Bedroom décor trends that’s hot right now

It’s difficult to talk about the “latest trends” in an industry when, come a few months time, there’ll be a new trend on everyone’s lips. And in terms of home décor, it’s not financially possible to always stay updated with the latest in bedroom décor trends, for example. We have our bedroom furniture sets and there’s only so much DIY they can undergo before we might as well just buy new bedroom furniture for sale.

But, for now, these are the bedroom design and décor trends that 2019 has seen and, somewhat, stuck with.

DARK DECOR

Dark and bold colours have been making their way into our homes. Emerald green, cobalt blue and ultraviolet specifically. These colours make interior decorating slightly easier as the walls and bedding sets speak for themselves and everything else can get away with being simple.

If you aren’t too keen on dark dramatic décor, you could just stick to the black bedroom furniture accents in a lighter coloured bedroom. It’s a modern and statement finish that can take your bedroom’s look from neutral to stylish with no effort. Consider black bedroom furniture for your bed frame, floating shelves, headboard and nightstands.

But not everyone is looking for dark tones in their bedroom. And that’s okay. If you’re looking for a lighter tone, then pale pink, yellow and tropical greens are also trending on the other end of the décor spectrum this year.

ALL ABOUT TEXTURE

Texture is definitely a consistent trend throughout 2019 and will likely remain a trend through 2020 as well. Only because there are infinite texture combinations that people can play around with and incorporate within the four walls of their bedroom.

If there are key textures that have shown up throughout the year, it would have to be velvet, woven textures in bedroom furniture, knitted and anything soft and fluffy. It’s also incredibly easy to bring textures into your bedroom décor with throw pillow, blanket, carpet and seating furniture.

But you can also choose to play with texture on your bedroom walls. Keeping your concrete walls raw and unpainted or adding a wooden feature wall to your bedroom gives it an edge that all bedrooms need to make it Pinterest worthy or “on-trend”.

And the best part about the texture trend is that it doesn’t have to match. Mixing textures and playing around with layers is, basically, the whole point of bedroom décor. It’s the best trend because you can have all the bedroom furniture items you like even if they aren’t necessarily the same shade or texture.

OPEN WARDROBES

This isn’t a bedroom trend that everyone can pull off. Some of us have never mastered the art of a constantly neat wardrobe so having an open closet on display as a décor aesthetic, just wouldn’t work.

But for those whose bedrooms are constantly organised and neat, this is a great way to play with negative space. Open wardrobes work as a piece of personalised wall-art that changes with the seasons (literally because winter clothes have no place in summer).

Obviously, the clothing rails and open wardrobe structures aren’t suited to accommodate an entire wardrobe, so you’ll still be using your built-in cupboards or storing the rest of your off-season clothes somewhere else.

But the combination of floating shelves for shoes, wall hooks for hats and floating rails for everything else is simple, yet totally trending.

A PEACEFUL ESCAPE

This isn’t a décor trend so much as it is a general bedroom trend. But people are trying to design their rooms and use comfortable bedroom furniture to create a peaceful escape. They’re making the most of the space by playing with the natural light, adding greenery in the room, burning essential oils and turning the focus to rest and restoration rather than electronics and distractions.

They do this through window shutters that can dim the natural light to the mood, using soft lighting for the evenings and having a seating arrangement somewhere in the room. This can be a small couch at the foot of the bed, armchairs facing the windows or a day bed along the window.

Your bedroom is there to sleep in so it’s important to have bedroom furniture that your mind can associate with rest. You don’t need a TV screen above your bed. And as for the décor, well, that’s personal style and preference.

Your bedroom can be an authentic expression of yourself, what you like and how you feel. These are just some of the trends that people are gravitating towards this year. But that doesn’t mean you have to follow them. For all you know, you could be styling your bedroom in 2020 trends already.

The comeback of velvet

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Like many a times before, the trends of the past undeservedly gave velvet a somewhat poor and dusty image – very much at odds with a modern, trendy design.

Yet now, this fabric has made the biggest comeback since Britney and bold colours. Not only to the closet, but also to everything from a couch to a scatter cushion, and even curtains.

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One of the main reasons for its comeback is a phenomenon that one can call “cocooning”, which very basically translates to feeling cosy at home, surrounded by soft fabrics. We as humans long for texture, structure and warmth in our homes.

Velvet is a perfect fit for this trend. It complements all sorts of styles and lends a certain elegance to upholstered furnishings. Advances in digital printing have allowed for more elaborate patterns to be printed on velvet, and because velvet holds colour very well, this makes for bright, saturated and bold prints.

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Simple shapes can lend a contemporary makeover to this fabric, and it can look aesthetically pleasing in any colour – trendy in the berry hues of the season to modern in shades greys and other neutrals. If you’re feeling brave, choose mysterious, dark jewel shades like emeralds, dark blues, maroons or even ochre – which can add that striking wow factor.

Thanks to the pile, velvet makes any colour look luminous and vivid. Very much like during certain historical eras, the soft fabric is now being used for wall coverings, cushions, upholstery, bedspreads and more. And, if you’re not feeling the velvet vibe for all over your home, you can still add a touch of velvet magic with a scatter or a select upholstered item.

How to choose the right coffee table

For some, the choice of what type of coffee table is easy; an intuitive design decision. Or, maybe it’s even been decided for you, if it’s been inherited from a roommate, partner or family member. For others, any number of variables—from unusual living room layouts to oversized furniture to kids or pets—can confuse the issue.

FIRST, DECIDE IF YOU EVEN NEED OR WANT ONE

Do you need a coffee table to set stuff down on while you watch TV or entertain friends? Or does the room feel too open or naked without it? Conversely, is your too-small space already cramped and you don’t really need one?

CHOOSE THE SHAPE

Very long sofas could handle a rectangular or oval coffee table. Small love seats could use those shapes if the size doesn’t overwhelm. Super modern sofas and large sectionals can handle square or round coffee tables. You might also consider a round coffee table if you have harsh, sharp lines in your room and you’re trying to soften the shape up.

GET THE HEIGHT RIGHT

Most of the time, if you choose a coffee table that’s the same height or a little taller than your sofa’s seat height, you’ll be fine. But if you want a really laid back feel and have a lower sofa or lounge seating, you might want to go lower to match. If you want to go taller, consider choosing a table that has a smaller diameter to help balance the composition.

PICK A MATERIAL THAT WILL WORK FOR YOUR LIFESTYLE

Don’t choose a wood surface that needs coasters if you’re not a coaster user. Don’t get a glass table if you have toddlers that like to take leaps off the seating. Choose a material that will not only complement your existing furniture, but will also work with how you’ll treat the piece.

CONSIDER MULTIPLES

Some spaces will work better with multiple smaller coffee tables. Smaller spaces can benefit from multiple coffee tables because it gives the room more flexibility to adjust the layout for different activities. But other rooms might benefit from multiple coffee tables thanks to the layered, sophisticated effect.

Tips to picking a colour palette for the whole house

After looking at ways to work through paint-color procrastination and how to find color inspiration all around you, we are ready to tackle the last, and possibly most challenging, part of our color series: the whole-house paint palette.

If picking one paint color is tricky, how on earth do you find colors for an entire house? How can you know they will go together? Where do you even begin? Join us as we navigate the process of selecting colors for a whole house, and gather inspiration (and maybe a little courage) to tackle your own walls.

NOTE WHICH ROOMS ARE VISIBLE TO ONE ANOTHER

Walk through your house and note which spaces you can see from each room. Use a floor plan (a rough sketch is fine) to keep track.

Adjoining rooms are part of this, but you may be able to see quite a bit farther — down a hall and into the kitchen, for instance. These notes will form the basis of your whole-house color plan, so keep them close at hand.

START BY PICKING OUT A COLOR FOR THE BIGGEST, MOST CENTRALLY LOCATED ROOM

This will most likely be your living room or kitchen, and it’s a great place to start working on your whole-house palette.

If picking colors has been stressing you out, choosing a soft, neutral hue for the main room will make picking the other colors easier. And you really can’t go wrong with white.

OR START WITH THE ROOM YOU WANT TO PAINT THE BOLDEST COLOR

If you love color and have a certain hue in mind for a specific room, you can start there instead. Looking out from the bold-hued room, choose a softer, more subdued color for the next rooms. You can, of course, put bold colors next to each other, but that does carry more risk — painter, beware!

BUILD YOUR PALETTE WITH SHADES OF THE SAME HUE

Once you have a paint color picked for your first room, one simple way to move on is to choose shades of the same hue for adjacent rooms or walls. You can choose a hue from a nearby paint chip, pick the next color up or down on the same paint chip, or even have the same color mixed at the paint store with white added to make a lighter version.

The beauty of this method is that, while it will give your home interest and depth, you also can rest assured that the colors will go well together.

CONSIDER KEEPING CONNECTING SPACES NEUTRAL

White, beige, greige and the like are fairly foolproof choices for halls and landings, and they give the eye a place to rest between areas of more saturated color.

On the other hand, if you have decided to stick with white or soft neutrals in your rooms, the halls and landings can be a great place to experiment with a richer hue. It doesn’t need to be a big departure from the other colors you are using — just a shade or two darker is enough to make an impact.

Tips on cleaning an upholstered couch

Whether you’ve just got crumbs, or the toughest of stains, these cleaning tips will have your sofa looking as good as new.

1. VACUUM

Use a hand vacuum or the brush attachment on your vacuum to clean debris and dirt from the sofa surface. Be sure to clean the crevices where pet hair, food crumbs, and dirt accumulate. If the cushions are not attached, remove them and vacuum both sides. If there’s a lot of pet hair, use a lint roller to remove hair the vacuum can’t get.  

2. CLEAN THE WOOD OR METAL AREAS

Wipe down the sofa feet and other non-fabric parts of the sofa with a solution of warm water and liquid dish soap.

3. DETERMINE THE TYPE OF FABRIC YOU ARE DEALING WITH

Find the tag on the couch and read the instructions for how to clean upholstery. Here are the codes found on labels:

  • WS: Use a mild detergent with a steam vacuum or a dry-cleaning detergent
  • S: Use a dry cleaner detergent only.
  • X: Use a vacuum only. No water.
  • W: You can use water to clean it.

4. REMOVE STAINS

We all love being couch potatoes but it’s no fun to lounge on a dirty sofa. Over time, crumbs, spilled soda, pet hair, dirt, and oil from your hands and feet build up on your couch and make it look dingy. No worries. Here’s how to clean a couch so that it’s ready for you to binge watch an entire season of your favorite TV show.

1. Vacuum. Use a hand vacuum or the brush attachment on your vacuum to clean debris and dirt from the sofa surface. Be sure to clean the crevices where pet hair, food crumbs, and dirt accumulate. If the cushions are not attached, remove them and vacuum both sides. If there’s a lot of pet hair, use a lint roller to remove hair the vacuum can’t get.  

2. Clean the wood or metal areas. Wipe down the sofa feet and other non-fabric parts of the sofa with a solution of warm water and liquid dish soap.

3. Determine the type of fabric you’re dealing with. Find the tag on the couch and read the instructions for how to clean upholstery. Here are the codes found on labels: