Is your bedroom boring? Do you want to change it up a bit without putting a dent in your holiday spending budget?
Below are a few ideas on how you can liven up your bedroom through easy decor tricks:
Dark and Atmospheric
The bedroom is one room in the home which can really benefit from darker decor than average.
You probably spend most of your time there sleeping, and darkness is certainly beneficial for that. So, don’t be afraid to decorate your bedroom with dramatic blacks, plums, opulent reds and dark greens. When done well, the effect is typically sophisticated (I love a rich slate gray.)
Create a Focal Point
If you want to truly emulate a bit of dramatic decor in your bedroom, then creating a focal point to draw the eye is a must. he simplest way to create a focal point is by hanging a colorful painting or set of prints over the bed. However, you could also try using dramatic bedding or even a feature wall too.
However, you could also try using dramatic bedding or even a feature wall too.
Dramatic Drapes
Drapes are often an afterthought for a lot of young people, something that is practical rather than beautiful, but choosing the right drapes really is essential to make your bedroom look more dramatic.
Choosing thick, luxuriant drapes made from velvet, and which are lined will make for an impressive look, help to block out light and muffle sounds for a stunning sanctuary.
Let in All of the Light
To create drama in the bedroom, you need to have lots of different light sources available to you. That way, you can vary the kind of light you get, depending on the atmosphere you’re looking to create.
Chandeliers are a great option for the ceiling because they diffuse the light in a pleasing way and look dramatic in their own right, but you should also fill your bedroom with candles for soft light, table lamps for reading and perhaps even a set of white string lights to add that bit of romantic magic.
Installing a dimmer switch is also a good idea because it gives you more control over the lighting in your room, and thus the impact it has.
A Thick Carpet
Having a thick carpet underfoot is not only cozier and more efficient, especially if you’re living in a colder climate, but it is also more dramatic. Walking over a wooden floor really is nothing special, but a thick, luxurious carpet, well when you walk over that you feel all kinds of pleasant sensations.
Walking over a wooden floor isn’t something that would typically draw your attention, but a thick, luxurious carpet, well when you walk over that you feel all kinds of pleasant sensations.
Over the Top Furniture
If you’re lucky enough to have a large bedroom, filling it with big, bold and unusual furniture will make a dramatic impact.
If you can find affordable ornately carved wooden furniture or pieces that are more colorful than the norm, they would lend more of a wow factor to your sleeping haven.
Mirrors
Adding one or more large mirrors to the room will help to diffuse the light in interesting ways, make the space look bigger, and if you choose mirrors with large, carved frames, add a certain atmosphere to the room.
Mirrors are particularly good for smaller rooms, to make them seem more spacious.
Add a Chaise Lounge
The chaise lounge has to be one of the most theatrical pieces of furniture out there. When you picture one on your head, you picture big stately homes, flamboyant women reclining at leisure and a certain amount of opulence. By adding one to your room, you will evoke all of this in anyone who visits, and your room will immediately have a bigger impact.
By adding one to your room, you will evoke a bit of this in anyone who visits and creating more of an impact.
Install a Fireplace
Installing a fireplace in the bedroom is definitely decadent, but if you are able to do it, the dancing flames and extra heat will most certainly make your bedroom much more dramatic and a great deal more cozy too.
Gold Leaf
Gold leaf is great for making the bedroom look more dramatic on a budget.
You can cover mirrors and picture frames in it and they will instantly catch the eye and create more of a statement than what was there before.
Hang a Tapestry
There are so many amazing tapestries out there which have been intricately created using the finest materials, skills and bold, beautiful colors.
Simply hanging one of these on the bedroom wall will make your room feel more interesting, even if you don’t make any other changes.
Add a Four Poster
Adding a four poster bed to the room will give it that instant oomph you’re looking for, especially if you hang some heavy drapes and a canopy over the bed.
Add the Power of Flowers
Not only are flowers beautiful, but if you arrange them carefully they can be pretty dramatic.
Having a vase on your vanity or bedside table will add a splash of color that perfectly contrasts with the dark walls and ensure that your bedroom also smells divine.
Flock Wallpaper
Flock wallpaper, because it is thick, textured and intricately patterned, makes for a pretty dramatic bedroom, especially if you cover the walls completely.
If that’s too dramatic for you, then creating a feature wall from flock or turning a roll of wallpaper into several framed pictures is almost as good.
Unusual Accessories
Adding unusual accessories to your bedroom will definitely make the place more interesting. This could be anything from a collection of rocks and crystals to an antique chair or even a huge wooden Buddha – it really doesn’t matter as long as it’s unusual and eye-catching it should have the desired effect.
This could be anything from a collection of rocks and crystals to an antique chair or even a huge wooden Buddha – it all depends on your personal taste and interests. Think about what is important to you whether it be meditation, a certain era, or beyond and look for the unusual and eye-catching during your next shopping trip to achieve the desired effect.
Think about what is important to you whether it be meditation, a certain era, or beyond and look for the unusual and eye-catching during your next shopping trip to achieve the desired effect.
An Oversized Headboard
A huge headboard made of high-quality leather or covered in an expensive fabric like silk or velvet will immediately catch the eye and transform the room with very little effort, even more so if it’s bright and colorful patterned too.
Incense
Not everyone is a fan of incense, but if you like it, burning nag champa, sandalwood or other exotic scents will add a fair amount of drama and sensuality to the room without you having to do anything else.
Scented candles and essential oil diffusers will have a similar effect, but they aren’t quite as dramatic as the smoky, exotic scents of burning incense.
How do you create a bit of drama in your bedroom decor? Share your interior design tips with us in the comments.
