Japandi is a hybrid interior trend that has emerged in the last few years. Whether it called Japandi, Scandinese or Japanordic, its concept is combining the comfort and warmth of Scandinavian interiors with the simplicity and peacefulness of Japanese style. All of these traits deliver calm, cozy and relaxation to your interior space which are also perfect compromises for your bedroom. To get yourself inspired by this style, we have shown below some Japandi bedroom decor ideas from our best experts.
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Principles of Japandi bedroom decor
Stay minimalist!
Scandinavian and Japanese interiors have one major thing in common: minimalism. While normally you will try to fill the bedroom with tons of decors. Japandi helps you clear your mind and focus on getting a better visual flow by leaving those empty spaces in between pieces of furniture. This principle makes you less stressed about decorating the room while providing more space to enjoy your peaceful moment.
Focus on the thing you actually need
It’s always appealing when trying to find a way to organize everything you have into the bedroom space. However, that doesn’t apply to Japandi spirit and in fact, you don’t need that much stuff for everyday activities. Instead, try to conduct an overall declutter and adopt a free-flowing layout for your bedroom. With this principle you just need to keep important and useful interiors that are actually matter to your life.
Thinking of what is essential for the bedroom, a bed is a must-have, you can go for the one with a storage case to hide all of your necessities in a place. Moreover, depending on your needs, you can place an office desk, a make-up table or just an ottoman to make the room less cold and empty.
Lean on clean lines
Forgetting all about those fancy wood carvings, gaudy curves or complicated patterns, all you need for Japandi bedroom is the development of the clean and sleek lines that represent the simplicity and neat visual flow throught-out the space.
When choosing items and interiors for your Japandi bedroom design such as bed frame, mirror, nightstand, window blinds, you should always stick with only horizontal or vertical straight lines as a main architecture shape to make a cohesive and perfect rest-and-sleep space.
Getting creative with visualized art
Focus on simplicity is a key in a Japandi bedroom, still it doesn’t mean avoiding all patterns. Here below is the picture of the blossom wall art of a Japandi bedroom from Wallsauce. The painting blends in nicely with the warm beige wall and provides an interesting and eccentric visual effect. This stylized pattern wall not only brings in the symbol of Japan – the cherry blossom but it also ties up the rustic, calm and the warmth of this Japandi bedroom design.
Go for geometric shape patterns
While straight lines are common things of Japanese design, geometric shapes are something that can’t be missed in Scandinavian culture. However, to obey the simplicity try to avoid complicated patterns, go for something like straight stripes, zig-zag lines or square, triangle, rhombus shapes. These patterns will make the room less boring while still keeping everything visually cohesive.
Find the right color pallets
To simply create a Japandi vibe bedroom, you’ll want to combine the brightness and cheerful accents of Nordic homes with darker and earthy tones of Japanese rooms. All of these hues are conducive to making a Zen space that brings you tranquility and serenity.
Particularly, to simply understand the principle, you can create contrast by using white, beige or light gray as background wall colors and accent with light blue cushions or dark bed frame. Also, there’s nothing wrong with using soft matcha green hues or lavender blush pink to make a pops of colors. However you choose these palettes, always remember to stick to a maximum of 3-4 colors for the bedroom only to avoid incoherence in space.
Let sunlight filled in
Natural sunlight is important to any space including Japandi style bedroom. While in Nordic homes, light is scarce during winter so every design tries to make the most out of lighting from the sun. On the other hand, Japanese rooms also emphasize on creating a refreshing, open space with maximum brightness.
If possible, you should take advantage of glass doors or large windows and avoid thick and gaudy drapes. Instead, opt for sheer curtains, pleated blinds to adjust the stream of lighting that is suitable for each time of day.
Finally, you can use a mirror to play with light. Try placing it on the wall that’s perpendicular to the window. Repositioning the mirror will create an attractive reflecting effect on the area that you would like to focus on in the bedroom.
… and combine with lighting fixtures
Beside making use of natural sunlight, you should also consider light fixtures to incorporate for a serene and peaceful Japandi bedroom space. You can go for dimming and soft glow lighting from sources such as bedside lamps, hanging pendants or flickering candles and don’t be too gaudy and garish. Decorating your room with these lamps with the right strategies can lead to a major effect.
For example, you can dangle a lantern with paper lampshades, or hang double opaline glass pendants on both sides of the bed for a symmetrical aesthetic, use a rattan bedside lamp. These are sophisticated ways for decorating with light fixtures that will deliver the warm, cozy and relaxed feels to your Japanordic-inspired bedroom.
Bring in some green
As we know, both Scandinavian and Japanese interiors are inspired from nature. Therefore, you can pull in touches of greenery to tie up the whole things together in a Japandi bedroom. Simply go for a pot of house plant or mini bonsai on the nightstand, several palms to place in the corner or you can make a shelf on top of the bed to bring in more of your favorite greenery.
Opt for low-key items
One special principle of Japandi bedrooms is to combine the low-profile vibe from Japanese homes with the free-flow Nordic spirit. Hence, low level furniture such as platform beds or low ottoman inspires peace and serenity. Above that, low level furniture can create more space for refreshing air flow within the whole room which complies with the major principle of a Japandi sleep-and-rest space.
