It can often be difficult to infuse personality and create a calm, serene and glamorous space in a rental bedroom. Thanks to bland walls or mismatched furniture, and a lack of architectural details or natural light, your rental bedroom may fall to the bottom of your makeover priority list. But with just a few easy and inexpensive additions, you can indeed dress up your boring bedroom and transform it into a space you truly want to enter, unwind and relax in each day!
Unify and Diversify Your Furniture
One of the most impactful ways to dress up your bedroom and give it a more designed and cohesive feel is to modernize your furniture. If you have mismatched or hand-me-down furniture items, consider painting them to coordinate in cleaner, lighter colors. If painting isn’t an option, try swapping out old or dated hardware for sleek and shiny versions to instantly help your space feel more polished!
As much as it helps to unify random furniture pieces, it’s also a good idea to have one or two units that don’t match. Look around home décor stores for accent pieces like side tables, benches, desks, ottomans or stools to break up the monotony of a bedroom set. While the goal is to find a non-matching accessory, be sure the color palette, texture, size and shape complement the other pieces in the room.
Add In a Variety of Textiles
Buying a bedding set is surely a quick and easy way to dress your bed. But to up the style factor, consider mixing and matching the various textiles around the room. From sheets, pillows and curtains to benches and headboards, there are ample places to add in a variety of interesting textiles that convey the mood you desire. Choose shams, throw pillows and accent pillows in different yet coordinating patterns. If your bedroom has too many hard, wooden pieces, consider covering one for a new look. A plain wooden headboard wrapped in fabric can create a focal point for the room and soften all the hard edges provided by dressers and nightstands.
Don’t overlook the windows! Even if you have small or few windows, adding window treatments will soften the space and help it feel more cozy and complete. Can’t find the right window treatments for your space in your budget? Consider hanging several solid curtains in different colors together to create a stylishly simple window covering!
Decorative Accessories
Give your bedroom a heaping dose of style with accessories! Books, photos, lamps and other decorative items can really transform a collection of functional furniture into a nurturing and inviting retreat. Since a bedroom typically doesn’t see a lot of traffic by guests or kids, it is also a great place to display and store personal items, collections and photos.
Use Mirrors
Hanging mirrors is another relatively easy way to instantly transform your bedroom. Although they can be large, heavy and (sometimes) expensive, they really do provide a lot of bang for your buck. The glossy and metallic qualities of mirrors instantly dress up a room, and their reflective nature bounces light around the space, helping it feel lighter, bigger and brighter. Don’t limit yourself to just mirrors on the wall. Mirrored or glass pieces of furniture are another way to add instant glam and help the room feel fancier.
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Dress Up Your Functional Items
Even though the bedroom is primarily used for relaxation and sleep, there are also some functional elements that need to be included. Instead of making these items purely utilitarian, try to find ways to incorporate them into your décor. Cover benches or hampers in more coordinating fabrics, display jewelry as art (rather than tucked into jewelry boxes) and corral other necessities into pretty trays, boxes or totes. Combining form and function is a tried-and-true method for dressing up a space without bringing in unnecessary clutter.
The bedroom is often one of the last places people think to decorate and style. However, it is likely the one place in your apartment where you can truly relax, be yourself and unwind. If you’ve been neglecting your bedroom for far too long, use these easy-to-implement ideas for dressing up your space and making it more you. If you need even more ways to dress up your bedroom, take a look at our tips on freshening up here, and get some great DIY ideas to try here!
