Bedroom Design Ideas to Beautify Your Sanctuary
Create the bedroom sanctuary you’ve always dreamed of with these beautiful, cost-effective, and DIY-friendly wall panels and ceiling beams.
By ABBY winstead
Design Specialist
Your bedroom is your safe haven, the place you go to recharge and escape the world for a while. A well-designed bedroom that embodies your personality and preferences is more welcoming and makes it easier to relax.
With so many styles, finding the right bedroom design ideas for your home can be challenging. At Barron Designs, we understand the importance of perfecting your personal space. To help you get started, we put together this list of bedroom design trends—plus the materials you’ll need to complete them:
- Let the shiplap shine
- Settle in with stone
- Make it minimalist
- Add a single wooden beam
- Get creative with ceiling patterns
- Feel bold with black and white
- Mix materials
- Add an accent wall
- Maximize the light
Bedroom Wall Design Ideas & Trends
When you’re ready to revitalize your sleeping sanctuary, bedroom wall ideas are an easy place to begin. Incorporating elements like stone, brick, wood, and rock can instantly refresh and upgrade the ambiance, changing the feel of the room for the better.Let the Shiplap Shine
Adding shiplap panels to your walls or ceiling helps you achieve a nautical or farmhouse style. You can install Reclaimed Shiplap Faux Barn Wood Panels on one, two, or all of the walls in the space, or stick to a rustic ceiling design. Add complementary decor to create the space you envisioned.
For a farmhouse bedroom style, decorate with natural materials and colors. Burlap wall art, brightly colored flowers, worn wooden frames, and flowing drapes all complement shiplap panels.
If you prefer a modern coastal approach, install shelves and top them with jars of shells or bright marbles, as well as photos of your favorite seaside spots. For artwork and curtains, draw from the beauty of the beach by using shades of blue, green, and tan.
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Settle in With Stone
Imagine walking into your previously boring bedroom to discover that you’ve stepped into a stone cottage straight from a fairy tale. This kind of DIY bedroom design is less complicated than you might expect.
To replicate the atmosphere of a charming stone home, use faux stone panels or faux rock panels on the walls. Next, hang strings of lights and wall decor, such as dried flowers and artwork. Keep the room colors muted and soft to make this a restful place you’ll be eager to return to.
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Make Your Walls Minimalist
If you believe that less is more, a minimalist bedroom is right up your alley. Keep things simple and understated with a strong foundation; then, use decorative items sparingly.
Barron Designs’ Whitewash Old Chicago Faux Brick Wall Panels are a good backdrop for a minimalist bedroom. Once you’ve installed them, avoid bright colors and distracting patterns. Instead, stick to pastel and neutral accents in pale pinks, greys, greens, and tans.
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Or … Fuse Minimalist & Boho
You can also diverge from the advice above and strike an intriguing balance between minimalist and boho. By blending a vibrant wall color, such as teal, with the same minimalist whitewashed Old Chicago faux brick panels recommended above, you can enjoy a creative hybridization, where the clean, minimalist aesthetics and vivid boho character each have space to operate.
Bedroom Ceiling Design Ideas & Trends
Many people ignore ceilings when redecorating their bedrooms, not realizing how they can add character and a brand-new feel to the space. With lightweight, easy-to-install real wood box beams and hyper-realistic faux wood beams, you can make the ceiling an integral component of your bedroom design rather than a lifeless blank canvas.
Add A Single Wood Beam
Sometimes the most straightforward bedroom ceiling ideas are the best. For example, installing one beam that cuts across the center of the ceiling can completely change how you look at the room.
A central beam adds dimension to an otherwise basic ceiling. At the same time, it makes the room appear longer and more open without overpowering the space.
Barron Designs offers lightweight and easy-to-install faux wood beams that make this bedroom ceiling enhancement effortless. Choose a beam color and type that reflects your personal style—such as Timber Faux Wood Beams or Resawn Faux Wood Beams—and mount a decorative chandelier to bring light and sophistication into the room.
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Get Creative With Bedroom Ceiling Beam Patterns
You can also take a more dramatic approach to your ceiling beams. Rather than adding one beam in the center of the room, try using a series of them.
For example, using beams to form a pattern with angles, squares, and rectangles gives the room an intriguing, architectural look. On the other hand, installing just a few Barn Board Wood Beams or Beachwood Faux Wood Beams across the ceiling is a tasteful investment in a farmhouse, traditional, or minimalist aesthetic.
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Master Bedroom Design Ideas & Trends
Updating a conventionally large primary bedroom gives you plenty of space to play with. For a total transformation, let’s explore master bedroom design ideas that address every aspect of the room, including the walls and ceiling.
Go Bold With Black and White
Black and white elements make a major impact in a master bedroom. These contrasting colors are eye-catching and create crisp, clean lines throughout the space.
First, decide whether to incorporate more dark or light into your bedroom. For a brighter space, paint most of the walls white but reserve one for Black Chevron Faux Wood Wall Panels. Using these panels on a single wall captures your attention, allowing you to showcase your bed or favorite furniture.
If you prefer a darker bedroom, take the opposite approach. Install white panels, like Barron Designs’ Hampton Cobblestone Faux Stone Wall Panels, on one wall and paint the others black or dark gray. Put key furniture pieces in the spotlight by placing them against the white wall, where they’ll reflect the light and draw your focus to a central spot in the room.
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Mix Materials
One of the best things about a large master bedroom is that you can experiment with a variety of textures, colors, and materials without making the space busy or cluttered. That might mean using two different types of wall panels to add visual interest to the room.
If you want to recreate the feel of a wood cabin, for example, you can use End Grain Faux Wood Wall Panels on some walls and River Rock Faux Rock Wall Panels on others. Installing Heavy Hand Hewn Wood Beams on the ceiling and placing soft oversized rugs on the floor complements the style of your rustic retreat.
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Small Bedroom Design Ideas & Trends
Don’t let a small bedroom discourage you—it can be just as relaxing and enjoyable as a sprawling master. A simple redesign can open the space and add charming character, making it feel like the bedroom of your dreams despite the size.Add an Accent Wall
When your master bedroom is on the smaller side, using patterns or textures on every wall can have a dizzying or claustrophobic effect. However, using paint, wallpaper, or faux panels to add a unique color or pattern to a single wall makes the room feel more expansive.
Barron Designs’ Anson Fieldstone or Colorado Dry Stack Faux Stone Wall Panels make for a perfect accent wall, adding texture and creating a focal point without overwhelming the room. For a similar effect without adding panels to an entire wall, you can also install a large, built-in headboard by placing panels only where the head of your bed will sit.
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Maximize Light To Create a More Spacious Feel
Light is a small bedroom’s best friend because it creates the illusion that it’s more spacious than the square footage says. However, painting a room solid white sometimes feels stark and plain.
An excellent alternative is using light-colored wall panels, like Barron Designs’ Contempo Faux Brick Wall Panels in Glacier for a completely bright and clean look or Carlton Fieldstone Faux Stone Wall Panels in Summer Tan or Dakota Blend—which will keep the room bright without making it bland. Similarly, installing white-colored beams on the ceiling adds depth while still keeping the room bright and airy.
You can also increase the light in your room by using mirrors to reflect light sources and sheer curtains to allow plenty of natural light to enter.
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DIY Bedroom Design Installation Resources
Some people shy away from a bedroom remodel because they worry it will require intensive labor, lots of tools, and tedious caulking. Barron Designs’ beams and panels are lightweight and easy to install DIY-style without those aggravations.
To have the most success with your upgrades, pay close attention to our faux panel interior installation instructions and box beam installation instructions. If you come across issues or need extra support along the way, we also have expert answers to common customer questions to help you get through the process with minimal frustration.
Discover More Bedroom Design Inspiration
Some people shy away from a bedroom remodel because they worry it will require intensive labor, lots of tools, and tedious caulking. Barron Designs’ beams and panels are lightweight and easy to install DIY-style without those aggravations.
To have the most success with your upgrades, pay close attention to our faux panel interior installation instructions and box beam installation instructions. If you come across issues or need extra support along the way, we also have expert answers to common customer questions to help you get through the process with minimal frustration.