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SOS GUIDES

Design Ideas To Refresh Your Bedroom

Decorating a bedroom is very important given it is the most intimate space and where you go to recharge. Your bedroom decor should reflect your tastes and take into account your comfort more than any other room. Our guide recommends which parts of the room to focus on decorating and provides bedroom design ideas and curated decorative objects to create the look at home.

A shot of a bedroom with home accents labeled

Overview of Bedroom Decor

There is so much you can do with small decorative updates to create the bedroom of your dreams. Whether you’re starting with a designed room with coordinated furniture and other stylistic choices like wall coverings and carpets, or you only have the basics nailed down, bedroom decor — from soft furnishings to wall art to accents — can pull the room together and make it feel complete. These are updates you can make relatively easily, without a huge investment of time and money, and yet they’ll make a huge difference.

Approach each one at a time to make the process less overwhelming. To get started, see below for bedroom design ideas for each area representing a range of styles — find the one you like and shop the look.

Image: Pandora Taylor

When decorating a bedroom, these are the key areas that can have the biggest impact.

Bedside table accents that are functional yet decorative such as lamps, water glass/jug, jewelry dish, and other
Bedroom accents, like an area rug, throw blanket or bedspread, and decorative throw pillow
Bedding which includes sheets and duvet cover
Bedroom wall art, be it a single statement piece, smaller work of art or a grouping of wall art

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A bedroom with really unique finishing touches

Bedroom Accents

If you’re looking to instantly boost character and comfort in your room, we’d suggest starting with soft furnishings. These accents are like the icing on the cake of your bedroom decor, literally the final layer on the bed and floor. Working in coordination, a throw pillow, throw blanket, and throw rug do wonders to aesthetically complete the room’s decor. They’re not just for display, ideally these accents should be soft and cuddle-able.

A simple bedroom with a red and pink patterned throw blanket and color block art

Pop of Vibrancy

This bedroom design idea is about bringing a joyful uplift to the bedroom. The focal point is a bold decorative accent, like a patterned throw blanket or a throw rug. Keeping the other accents neutral helps soften the look.

Image: @pippilottaaushamburg

Cozy bedroom with wooden ceiling, large window with white curtains, and light green wardrobe. Bed with white bedding and striped blanket, brown and red striped pillow. Small side table with orange lampshade, bouquet of orange flowers, and decorative items. Full-length mirror and straw hat hanging on the wall. Sheepskin rug on wooden floor. Stack of books on a wooden chest in the foreground.

Cozy Calm

Deep colors and rich texture create a relaxed coziness in this bedroom design idea. Tried and true staples, such as quilts and rag rugs, evoke a familiar comfort of laidback New England summers or autumns by the fire.

Image: Home on @zippyseven and @terenceconnors.

Polished bed with a decorative throw pillow and a soft throw blanket

Polished Luxury

For this bedroom design idea, quality fabrics and intricate details create a luxe and polished look. The focal point is an ornamental throw pillow, complemented by simple accents. Tonal coloring pulls the look together.

Image: Design by @studioashby. Home of @hollandparkvillas.

A cozy bedroom with colorful home accents like a kilim carpet, green throw, and blue and green patterned throw pillows

Balanced Boho

Eclectic touches are balanced out by solid accents in this bedroom design idea. Select one or two bold accents like a kilim rug or a richly patterned bedspread, then finish it off with solid accents. Keep the look unified through a color palette using tones of the colors to prevent it from being too matchy matchy.

Image: Ashton Interiors

Close up of a bed with crisp white bedding beside bedside table

Basic Bedding

For us the stars of the show when it comes to the bed are the soft furnishings, discussed above. We suggest keeping the bedding very simple to act as a base layer on which to build these more expressive accents. A crisp white cotton sheet always feels fresh — that’s what luxury hotels use, so that should be good enough for home, no? Feel free to choose one with a decorative element like a stripe around the perimeter or a scalloped edge or eyelet detail. The most important part is quality – we recommend high- quality cotton that’s soft and durable like Egyptian or Supima in thread count 300 - 500 (anything higher isn’t noticeable). Natural cotton sheets feel better on the skin, stay cool to the touch, and look crisp on the bed.

Image: Rebecca Udall