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45 White Bedrooms for a Totally Serene Sleeping Space
These beautiful bedrooms prove white is anything but boring.
Your bedroom should be the ultimate place for rest and relaxation. After all, it's the room where you begin and end each day, so shouldn’t it be a space that you truly love? If you're thinking it might be time to revamp your sleeping space, you've come to the right place. While redecorating your bedroom might sound like a tall task, it can actually be much less stressful than you think. Instead of over complicating your renovation plans with a mix of colors and patterns, we suggest going back to the basics and embracing the timeless color white. An all-white bedroom is a serene and calm retreat that feels both fresh and relaxing. We know what you're thinking: "All white? How boring!" But check out this round up of white bedroom ideas before you knock the neutrals.
From layered and rustic to minimal and modern, no matter your style there are so many ways to make white fit your aesthetic. Besides, white isn't just one color—from clean, pure white to creamy antique white and every shade of white in between, you can layer varying shades in lots of different textures to create an interesting look. Plus, painting your bedroom walls white is the easiest trick to make a small bedroom feel more spacious. (Here are some of our favorite white paint colors to help you get started.) A white bedroom also offers you a blank slate to have fun with so many pretty bedroom decorating ideas, from bedroom wall décor ideas to bedroom curtain ideas. And don’t forget all the bedroom furniture—from beds (maybe even tackle a DIY headboard) to cozy bedroom chairs. If you still think all white isn't for you, you can easily add in some wood tones or pops of color to your bedroom—with white as the base, just about anything will work!
Living Large in a Small Space
You would never guess that this bright and airy bedroom measures only 170 square feet! Painting the planked ceiling, shiplapped walls, and trim all the same crisp, clean white was key to achieving this deceivingly spacious look.
Small Space Bedroom Storage Idea: When closets are in short supply—as in nonexistent!—try a vintage clothing rack to add function with style.
Layers of Textures
Set against the white V-groove planked walls, a dark velvet upholstered bed invites with its comfy layers of striped Belgian bed linens, a chambray comforter, and an ikat pillow.
Pops of Color
Painting all the walls and trim a crisp white (try Simply White by Benjamin Moore) provides the perfect backdrop to showcase colorful painted furniture and graphic framed art. In this cheery California bedroom, an overscaled green painted four-poster bed takes center stage, while the vintage art provides even more eye-catching color.
Statement Bed
In her master bedroom, style blogger and author Liz Marie Galvan chose a mantel-inspired headboard to add architectural interest against the plain white walls. A chunky cable-knit throw atop layers of subtle striped bedding provides softness.
Modern Meets Country
In designer Leanne Ford's country cottage, the beautiful bedroom is a balance of country and city accents. Upholstered pieces, like the slipcovered sofa and linen headboard, add a rustic touch. The midcentury lighting, which includes a vintage George Nelson saucer bubble pendant, offers more of a modern feel.
Calm and Collected
A simple dark iron bed, soft stonewashed linen bedding, clean-lined farm benches, and unadorned windows combine to make the bedroom in this Maryland bungalow feel serene. Homeowner Jeannette Fristoe says the collection of hand mirrors—which hang from ribbon to provide a cool bedroom wall decor idea— were inspired by a trip she took to England.
Understated Elegance
Architectural designer Nancy Fishelson, a "neutrals enthusiast" and the owner of this pretty upstate New York farmhouse, has spent decades honing in her approach to an understated decorating scheme. The simplicity of her all-white bedroom—which includes a tall white iron headboard—allows the extra wide-planked painted floors to shine.
Layers of Neutral Bedding
In architectural designer Nancy Fishelson's master bedroom, an elaborate folk art canvas hangs above her black iron bed. The bed is cozied up with a quilted white coverlet and flanked by a pair of mismatched painted bedside tables.
European Influence
Maria Carr of @dreamywhiteslifestyle knows a few things about decorating an all-white bedroom. In her airy California cottage, the master bedroom is awash in a variety of white hues, from white painted planked walls to a white slipcovered chair to layers of soft and pretty white bedding. To break up the sea of white, she replaced the original closet door with a stripped 1800s French door, hung a sparkly French crystal chandelier, and added a pine bench from—you guessed it—France. For an easy and romantic bedroom curtain idea, Maria simply hung a vintage monogrammed textile that she found.
Hints of Coastal Color
Don't be afraid to add some color to your white bedroom. Designer Loi Thai's entire house in Maine is filled with a serene mix of coastal-inspired blues, greens, and moody, misty grays. In the bedroom, he set a gray spindle bed against the white painted walls and then topped it with a mix of blue and white striped bedding.
Wrapped in White Wood
This painted white wood plank-wrapped loft in this converted barn turned guest house feels extra large and open thanks to a casual arrangement of minimal furniture and the mix of neutrals featured throughout.
Airy Aesthetic
The mix of antiques found in the all-white bedroom of this coastal cottage feels fresh thanks to the soft shades of off white chosen for painting the walls, ceilings, floors. Designer and homeowner Jennifer Vaughn Miller kept things consistent with a nostalgic off-white iron bed, then added a barely there Lucite nightstand for a hit of modern.
DIY Board and Batten Walls
Take a cue from the owner of this dreamy Michigan lake house and add some interest to your all white bedroom by giving your plain walls the look of board and batten. Get the look by installing narrow 2-3 inch wide strips of wood approximately every 8-12 inches and then topping it all with additional strips of trim. Complete the look by painting everything a crisp white paint color.
Statement Wall
With all white furniture, floors, ceilings, bed linens, and more, this high-ceilinged bedroom needed something warm and special, which inspired this Mississippi farmhouse homeowner to create a statement wall with her own custom stenciled design. Achieve a similar look with just a few rolls of a bold patterned wallpaper.
Warm Whites
Prevent your colorless bedroom from feeling cold and stark by featuring warm white shades throughout. With a collection of distressed ivory antiques and peg rail-lined walls, this historic home's bedroom is nothing but cozy and inviting.
Vintage Leather Accents
Even a leather headboard and chair can't overpower this airy barn loft thanks to its floor-to-ceiling windows that let in plenty of natural light.
Bright Accents
A mostly white bedroom can still feel fun with a few colorful moments. In this historic Santa Barbara home, the master bedroom, which was once a porch, houses light furniture and accessories with just a few touches of blue and purple.
Maximize Space
Using standing mirrors in an all-white bedroom is a no-fail way to open up the room.
Clean, Crisp Color Palette
Striped bedding and textured pillows offset this bedroom's all-white color palette nicely.
Cozy Quarters
This room accommodates a queen-size bed and headboard flanked by custom floating bedside tables. To add to the bedroom decor, petite lamps and a homemade single-bulb pendant provide ample light without bulk, and a custom lumbar pillow made from Indian textiles helps the room feel a bit wider.
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