Redesigning the Bedroom: 13 Great Tips and Ideas

Furnishing the bedroom is one of the most important aspects that you should carefully consider when designing your own apartment. After all, the bedroom is the room in the house where we spend the most time in most cases.

Ordinary eight hours of sleep ultimately constitute a third of the day that we spend in our bedroom. Therefore, the motto is: No matter at what height the bedroom is built, whether you live in a loft, or whether wooden floorboards, laminate, parquet, or concrete have been laid and integrated:

The redesign of the bedroom is generally of great importance for our relaxation and comfort. In this article or guide on the site, we show you thirteen comfort tips and proper hacks on how to escape the noise of everyday life in your bedroom and successfully set up the room.

1. Setting up a sleeping nook with curtains

Among the most fantastic ideas for bedroom design is to separate the sleeping area from the rest of the room. This is best achieved with a small sleeping alcove, which is separated from the room by a curtain in white or a light-colored drape.

This modern decor conveys a sense of calm, security, and pleasant homeliness. In this way, you create an ambiance full of style, where everyone is guaranteed to sleep well.

A small room size is ideally utilized by using the corner, allowing even a small space to accommodate ample storage. Even if you do not have a guest room, these decorating tips will enhance the comfort for overnight guests.

In this way, you are offering a privacy screen that adapts to their needs.

2. Bench at the foot of the bed

One of the best living trends is furniture at the end of the bed. For this, choose small shelves, a white sideboard, a small number of chairs, or a wooden bench. Simply choose the style that best suits your personality.

Within the bedroom, these elements create a cohesive look and a pleasant atmosphere for maximum sleeping comfort. Such pieces of furniture also look good in the kitchen or in the hallway and bathroom, if you want to furnish other areas of your house.

A rectangular shape or an elongated variant fits perfectly at the end of a double bed. This ensures that everything related to the bed no longer appears empty and cold in the room.

This is an example of how such a small piece of furniture can lead to a better mood through tricks. On the bench or the small shelf, you can store anything you want.

Whether you place your reading material here, use the sideboard for storage, or lay out your clothes and outfits for the next day is entirely up to you. 

3. Personal items, decorations, and pictures create charm

If you want to convey warmth in bedrooms with decorating ideas, you are definitely on the right track with candles, pictures, and personal items. Additional tips for a beautiful harmony: Small baskets made of a material like rattan, including those from Ikea, are ideally suited for setting up a private area in the room.

A dressing table and a beautifully shaped mirror might also fit perfectly under your sloping ceiling, allowing you to decorate and utilize this space as well. You can attach photos or posters on dressers or place them on a cabinet and on the wall.

A photo wall is particularly appealing when combined with warm-toned fairy lights if you want to design your bedroom. However, make sure that the lights and other floor lamps emit a warm light.

In the bedroom, you should opt for this type of lighting, as the warm light plays a role in the room's comfort factor. Empty corners can make a room appear bare and cold.

However, if you do not want to place more furniture, you can also place a small plant or a modern sculpture in the respective corner of the bedroom or bathroom. If you want a personal theme in the bedroom, the sea or the Orient may fit very well. The Japandi style, on the other hand, appears tidy and minimalist.

These styles provide a personal sense of well-being and inspiration. Avoid having a television or other electronic devices in the bedroom and instead place many books in the room if you enjoy reading. However, for a modern room concept, you should not overdo it.

Modern vases in colors such as black and white, gray, green, yellow, or pink, and houseplants (see Tip 11) also exude a lot of positivity and tranquility. 

4. Nightstands for more organization in the bedroom 

A small nightstand or a side table next to the bed in black ends the clutter in the bedroom or youth room when decorating. This way, the next dream takes place in a beautiful ambiance. A subtle light source on the nightstand provides romantic lighting.

It is an ideal opportunity to do some reading in bed in the evening. You can also use and decorate a stool as a bedside table in your domain. On this, you can place lampshades, a photo, or devices such as your smartphone or an alarm clock.

Would you like other items, such as tissues, to be tidied up next to the bed so that really nothing is left lying around? Then a bedside table with drawers is ideally suited. This way, you can hide unsightly products and not make them the focal point.

This can also match the style of your other furnishings. How about, for example, a statement piece in the Japandi look? It gives each area a unique character and exudes elegance.

5. Improve lighting concept in the bedroom

By using pendant lights as ceiling lamps on the country-style ceiling, you create a warm and pleasant light in the room. Small lamps in various styles, such as reading lamps or other direct light sources, are perfect for activities like reading in the bedroom. This way, you have access to good lighting.

Place a lamp in various corners of the room so that you have enough light depending on where you are. A particularly popular trend in Germany is indirect lighting in the form of box spring beds with integrated LEDs.

These create a discreet yet warm light. This way, you can create a great and modern atmosphere with our bedroom ideas, while highlighting the bed.

6. Cushions, bedding, and blankets for added comfort

Among the time-honored household tips for decoration, this one is definitely essential: To significantly enhance sleep quality and comfort, many pillows are absolute favorites in all kinds of trends.

Additionally, you can use trendy duvets with various designs on the bed. The materials cotton and linen feel particularly cozy and warm for both bed linen and daybed covers. These are also suitable for children's rooms in loft beds.

With other textiles, such as silk, the fabrics can indeed feel somewhat cool. If you do not want to completely replace your bedding or do not feel like constantly making beds, you can opt for a daybed cover made of, for example, cotton.

Consider the tiles or laminate as well. Plaids are a fantastic addition to the decor, exuding true luxury. Depending on the possibilities, home accessories and cushions also make the room's background more comfortable. A blanket can beautify the bed frame.

Popular for cushions are not only basics, but depending on taste, also a trendy selection, such as in Boho style. Examples of a surface where home textiles look very good include not only the headboard of the bed, but also a surface on a dresser, a window, on the sofa or the chair.

Fabric accessories match furniture in almost any color, often combined with some beige. Those who like Boho can create a wonderful mix of different colors and fabrics in their home.

7. Set up a retreat with a comfortable armchair or a small sofa

Those who still have space in the bedroom can integrate a reading chair from our shop, a workspace with a small table, or a small sofa within the arrangement of interior design styles.

This is how you create a haven for relaxation and a small productive corner in any type of apartment. Such a retreat during the day serves functions to improve mood.

To realize these living ideas, it is worthwhile to focus on natural materials in the design of the room's furniture pieces. With a screen, the small reading nook can usually be easily separated from the sleeping area.

Regarding lighting, it is advisable to create small islands of light. For this purpose, several small floor lamps or a floor lamp are suitable.

If you like the scent of lavender, you can further enhance the space with a small lavender-scented candle or, for example, some Feng Shui. This calms and improves the mood in the room.

8. Repaint the wall

A great inspiration for one's own apartment is the wall design. Have you possibly already chosen the color scheme for the walls in the living room? Then you can also repaint the wallpaper in the bedroom to redesign it.

Thus, the color scheme in the apartment creates a pleasant overall image and contributes as wall decor to the general decoration. Additionally, a pattern in various shades of the selected colors for the wallpaper adds an extra element to the room.

By using patterns of the coast or the sky on the walls, this alternative creates the advantage of evoking a holiday feeling. The wall color in combination with the room prints can contribute to well-being and more energy in everyday life.

This blend brings the accents and the look of nature into one's own bedroom. Other wall colors that fit well in the bedroom are light blue, blue, green, orange, yellow, and gray.

You have a plethora of choices: You can also mix the color shade with several tones, for example, by combining paint shades such as blue-gray and anthracite. Pastel tones also add a great flair to the bedroom.

They belong to the type of sounds that can have a calming and relaxing effect on the human mind, which can positively affect sleep quality.

9. Standalone small wardrobe instead of bulky wall closet

If you do not want to integrate a built-in wardrobe into your bedroom decor, you can definitely place a real eye-catcher within the room through various styles or designs of room dividers or other decorating ideas.

Depending on individual taste, less is often more in interior design. However, the basic rules for this quickly become a challenge when furnishing a bedroom.

The unique features of the wardrobes that stand alone are that the furnishings can suit every taste.

However, if you already have many individual cabinets and pieces of furniture, such as wall shelves or a bookcase, in the bedroom, this decorating style can quickly appear arbitrary in a living space. A good combination of individual and integrated furniture is ideal. By the way: A bed box provides a practical storage option for bedding and more.

10. Combining curtains and drapes

Our wake and sleep hormones are largely regulated by the rising and setting of the sun. However, if you have the problem that you can only fall asleep when the room is completely darkened, then you will appreciate the benefits of blackout curtains.

Curtains are also great as a style element, as the color accents, for example in a dark red or in pastel tones, provide a cozy and snug color scheme in the room. The space feels more comfortable.

Therefore, you do not have to forego light curtains and darker drapes even with an already installed roller blind or when using other devices that darken the room.

11. Plants for better humidity and more oxygen

There is no question: houseplants are not only a great focal point in the living room. According to experts, plants are among the best ways to improve air quality and sleep throughout the year. Depending on your preference, you can even place a small bamboo in the bedroom.

The right size of the plants naturally depends on the space you have in the rooms. The idea behind it is that plants and flowers not only beautify life. They also improve the indoor climate.

Therefore, there is no reason not to place many individual and variously sized plants in the bedroom for decoration as a basis. 

12. Separate the workspace with a partition from the rest of the room

If there is no other spatial option and you must combine the study and the bedroom, then it makes sense at this point to separate the worktop with laptop, computer, and other devices for the home office from the sleeping area during the renovation.

Sliding doors, for example, provide a way to conceal the desk and chairs along with their items and contents for work. After all, no one wants to be reminded of tomorrow's to-do list in any way before going to sleep at night.

Within the time frames in which you wish to rest or sleep, you should also not have electrical devices, such as a TV, within your field of vision. 

13. Transform a box spring bed with a light sheet into a canopy bed

Not everyone has the right proportions to use a large canopy bed frame in the bedroom. But that's not an issue. We have the perfect alternative for you, whether in velvet and silk or cotton for your bed. 

If you have a large, bright sheet somewhere in the house, it can perfectly contribute to your canopy bed. Simply attach it to the ceiling and the sides of your bed. This will ensure you sleep more comfortably and securely. 

Additionally, you should ensure that you choose a mattress that suits you and, if necessary, a corresponding topper on which you can comfortably and optimally supported fall asleep (Here you can find all the information about buying a topper).

For instance, if you often wake up with back or neck pain in the morning, it might be worth considering whether you should buy a new mattress. You and your partner should each choose the mattress that best suits you individually.

Ultimately, none of you want to wake up with pain in your back or legs. Therefore, it might be worth investing in a box spring bed that suits both of you, or even purchasing two different mattresses.

Extra Tip: Rugs, combined with the white sheet, bring a cozy feeling when getting up. Who likes to get up in the morning and step onto a cold floor first thing? You can find a rug in all sorts of shapes, allowing you to easily integrate a touch of stylish relaxation next to your sleeping area. This way, you can keep your feet warm more easily, as you never have to step on the cold floor again when getting up. With rugs, the thicker they are, the softer they feel. Enjoy an extra dose of comfort in this way. There are even outdoor versions for the garden or patio.