel, she turned an antique botanical screen into a triptych to hang on the wall.
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
Indigo grass-cloth wallpaper and a matching painted ceiling (Newburyport Blue by Benjamin Moore) make for a moody, dreamy space. “I wanted it to feel like the night sky,” says homeowner Amy Church. What could be more apropos for a bedroom? Plus, the dark surroundings allow this orbit-inspired gold light fixture to shine.
Make a Freestanding Mural
For a feature wall, designer and homeowner Jewel Marlowe affixed wallpaper by Anthropologie to a massive sheet of plywood and propped it behind the bed. Bonus: this design idea is totally renter friendly.
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