What to hang over the bed in the bedroom?

The main element of any bedroom is a bed. If you think that there are no trifles in the interior, and each of its components is involved in creating the overall picture, then surely you will not be stingy with the decor of the bed zone. And this is, indeed, an important place in the room. Even a rather simple, unremarkable interior can be made interesting, stylistically convincing, if you try over the design of the headboard.

The main feature of the headboard décor is that it often replaces global room renovation. It is enough to change the design of this area, so that the whole bedroom is transformed, there is a feeling of just completed repair. This is especially noticeable if the wallpaper is light, solid and can be the basis for any interesting solution in terms of decor.

There are several decorating scenarios.

• Flat design. This means that you do not add any volume elements (shelves and niches, for example), but simply change the visualization of the wall, whether it be tile, wallpaper or laminate.

• Volume design. The reverse case - something is taken that visually changes the decision of the wall, for example, the shelves above the bed with flowers or books may well allow this area to look quite different.

• Classic. This is, for example, a picture that is a standard solution to the transformation and accentuation of the wall above the bed.

• Creative. This could include any decisions that might be called unexpected - for example, an interesting light installation, a picture in a frame made from pieces of wallpaper, or decorative branches, the design of which changes seasonally.

If nothing at all to do with this zone, the interior loses, it becomes boring. It is not necessary to decorate the wall brightly, accentuously, let the solution be minimalist, but still the wall will not remain bare.

The standard and simple solution is to select the wall above the bed with wallpaper. This may be the only place in the room where the wallpaper will be different. You can make a soft and easy transition, the selection of companion wallpaper, and often goes. For example, on the perimeter of the entire bedroom you have pasted cream wallpapers with an interesting texture. And above the bed - wallpaper all the same cream color, but with dark beige colors. The difference will not be catchy, but the wall will “sound” differently. To enhance the effect, accent wallpapers are taken in special frames (moldings, baseboards), any stylistic design suitable.

But there are other solutions with wallpaper.

• Acceptable and such a finish, in which the wallpaper is combined with painting. The main walls are painted with light paint, and for the headboard there are selected wallpapers of the same color palette, but with a pattern.

• Often, accentuation of the wall takes wallpaper with a geometric pattern - it is stylish, but some restraint and austerity are also present.

• Wallpaper deep, rich color in the area of ​​the headboard add intimacy in the bedroom. The remaining walls should be much lighter. Moreover, dark wallpaper can also be structurally distinguished, for example, to take wallpaper with a nap, imitation suede, and so on.

This design is interesting because it can be changed quite often. If one option becomes boring, in a couple of years, by transforming only one wall, a visual change in the whole image of the bedroom is achieved.

The great popularity of drawings on the walls appeared as soon as special interior stickers began to be actively sold. Previously, you had to literally draw on the wall, which can only be done by people capable of drawing. Interior stickers seriously simplified the process: You can choose any picture you like, buy stickers, carefully fix them on the wall - and everything will be different.

Examples of drawings can be very different.

• If you do not like complicated compositions, and you feel minimalistic, it’s enough to stick silhouettes of flying birds on the wall. But lest it be primitive, take a part of the birds (only a part!) Into a black empty frame. It turns out that some of the heroes of the decor “flew” beyond the borders of the frame, this visual effect is impressive and attracts attention.

• Landscapes. For example, you buy stickers imitating the design of a tree, swings under them and thick summer grass, flowers, flying butterflies. No postmodernism, just sweet romantic composition. Sometimes in the bedroom just such a mood is needed - a soothing picture with eternal ideas of quiet happiness, memories of childhood.

But if you are against stickers, the walls can really be painted. And even without the involvement of specialists, it could theoretically turn out well (but it’s worth practicing, for example, taking a few lessons). Themes and genres are not constrained by the rules: from summer sunsets to references to the works of Picasso. This is your bedroom, and it has the right to uniqueness and freedom of artistic expression.

A reconciling option that has found the widest distribution today. You could hardly guess that you could hang it above the bed of the photo frame, but the question is how to do it. Examples of diagrams clearly show how the compositions of the frames above the bed can look: it remains only to skillfully repeat them.

The option with posters is even more used - it is simply taken from a printing and design quality poster that alone (or in tandem, a trio) hangs over the headboard. A poster is not a picture, it can be unexpected, catchy, challenging. For example, you are an admirer of Freddie Mercury, and you would like to reflect this reverence in the interior. Just a portrait of the artist may not be impressive as part of the interior, but the graphic or “cartoon” image of the singer, the abstract vision is more interesting.

Molding decor is not a novelty of interior fashion. And often this solution is complemented by a third-party element: for example, stucco can be a frame for accent wallpaper. The bas-relief above the bed, the panels in this style are slowly squeezing out the 3D panels, they become a modern alternative molding.

But if you are a supporter of classic solutions, then the plaster decoration of the head of the bed will make it a truly royal bed. The splendor of abstract ornate decorative elements may be in color to match the furniture, but may be the same in color with other interior accessories. However, most likely, this solution requires additions - for example, you need to make special linings on the legs of the bed and bedside tables. If the stucco is present only at the head of the bed and nowhere else, this decor cannot be traced, it can look like an alien element in the interior.

It is sometimes difficult to figure out which is better - molding or stickers, wall panels or a futuristic metal frame over the bed, a drywall arch or a floristic floral paper composition. In this case, the recommendations of designers can direct you in the right direction, help you choose the winning one from the flow of ideas.

We present 10 key recommendations from designers.

• When choosing a color palette for the wall decor above the head of the bed, make sure that the contrast measure is adhered to. Contrasts are possible, and they are welcome, but not too harsh and unexpected. There must be something in them that is related to the general mood of the room - for example, the degree of color or the structure of the decoration, the repeating pattern or ornament and much more.
• The image technique should also be common. If you have the main wallpaper with clearly visible pattern on the theme of "Japanese Sakura", and the accent wall in the colonial style, it will be a strong disunity. It destroys the image, leads to bad taste.
• If you decide that those who hang a picture in this area are doing the right thing, then hang it at eye level. Remember that the type of drawing and style should not fall out of the interior theme. In the bedroom of the Baroque, a picture in the style of Kandinsky would be inappropriate, and in minimalism Shishkin's motifs are alien.
• Small details in the interior of the bedroom - not always good. This psychologically works against you - perhaps everyone in childhood before bedtime looked at patterns on the carpet. The same mechanism turns on, and you want to look at small details, analyze, and peer into them. And this leads to chronic insomnia.
• Mirror décor has become fashionable in the last decade, but be wary of such solutions. Mirror or mirror composition should be placed at least 40 cm from the mattress, not lower. Psychologically, such surfaces can overwhelming act, because the option is not for everyone. And in terms of practicality, a mirror is not the best option.
• Mosaic and tiled finishes always add spice to the room. If you choose a decor with a fancy pattern, a bright accent will appear in the room. But then everything else should not be the same intensity: many bright spots on a neutral background are rarely able to organically fit into the interior.
• Sometimes the best solution for a decor is the simplest. For example, with decorative pillows you can gracefully decorate the headboard area. Pillows can be high, they can be many. Sometimes the drawing or print that is placed on the pillows is repeated in a small picture in the area of ​​the head.
• Shelves and niches above the bed - the solution is certainly practical. But far from everyone is comfortable: not everyone likes to sleep with the feeling that something is standing above his head (and, accordingly, at any moment can fall). And, of course, hitting the shelf with your head is a risk, because if you hang a shelf above the bed, the height should be a comfortable, not constraining movement.
• Lighting in niches is not a new solution, but it is quite acceptable. It will help those who are difficult to sleep without light. It will be useful to young parents, in the bedroom of which there is a baby's cradle.
• Do not place in the bedroom: a huge number of living plants, fountains and waterfalls, ceramic figures of wild animals, a large number of other people's photos. These recommendations are relative, as not everyone agrees with fenshui and adjacent currents, but if you care about the energy in the bedroom, and such recommendations are worth hearing.

If you are not a supporter of the omnipresent decoration, complex and expensive solutions, think about how you can arrange such an important area with your own hands as a headboard. For example, Today, fashion has made another round and put into orbit the relevance of macrame and tapestries. They were not completely forgotten, but still the boom that is observed today in their attitude is impressive. The beauty of tapestries is that in fashion today, very simple, abstract small compositions that are ubiquitous in scandi interiors.

Do not be afraid to move away from stereotypical decisions: be pioneers, surprise yourself and loved ones. The advice remains unchanged - you want to do the decor well, learn the basics of style and composition.Learn styles, color combinations, texture. It helps in self-decoration of the home "abundance". And thanks to the Internet, this quality becomes very affordable and quickly acquired.

Not always bright, stylish solutions require large investments. The same vinyl stickers are cheap, but how effectively they transform a room. Or a small woolen tapestry - simple, neat, made with your own hands, it creates comfort, warmth and at the same time helps your bedroom to be fashionable.

7 wall decor ideas at the head of the bed in the video below.