For an apartment, you are not able to make any major adjustments. However, if you want to bring warmth and coziness to your bedroom, no lack of ways to do this. Take a look at our 20 apartment bedroom ideas that make your space cozier.
Drape a Throw Blanket Over Your Bed
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Whether you have a single or couple bed, adding a throw blanket to your bed will provide you with warmth instantly. Consider a warm chunky knit blanket or even a breathable cotton throw, you will have a good sleep without getting cold.
Add Soothing Candles
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Bringing candles into your bedroom instantly creates a warm space. This is an easy and affordable way to make for a soothing environment. However, put your curtains far from them to assure your safety.
Play With Textures
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Don’t leave your bedroom bored with solid pops of white and orange. Complement a knit pillow, faux fur throw, or shag area rug like this bedroom to create textures. Your bedroom will become cozier instantly.
Mix in Plants
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Some plants or even a plant also help your bedroom to airier because plants work as air purifiers and help remove pollutants. Don’t forget to pull your curtains every morning to provide plants with sunlight and leave the window open to avoid plants taking oxi from you every night.
About the way to design with plants, take a look at the bedroom above and follow it. The peace lily and snake plant are used in this bedroom.
Use Soft Lighting
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Anyone wants to make a calm and relaxing bedroom, I bet. For an apartment bedroom, its harsh overhead lighting seems to make us difficult to create the space we want. To solve it, you can use soft lighting like elevated string lights or table lamps with dimmers as seen in this bedroom.
Stock Up on Pillows
MICHELLE BERWICK DESIGN
While every decor in this bedroom by MICHELLE BERWICK DESIGN acts as optimizing the space for a minimalist bedroom, throw pillows are a great choice to add fun patterns and designs. It will become the only accent without disturbing the space.
Keep a Tray Close By
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It seems to be surprising when a bed tray is able to be a decorative piece. After using it to sip on tea or coffee, enjoy your breakfast in bed, or place anything, you can set it aside on a nightstand to decorate. Choosing a vivid or solid one depends on your bedroom design.
Create a Nook
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Don’t want to still read the book on your bed, place a floor pillow or a comfortable chair on a corner or section of your bedroom. You can not only read here but you can also meditate or simply relax outside of your bed.
Add a Wall or Floor Mirror
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Add a mirror to your small apartment to open up the space. Besides, you can also use the mirror as a decoration through plenty of types and patterns. However, remember to choose one suitable for bedroom styles and colors.
Make a Gallery Wall
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A headboard feature wall is an ideal place to create a gallery wall. Adding a few eye-catching art pieces will instantly create a focal point without decorating anything. The key is to paint the wall in light and solid color.
Use an Essential Oil Diffuser
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Don’t want to use candles because of scary fires, an essential oil diffuser is a great alternative. It not only brings warmth and coziness due to its light and color but it also provides comfortable air.
Block Out Light With Curtains
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If you are living in an urban area, a blackout curtain is an ideal furnishing to help block out city lights and noise that might keep you up at night. Not only that but whatever time of the day, you can also pull the curtain to shut out the light to take a mid-day nap.
Find a Cozy Rug
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An area rug can be the main factor to add more warmth and soften the space when your bedroom lacks lighting. Picking colors, textures, and patterns for your rug is also a great way to play with personality. In addition, the material of the rug is very helpful in reducing noise.
Incorporate Light Colors for Smaller Bedrooms
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Light and colors are important elements that affect the dimension of the room. So in a small apartment bedroom, designing a big window and opting for lighter colors are prior first. In order to keep the bedroom from boring, the combination of white and beige is a great choice.
Make an Accent Wall
GRAY SPACE INTERIOR DESIGN
You think of painting the wall and ponder that you won’t love it anymore in the future. The best solution is to decorate it with wallpaper. This peel-and-stick wallpaper is perfect if you want to add depth. A throw blanket that has the same patterns as wallpaper brings a cohesive look.
Pick Out a Stylish Headboard
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There are many types of headboards that are used commonly in bedrooms such as upholstered headboards, tufted headboards, woven styles made with leather or seagrass, or even velvet ones like this bedroom. Depending on your decor taste, choose for your one and play with your personality.
Embrace Cool-Toned Colors
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Dark or cool-toned colors can bring your bedroom calming absolutely. However, if you are careless to combine the colors, your bedroom might easily fall imposing and intense. You can add dark colors with throw pillows, blankets, picture frames, and an area rug and keep the rest of the room in light shades of color to balance the space as seen in this bedroom.
Curate and Display Thrifted or Vintage Items
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Your bedroom can look cozier by adding some thrifted or vintage-inspired pieces. That pieces are very diverse, affordable, and easy to find. Take a look at the furnishings in this bedroom to discover the ideas.
Add Natural Materials Like Wood or Rattan
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A wood bedframe, rattan crate, a small flower pot,… together they created a Scandinavian bedroom in your apartment. You can also use other natural materials such as jute, leather, or ceramic to reach the same goal.
Hide Your Tech in Bedside Tables
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There are many wooden furnishings used in this bedroom. The homeowner noticed that technology can disturb our sleep so natural materials are used as much as possible, especially two symmetry bedside tables. With big storage, it will help you stash away your phones, laptops, and other tech gear to keep them out of your sight, out of your mind.
