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Black and white bedroom interiors are becoming more and more popular. Who can resist the elegance, versatility, boldness, and timeless look of the Black and White Bedroom Theme? Anybody can create a beautiful black and white bedroom interior on a budget. Here are some black and white bedroom interiors ideas and tips for inspiration to decorate your bedroom with this sexy unisex look:


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Add boldness through a flat black accent wall (avoid any shine to a black accent wall because it will show any wall flaws). Remember to keep the door, trimmings and moldings in bright white. I would recommend adding some shine to the door, trimmings and molding. A semi gloss sheen is more durable and easier to clean. Some gloss to your paint makes doors and trimmings look luxurious.

Black Accent WallImage credit to Kenan Interiors

Black Accent Wall
Image credit to Kenan Interiors

 

Add texture through gorgeous finishes. This is a very expensive bed frame that you can create on your own. All you really need is a bed frame with a nice design and paint it with a glossy sheen.

Textures for Black White Bedroom InteriorsImage credit to The Home Depot

Textures for Black White Bedroom Interiors
Image credit to The Home Depot

 

Add dimension through patterns that fit your style.

Patterns for Black White Bedroom ThemeImage credit to Inspiration for Home

Patterns for Black White Bedroom Theme
Image credit to Inspiration for Home

 

Add spice through other colors. You can use any color like green, beige, or yellow. Black-white theme is compatible with any color. It can be as easy as throwing in a couple of pillows like this:

Orange Accent for Black White BedroomImage credit to HOMEbz

Orange Accent for Black White Bedroom
Image credit to HOMEbz

 

Add style through fabrics, windows, and bold décor.

White Lace Headboard as Statement DecorInspiration for Home

White Lace Headboard as Statement Decor
Image credit to Inspiration for Home

 

Add reflection through mirrors – you can’t go wrong with mirrors, you can keep minimalist or abstract or whatever style you love.

Sunburst Mirror for Black White Bedroom ThemeImage credit to Elle Decor

Sunburst Mirror for Black White Bedroom Theme
Image credit to Elle Decor

 

Here is a great clip on YouTube with great tips with black and white bedroom interiors ideas:

Black White Bedroom Interiors Ideas

 

TIPS

 

If you want a more monochromatic bedroom interior theme, then you can go for shades of gray. It is less bold than black, yet it retains the monochromatic elegance.

Grey Bedroom InteriorImage credit to homedit

Grey Bedroom Interior
Image credit to homedit

 

If you have a small bedroom, paint your walls in bright matte white to make your room appear bigger.

White color scheme for small bedroom.Image credit to The Sweet Cupcaker

White color scheme for small bedroom.
Image credit to The Sweet Cupcaker

 

If you don’t want to repaint your bedroom, take advantage of the black and white or monochromatic wallpaper patterns. Adding a patterned wallpaper will add oomph to any room in your home.

Bamboo wallpaper for black-white bedroom interior theme.Image credit to homedit

Bamboo wallpaper for black-white bedroom interior theme.
Image credit to homedit

 

If you want to redecorate on a budget, don’t buy new furniture! Instead of spending money on new furniture, retouch what you already have. It is so easy to just repaint your current night tables and dressers with black or white paint (depending of your overall black-white theme look). Just look at the difference a little paint makes!

Before After of a white dresser.Image credit to the happier homemaker

Before After of a white dresser.
Image credit to the happier homemaker

 

If you want to make your bedroom theme look expensive add long and flowy white curtains. They add such a romantic and sensual look to a bedroom. Especially a great trick if you have natural light hitting your bedroom.

Flowy white curtains for white-black bedroom interiorImage credit to zuhairah

Flowy white curtains for white-black bedroom interior
Image credit to zuhairah

 

The possibilities are endless with black and white bedroom interiors! If you want to test it out, start small and then eventually you can turn your entire house into a black and white theme.

 

Happy decorating! And happy holidays!

Feng Shui Bedroom Interior - Lioness Sleeping

Feng Shui Bedroom Interior – Lioness Sleeping

Considering that we sleep an average of eight hours a day, it means that we spend one third of our lives in our bedroom!  Therefore, we must put great effort into making sure our bedroom interior exudes warmth, peace, and charm. The art of feng shui dictates the harmonious placement of furniture in any part of your home. Using feng shui in the bedroom can turn a horrible restless sleep into bliss. Having a restful sleep has an overwhelming impact on your overall physical and emotional health. Thus, I have compiled a breadth of information to help you create a harmonious bedroom interior.

Ideal bedroom interior layouts consider where the bedroom is, placement of furniture, and features of the bedroom itself.

Location of the Bedroom

Your bedroom entrance should be private. This also means that your bedroom entrance should not be directly facing the stairs, hallways, or other bedroom entrances! The logic behind the private location of the bedroom is to avoid intrusion of other people and direct energy flows coming in while you sleep. Your bedroom should not face west because direct sunlight makes the bedroom too warm to get a good night’s rest.

Next, the bathroom entrance (AKA, the toilet) should not be facing into your bedroom. Who wants feces stench entering the area where we get our beauty sleep? In addition, don’t occupy a bedroom on top of the kitchen because the heat from the kitchen results in poor health and bad luck.

Feng Shui Bedroom Interior

Feng Shui Bedroom Interior

Placement of the Furniture

Feng Shui Bedroom Interior - Proper Bed Placement

Feng Shui Bedroom Interior – Proper Bed Placement

The most important furniture you have in your bedroom is your bed. Don’t place the bed facing the entry of your bedroom because that’s the position your body is in when you’re hauled out of the morgue. Therefore, place the bed away from any door, including closet and bathroom doors. Placing your bed in front of the door also hinders your privacy. Don’t place your bed alongside the wall where there is plumbing, like toilets and faucets.

Don’t place your bed under the window because direct sunlight and wind draft is too strong for your “chi.” Chi is the vital force in your body and too much energy directed toward your chi can result in bad health. Don’t place anything above your head while sleeping, which is sensible earthquake advice as well. However, use a strong and solid headboard protecting you while you get your beauty sleep. Another feng shui rule is never to place a mirror where you can see yourself or your partner while in bed. Some people find it sensuous during intimate moments, but it is a big no-no for feng shui followers.

Feng Shui Bedroom Interior - Proper Bed Placement

Feng Shui Bedroom Interior – Proper Bed Placement

The ancillary pieces of furniture of your bedroom include scented candles for warmth and sensuality and artwork that symbolize happiness and future goals for you. Don’t use artwork that is depressing, dark, and lonely because it will only incite negative emotions. Do have two night or side tables next to your bed, meaning that your bed should not be placed against a wall. Easy access from both sides of your bed is important for proper energy flow.

Avoid placing electronics in your bedroom, and yes, that includes televisions and computers! Those are major distracters in creating a Zen bedroom interior and providing the most restful sleep. Don’t place large plants inside your bedroom, and if you have small plants, make sure they are faraway from your bed. Make sure that no sharp corners are pointing directly to you while you sleep when you place furniture that has corners like dressers and tables. These corners are “poison arrows” and bring an enormous amount of misfortune and bad luck.

Keep the entrance clear and unobstructed to allow smooth flow of energy coming in through your bedroom. That means do not place your bed, tables, chairs, dressers, or any furniture facing directly into the entrance.

Feng Shui Bedroom Interior

Feng Shui Bedroom Interior

Bedroom Features

Your bedroom should have at least two windows for proper air circulation. Leave your windows open during the daytime for proper energy flow while keeping your bedroom fresh. This will help you in avoiding trapped humidity that can cause serious damage to your lungs. Consider buying an air filter to help circulate fresh air in your home.

Close all of your doors when you go to sleep, this includes the main door, closet door, and bathroom door. And finally, keep your bedroom clean and tidy always. This means free of clutter, free of dust, items back where they belong, and made-up bed. You will look forward to sleeping each night in your beautiful harmonious bedroom interior.

My Little Scooter Snoozing

My Little Scooter Snoozing

 

Want more tips? Click on any of my past blog posts below!

How to keep your house uncluttered! 

How to create an Asian Zen Bedroom Interior

 

 

When we think of the perfect color scheme for a girl’s bedroom interior, we think PINK! Think outside the box and embrace all colors if you want to have a unique bedroom interior design. Redecorating a girl’s bedroom can be a rewarding experience which will benefit your child or teen’s psyche, motivation, mood, and creativity. Just take a look at these gorgeous bedroom interior ideas that you can easily use to update your loved girl’s little throne.

First and Most Important Step!

When choosing the perfect color palette and bedroom interior for a girl’s bedroom, talk to her to get an understanding of her personality and interests. May be their preference would be the classic pink or would love the monochromatic grown up black-white-grey look or something completely different. Below are various interior design pictures to give you an idea of what will suit you and your family. We have to make sure that a girls’ bedroom interior represents their identity while providing a motivating and positive environment. Also, a girl’s bedroom interior must be a place where a girl enjoys spending time and avoid a bedroom that has negative energy.

 

Zen Green

Girl Bedroom Interior with Green Color Scheme

Girl Bedroom Interior with Green Color Scheme

Bright and Fun Orange

Girl Bedroom Interior with Orange Color Scheme

Girl Bedroom Interior with Orange Color Scheme

Elegant and Sophisticated Grey

Girl Bedroom Interior with Grey Color Scheme

Girl Bedroom Interior with Grey Color Scheme

Pensive Purple

Girl Bedroom Interior with Purple Lilac Color Scheme

Girl Bedroom Interior with Purple Lilac Color Scheme

Monochromatic Chic

Girl Bedroom Interior with Monochromatic Color Scheme

Girl Bedroom Interior with Monochromatic Color Scheme

Only the Best for Princess

Girl Bedroom Interior with Princess Theme

Girl Bedroom Interior with Princess Theme

Pretty Bewitched in Purple / Lilac

Girl Bedroom Interior with Bewitched Theme in Purple Lilac

Girl Bedroom Interior with Bewitched Theme in Purple Lilac

Peaceful Blue

Girl Bedroom Interior with Blue Color Scheme

Girl Bedroom Interior with Blue Color Scheme

Love for Red

Girl Bedroom Interior with Red Color Scheme

Girl Bedroom Interior with Red Color Scheme

Minimalist Mellow Yellow

Girl Bedroom Interior with Yellow Color Scheme

Girl Bedroom Interior with Yellow Color Scheme

For the Adventurous – Color Blocking

Girl Bedroom Interior with Color Block Yellow Green Scheme

Girl Bedroom Interior with Color Block Yellow Green Scheme

And last but not least, Classic Pink

Girl Bedroom Interior with Pink Color Scheme

Girl Bedroom Interior with Pink Color Scheme

 

There is so much potential for DIY bedroom interior. All you need is just inspiration and then the rest will come naturally.

Happy decorating!

 

There is a bedroom interior theme for just about anyone nowadays and in commemoration of the Olympics, why not go British interior décor. Britain is known for the royal family, amazing beer selection, eclectic fashion, cultural diversity, sexy English accent, handsome and beautiful actors and actresses, cold weather, and tea time, and now for the 2012 Olympics. Here are some great ideas and amazing pictures of British patriotic furnishings that you can include in your bedroom interior that is modern and chic.

PS: None of the links below are affiliate links. These have been included in case you are interested in finding them since the theme is British Theme House and Home Furniture :)

British Flag Sofa - Andrew Martin Abingdon Union Jack Chair

Where to find? http://www.occa-home.co.uk/brands/andrew-martin-furniture/andrew-martin-abingdon-chair-union-jack/

Bedroom Interior British Flag Sofa
Bedroom Interior – Andrew Martin Abingdon Union Jack Chair

British Flag Sofabed - Patriot Union Jack sofabed from John Lewis

Where to find? http://www.housetohome.co.uk/product-idea/picture/sofa-beds-10-of-the-best/3

Bedroom Interior British Flag Sofabed
Bedroom Interior – Patriot Union Jack sofabed from John Lewis

British Flag Reversible Duvet - Rock UK Union Jack Bedding – Reversible

Where to find? http://www.yorkshirelinen.com/catherine-lansfield-special-offers/rock-uk-union-jack-bedding

Bedroom Interior British Bedding
Bedroom Interior – Rock UK Union Jack Bedding – Reversible
Bedroom Interior British Bedding Reversible
Bedroom Interior – Rock UK Union Jack Bedding – Reversible

British Flag Bedding - Union Jack Duvet Set

Where to find? http://www.matalan.co.uk/fcp/product/fashion-to-buy-online//Union-Jack-Duvet-Set/36635&resultsPerPage=100&attrList=Dept,brand

Bedroom Interior British Bedding 2
Bedroom Interior – Union Jack Duvet Set

British Wall Décor - “Where There Is Tea There Is Love” Poster

Where to find? http://www.worldgallery.co.uk/art-print/Where-There-Is-Tea-There-Is-Love-425200.html

Bedroom Interior British Wall Decor 2
Bedroom Interior – “Where There Is Tea There Is Love” Poster Living Room
Bedroom Interior British Wall Decor
Bedroom Interior – “Where There Is Tea There Is Love” Poster

British Flag Dresser - Union Jack Painted Bed/Side Table from Alexander and Pearl

Where to find? http://furnish.co.uk/items/109677-union-jack-painted-bedside-table

Bedroom Interior British Flag Dresser
Bedroom Interior – Union Jack Painted Bed/Side Table from Alexander and Pearl

OR you can start a new DIY project and make your own British Flag Dresser

How to DIY? http://lovelycraftyhome.com/2011/07/14/union-jack-attack/

Bedroom Interior British Flag Dresser 2
Bedroom Interior – Union Jack Flag DIY Dresser

UK Flag Side Table - Union Jack Trunks from John Lewis

Where to find? http://furnish.co.uk/items/113053-union-jack-trunks

Bedroom Interior British Flag Side Table
Bedroom Interior – Union Jack Trunks from John Lewis

British Flag Rug - VW FLAG by Vivienne Westwood

Where to find? http://www.therugcompany.info/designer-collection/vivienne-westwood/vw-flag.htm

My FAVORITE piece!

Bedroom Interior British Flag Rug
Bedroom Interior – VW FLAG by Vivienne Westwood

Some of these items are definitely splurging items but to keep the UK Patriot bedroom interior theme, stick to the blue, red, and white color scheme mixing it with lots of woodsy colors to maintain the balance, avoiding overdoing it. Also, consider just obtaining one big item, instead of many little, as your main focus and work around that piece of home furniture. Finally, always consider DIY your home furniture if you want to stay within your budget.

Happy decorating!