Contemporary Bedroom Design and Decoration Ideas

Contemporary bedroom design and decoration ideas are sleek with clean lines and often use coffee colored woods, brushed aluminum or blonde woods. These modern bedroom designs usually have a monochromatic look to them and are without a lot of frilly accessories.

Some modern bedroom design ideas include sleek furniture and platform beds with neutral colored bedding. Others might make a bolder color statement with colors such as avocado, cocoa, turquoise and orange which are reminiscent of the mid century modern design colors. One striking design can be to go all white - white walls, white shag rug, white bedding, white furniture, white accessories. If you do go with this design, make sure the furniture has straight lines and isn’t too fancy or you might end up with a shabby chic look instead of contemporary!

Contemporary bedroom design starts with a neutral wall color - try sage, chocolate, beige or if you have a large room and want to be bold you could try red or even black. Next, you need to pick colors for accessories. If you want a neutral palette, stick to the whites, creams and beige or for a more earth tone stick to shades of brown with a few punches of color in turquoise or green. Some striking modern bedroom design colors are to go with black, red and white or a mid century type palette of white walls, bedding and floors with bright red, blue and yellow accents (pillows, chairs, vases etc....).

Even if you can't buy a whole new bed for your contemporary bedroom design, you can punch up the area behind your bed with interesting wall art or a contemporary style area rug that you can just hang right on the wall.

Lighting can be an important accent in your modern bedroom designs. It's important to add ambiance and accent lighting, but using the right style can also help to decorate the room and give it the right feel. Some modern designs even incorporate the lighting into shelving like some of the choices at our merchant below.

And don't forget accents for your contemporary bedroom design. Use sleek vases and bowls with an interesting shape and in your accent colors to add some punch around the room. Picture frames should be very plain. Rugs can have a pattern if the bedding, walls and curtains are plain but if there is too much pattern around the room a simple shag rug or rug in an interesting geometric shape but in a single color can say a lot.

Contemporary bedroom designs favor solid color bedding that can be in different shades of neutral colors. Instead of pattern add interest by buying good quality bedding that is made from materials with an interesting texture like a microsuede or satin. Crisp white sheets of a high count cotton will look great and feel great too!

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