With Valentines Day just around the corner, perhaps it’s time to focus on your most private space –the bedroom. Although fewer people see your bedroom than your living room, dining room or kitchen, it should be equally as stylish and comforting. Whether you want a traditional design or an exotic retreat, you’ll find bedroom decorating ideas to create the room of your dreams. Best of all, you don’t need a complete remodel to bring new life to your bedroom. All you need is some well-placed art, bold wallpaper, or even a fresh coat of paint can make a space stand out.
While there is no set romantic colour scheme, you’ll generally want to stick with soft colours and a fairly limited palette. Feminine shades of pink and purple and curvaceous furnishings create a romantic space but don’t have a girlie look. When you decorate there’s a subtle simplified elegance; this was a little more flamboyant.
One way to add instant romance to your bedroom is with a gorgeous, ornate ceiling fixture, like a silver or gold chandelier. Pendant lights, drum-shaped shades and lovely bedside lamps are other ways to add a romantic glow to your bedroom. If your overhead light has a dimmer switch, that’s even better – after all, the romantic style is all about sharing romantic moments with your partner.
Creamy white, blush pink, whispery grey and pastel peach are commonly used in romantic rooms, although you are always free to substitute or add your favourite colours. Still, very bright or dark hues aren’t the best match for romantic style, so if those are the colours that call to you, use them as accents, not as your bedroom’s main palette.
If you want something a little different than you can focus on bringing in sandy hues, relaxed textiles, and natural materials to evoke that feeling of being on a romantic getaway.
If you want to add just one romantic touch to your bedroom, make it an ornate headboard. Plush upholstery, lavish design, standout colour and glamorous style make the headboard shown here a winner, but there are nearly endless options available. Just remember that your romantic headboard should make a statement – a simple wooden headboard works for many other decorating styles.
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