Cozy Scandinavian Bedroom Design

My Cozy Scandinavian Bedroom Design

I’m walking you through how I planned my future bedroom makeover. If you are designing your bedroom, I hope you find decor inspiration and helpful tips on how to plan a room design.

If you’ve been around here for a while, you might have picked up on the fact that cozy, modern Scandinavian style is my jam. After designing the rest of our house in this style, I wanted to replicate it in my bedroom.

See my tip here on decorating opportunities in a closed floor plan.

Using Your Current Furniture

When planning a design, it’s important to take inventory of what you already have and decide what you would like to keep and what you’d like to replace.

For my bedroom design, we have older furniture that I’m not ready to replace yet. So, I needed to incorporate these pieces into the design.

One of the main pieces in this bedroom makeover that I had to consider was our headboard. John bought this for me for my birthday when we first moved in and while I’m not someone who holds onto stuff because it has a sentimental value, I wanted to include this in the design instead of purging everything!

While this headboard isn’t one hundred percent my style, I like how it gave a deep contrast and starting point for the rest of my ideas in the room.

Grey Oriental Rug

I haven’t decided which rug to go with yet, so I’m curious to know which rug is your favorite. Let me know in the comments!

Scandinavian Style Nightstands

Next up: Nightstands! We’ve had the same $11 nightstands since we first started living together years ago. I am READY for an upgrade!

One thing I’ve been seeing a lot lately that makes a HUGE impact in the bedroom is wide nightstands versus narrow nightstands.

You have your typical-sized nightstands, but if you have the space and it would be to scale with your room, wider nightstands can make the bedroom feel luxurious.

If you’re like me, you use that nightstand as a dumping ground, so the more space the better! I also wanted nightstands that had drawers in them for this purpose — hiding the clutter.

Crate & Barrel Nightstand

I found these absolutely gorgeous nightstands at Crate and Barrel that are not only wide, have drawers, and are wood, but ALSO have a hole in the back for CHARGERS!

Chargers and cords are the poison of a perfectly staged bedroom. I say staged because you never see cords in the bedroom in magazines, etc. But honestly, that’s how we live! We have cords, books, remotes, snacks (*no judgement!*), so having all the bells and whistles of these nightstands are amazing.

I would like to point out that these nightstands are pricey. This of course depends on your budget, but if you can save up, won’t regret this design decision because of how amazing these nightstands are for the bedroom!

Pottery Barn Nightstand

The second option I found are these low-profile nightstands from Pottery Barn.

I like that they have drawers and a shelf for storage. The wood is more of blonder tone that has a simple, timeless look.

The Pottery Barn nightstands are not as wide as the Crate and Barrels ones, but they still have that high-quality look.

I kept both nightstand options in the design because at the end of the day, I have to measure that wall and see what will fit and what is to scale with the room.

Now to wrap up some final details, I mentioned I wanted to save the decor pillow for last. I wanted to contrast the natural colored comforter with white, which I’ve already done with the throw, and I want to do again with the decor pillow. But not just any white decor pillow – I wanted one that also had *some* black detailing in it so that it also ties the room together with one small, but large!, bow.

So far the best one I found is an outdoor pillow, haha. When I actually turn this e-design into a reality and transform the room, I’ll have to see if I still want this pillow, if it’s soft enough, or if there is a one similar for what I’m going for.

For the final few details, that frankly I am still deciding on, includes the art above the bed and the intricate detailing on the wall.

We absolutely love the beach! Our current bedroom is in the coastal design style. I wanted to find an art piece that reflected the beach, but was still in the warm color palette I was working with.

Finally, I didn’t want the bedroom wall to fall too flat, I didn’t want to overdo it, and I also didn’t want to do the same thing I’ve been seeing all over the internet. I wanted to try something different. I am considering adding some painted wood, or more formally called batten, to the walls to sort of create this “anchor” effect for the bed. I’m still deciding, but feel free to comment your thoughts down below to help me in my decision making!

So far, this is as far as I’ve gotten with this bedroom even though there is a whole other optical view to consider – the wall in front of this one! So I may do a Part 2 of this video soon! Be sure to subscribe on YouTube for updates!

If you’d like me to create an e-design for you, you can view my design services here.

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