Room Ideas
Our dark bedroom decor ideas prove that a dark room can be many things - moody, dramatic, or cozy, without being dreary. In fact, if your home is predominantly filled with neutrals, lights, or brights, a dark bedroom can feel like a welcome respite for your eyes and spirit. We've curated a variety of ways to create a dark bedroom that reflects your personal style and creates a welcoming haven for sleep and relaxation.
To avoid a leaden look in an all gray room, opt for soft shades of dove and ash gray rather than harsher, darker hues. You can use a gradient range of shades that are adjacent rather than contrasting to pull everything together. Curtains just a shade darker than the walls and a bedroom rug that fades from slate to cream give you depth in a monochrome room.
Dark bedrooms don't just use colors like black or slate grey. Consider expanding your dark bedroom's color scheme to include other deep colors like purple, navy blue, forest green, or other dark colors. Even if you simply follow this room's example and use the dark colors as accents in plants, seats, and artwork, you will find that expanding your dark bedroom's color scheme will help you show off more of your personality and highlight your favorite hues.
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Choose clean lines for furniture in dark colors. This ebony bedroom set is elegant and restrained, and benefits from just two other colors - cobalt blue and white. By keeping the color palette to a minimum, you highlight the beauty of the furniture. When the furniture is simple, feel free to add rugs and accessories like an ottoman and pillows that are intricately patterned to add interest.
No matter what color scheme you're using in your bedroom, accent walls are worth considering. There are many ways to create accent walls, such as painting it a solid different color, installing unique molding on the wall, using wallpaper, or painting a mural. Accent walls give you the freedom to go as bold or subtle as you choose, which also helps you create the proper balance in your dark colored bedroom.
In your quest to create a dark bedroom, you can decide just how far you want to lean into those dark colors and the cozy tone that comes with it. While it's common to use dark accessories to highlight a dark room, you can also include lighter colors to add some levity to the design. As this room shows, pops of light turquoise, whites, and other light colors go a long way in changing the room's tone, even if those accents are fairly minimal in the grand scheme of things.
Many people gravitate towards dark bedrooms because they can feel so cozy and calming. In these rooms, it's important to consider the role of lighting and how it impacts the tone of the room. This bedroom features an unconventional lighting fixture that diffuses light over an area as opposed to a stronger, more direct shine, which helps reinforce the cozy tone of the room. You may similarly consider which lighting fixtures you use and how they are placed to create your ideal tone.
Even if your room predominantly features light colors, you can still create a dark bedroom. This may seem contradictory, but it all comes down to lighting. As this bedroom shows, the room may be filled with light creams and whites, but with the little source of lighting, the room still comes across as dark and moody. This goes to show that dark bedrooms aren't just about using dark colors; it is about how light interacts with the room as well.
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There is nothing quite as stunning as a black and white master bedroom. The strong contrast is very developed in this room with the use of luxurious materials, elegant furniture, and distinct lack of other colors. If you are looking for inspiration on creating and decorating a luxurious master bedroom, this room can serve as a model of how to create elegance with stark contrast, formal lighting fixtures, and intentional detailing.
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Since ancient times, purple has represented the upper class and had an air of luxury to it. Rich plum purples and other dark shades are aptly suited for modern homes, since they blend well with the blacks and greys commonly used in dark bedrooms. Your bedroom rug can serve a unique purpose in your room by introducing a new color, showing off a new pattern, or by tying the entire room together. With that in mind, it's crucial to carefully consider what rug you will use in your room and what purposes it will fulfill.
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Balance is integral to success dark bedroom designs, particularly if you choose a large expanse of dark walls. Our dark bedroom decor ideas incorporate plenty of texture and contrast to help alleviate the weightiness of darker colors. Pile on accessories like rugs and lamps to break up the darkness and liven up the space.
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