Decorate Your Bedroom Without Overwhelming the Space

From large standalone pieces to collections of smaller paintings and illustrations, adorning your walls with art can create a real talking point in your home and help to set the right atmosphere for each space.

Here are a few ways to incorporate art into your bedroom.

Key Tips On Decorating Your Bedroom

Embrace a sense of the eclectic 

If your taste in artwork spans many themes, styles and mediums, then why not embrace a sense of the eclectic and fill your walls with the pieces that you have collected?

When taking this approach, it’s often best to keep your walls white and accessories to a minimum, as this will provide a neutral background for your art to be the star of the show.

Shape your space around a central piece of art 

While art can so often be an afterthought or a means by which to give a space a final finishing flourish, it’s also possible to design an entire room around a piece of art. In fact, making a prized piece of art a central focal point in your bedroom is an excellent way to ensure you get to appreciate it every day.

Shelving units or wardrobes can be used almost as a frame for a piece of art in a bedroom space, which will capture the eye and really emphasise that this is where all the attention should be.

It can be helpful to use colour here to ensure your art doesn't get lost within the overall design, which can be achieved by choosing replacement wardrobe doors in a tone that contrasts the colour palette within your favourite piece of art.

Choose artwork to suit the space 

If you’ve got a wall in your bedroom that’s almost tailor made for a painting, illustration or tapestry but you don’t have a piece of art that’s quite the right size or shape, this provides the perfect opportunity to start looking for art that will suit this very particular space in your home. 

Pro Tip: Don’t rush this process. It may take some time, however, it will always be worth waiting to find the perfect piece.

Establish a sense of stillness with negative space 

As your bedroom should be a space that promotes rest and relaxation, you may enjoy exploring interior designer Anita Fraser’s thoughts on how negative space can establish a sense of stillness. 

Pro Tip: Rather than positioning a piece of art in the centre of a wall, perhaps hanging it over to one side and leaving the rest of the wall empty will help you establish the perfect restful ambience in your bedroom.

Experiment with colour drenching and layering with art 

Colour drenching is a design technique that essentially floods a space with a dominant colour to create a room that feels cohesive and minimises visual noise.

Different tones and textures can really bring a colour drenched room to life, so hanging artwork on a wall that has been painted in a similar colour can create a subtly layered look that offers a degree of extra visual interest without feeling too bold or overwhelming to the eye.

This idea can also be taken a step further by selecting replacement bedroom doors in the same colour, as well as bedding, curtains, rugs and other accessories.

Create visual connections with art 

Artwork can be used to form connections between different features within your room. For example, if you’ve chosen dusky pink replacement bedroom doors to refresh your existing wardrobes and you want to incorporate a green textured rug into your space, choosing a painting which features similar pink and green tones can establish a sense of cohesion between two design choices that may otherwise have felt somewhat disparate.

Create a sense of harmony with Happy Doors replacement wardrobe doors

If you’re looking for replacement bedroom doors that can breathe new life into your space without needing to rip out your existing storage, we’re here to help. Our range of replacement wardrobe doors covers a variety of styles, including modern slab doors and traditional panelled designs. If you’ve got any questions about any of the doors in our collection, we’re always on hand to help.

You can call us on 01256 845 816 between 08:30 and 17:00 Monday-Friday. Alternatively, email hello@happy-doors.co.uk and one of our team will get back to you.