Small master bedrooms are a challenge as you have limited space to place furniture, such as storage drawers and your bed.
But there are a few clever ways to design a small bedroom, from built-in storage and neutral wall colors to turning your bed into the focal point of the room.
Here are our best 15 bedroom ideas for a room with very little space.
When you think of the traditional Scandinavian chalet, then it typically has small bedrooms with a minimalist amount of furniture and a very plain color palette.
A minimal bedroom in a traditional Scandinavian style can be transformed into a cozy den if you have don’t have a lot of space to play with.
Scandinavian bedrooms used to be brown wood most of the time but modern Scandinavian design also includes gray, black and white color palettes.
You can also dot some plants around the room for a little bit of green.
Lighting can make a surprisingly big difference when it comes to creating a nice bedroom atmosphere.
Depending on your ceiling height, lighting can be distracting and you need to make sure that you don’t use too large lighting fixtures for smaller master bedrooms.
It’s a good idea to get a feeling for where you want your lighting to be fitted first.
Make sure that you use a number of smaller lights, such as table lights or cornice lighting.
This will visually lift the ceiling in your bedroom and it will also set off any stark walls that you might have in your room.
In a small master bedroom, everything feels a little cramped and you may not have the option to use a free wall where you can put your bed.
This means you need to place your bed in front of the window.
If you need to put your bed in front of the window, make sure that it doesn’t cover the window and that there is still plenty of light coming in.
It’s a good idea to visually distract the eye from the window by putting up a roman shade to conceal the glazing and add some textured pillows or artwork to the room.
If you struggle with space in your master bedroom because of a stone wall, low ceilings or other features that are part of the way your home is built, then you can use this as an advantage.
For example, exposed stone walls are ideal to use as feature walls. Just put the bed in front of the wall, and keep the rest of the walls plain.
This will draw the eye towards the masonry and the bed area distracting from the small size of the room.
When you want to make a small master bedroom look bigger, then there are quite a few things you can do with specific furniture.
Freestanding furniture is typically used in large rooms to divide the space, but you can also use it as an eye-catching element in smaller bedrooms.
It doesn’t have to be a big piece. Just a rope that supports your hanging clothes or an industrial-looking coat hanger can draw all attention to this piece of furniture instead of the room size.
It’s all about space saving when it comes to decorating a small master bedroom, and you can save a lot of space with a pair of sliding doors.
They are not just much more discreet than the standard hinged doors but they don’t need to open out into a room which could cost you valuable floor space that you can use for furniture.
Similar to freestanding furniture, floating shelves for book storage and decorations is a great way to make your master bedroom feel bigger.
It doesn’t just allow you to display photos and others of your most loved possessions but it also creates floor space that you can use for extra storage.
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