Bedroom Design IdeasA bedroom should feel like it has always been yours.

Wallpaper, a high-gloss painted ceiling, lamplight and good linen. Send a photo of your bedroom and I’ll send it back designed, with every piece named and sourced.

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Blue botanical bedroom with the wallpaper carried over the ceiling, a white upholstered headboard, a floral quilt, a cane bench and a scalloped rug — Blue botanical wallpaper carried over the ceiling.

Wallpaper the whole room

A small bedroom looks best fully papered, sloped ceilings and all. A floral or a trailing botanical makes the corners disappear, and the room feels cozy rather than cramped.

Paint the ceiling in high gloss

A flat white ceiling stops the eye. Paint it in high-gloss paint, in a soft color from the wallpaper — sage, blush, pale blue — and it catches the lamplight and glows.

French country bedroom with a painted blue-gray four-poster bed, white linen and gingham pillows, a gilt chandelier, linen-textured walls and an antique rug — French country: a painted four-poster, white linen, gingham and a gilt chandelier.

Light it low and warm

Sconces or lamps either side of the bed, warm bulbs, pleated or linen shades. Never a single light in the middle of the ceiling.

Small attic bedroom with pink and green floral wallpaper, a pink high-gloss ceiling, a sage upholstered headboard set in an arched alcove, brass sconces and a scalloped jute rug — A small attic bedroom: floral wallpaper, a pink ceiling, the bed tucked into an arch.

Dress the bed

Crisp white linen, one patterned quilt, a bench at the foot. It’s what makes a bedroom look like a hotel you’d want to stay in.

Your bedroom, designed

Send a photo of your bedroom. I’ll send it back designed — wallpaper, paint, lighting, bedding and furniture, every piece named and sourced. Starting at $750, about a week.

Questions

Can you design my bedroom from a photo?

Yes. Send photos and rough dimensions, and I’ll send your bedroom back designed, with every piece named and sourced. Starting at $750, about a week.

What wallpaper suits a small bedroom?

A floral or trailing botanical with a soft ground, carried over every wall and ideally the ceiling. A larger pattern makes a small bedroom feel cosier, not smaller.

What color should a bedroom ceiling be?

A soft color taken from the wallpaper, such as sage, blush or pale blue, in high-gloss paint so it reflects the lamplight. A flat white ceiling over a papered room looks unfinished.

How do you make a bedroom feel like an English cottage?

Floral wallpaper, a high-gloss painted ceiling, warm lamplight, white linen with one patterned quilt, a jute or vintage rug, and a few old pieces of furniture.