How to Decorate a Bedroom With a City Theme
A city theme gives a bedroom a contemporary, urban edge. You can invest in a full bedroom redesign to create the look of a loft conversion, or spend a weekend integrating materials, motifs and artwork celebrating city life. Either way, you can personalize your city bedroom by displaying a collection of postcards and maps celebrating the world's cities or by devoting a wall or shelf to a gallery of family photographs in gleaming metal frames. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Paint
- Architectural features
- Wallpaper mural or decals
- Furniture
- Textiles
- Lighting
- Artwork and accessories
Instructions
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Redesign your bedroom with urban architectural features. A skylight or solar tubes open up the room to natural light. A sleeping loft, work loft or simple loft bed evokes loft conversions in metropolitan areas. Floors in stained or stamped concrete have an urban edge. Exposed ceiling beams and wall posts show off the bones of your room's architecture. If you have a small terrace or balcony off the bedroom, add a small table and chairs for a city sidewalk cafe look.
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Establish a color scheme with paint and finishes. A city theme can go cool and industrial, with blue, stone gray, chrome, nickel, stainless steel and silver accents, or it can go bright and bountiful, with hues and patterns inspired by city maps, famous world architecture and public art.
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Finish an accent wall with an eye-catching graphic. A large-scale map or a collection of maps can serve as a focal point on an accent wall. Consider wallpaper murals with city themes such as street grids, transportation, famous sites or brick walls with brilliant graffiti art. Wall decals featuring a cityscape or graffiti lettering are other options.
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Furnish your room with stylish and sleek pieces. Angular wooden and metal frames on low, modular pieces give a room contemporary sophistication and allow natural light to move through the space. Hidden storage options, such as low cabinets, closet organizers and storage drawers or baskets under the bed, keep the look streamlined.
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Accessorize your city bedroom. A large work of abstract or contemporary art should hang over the head of the bed. Found art, hardware and objects give an interior a cutting-edge urban look. Illuminate the space with recessed lighting for a minimalist look, or shine miniature, gallery-style spotlights on key areas and artwork. Modular carpet tile on floors gives bedroom decor graphic pop.
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