A brown bedroom is a traditional option for decorating a relaxation room. Brown color covers a huge segment of the palette: from golden honey and light beige tones to rich chocolate.
In this article we will introduce readers to how to correctly use brown color in a bedroom interior, consider interesting combinations with other shades and tell you what the advantages of color are.
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Advantages of color
Each atmosphere is created taking into account the tastes and preferences of the owners. Some people want to plunge into a world of peace and balance, others want to come up with a kind of authenticity, unlike other analogues. All this becomes possible if you correctly distribute the palette.
The advantages of brown color include the following characteristics:
- harmony with any design style - classic, loft, minimalism, hi-tech, country, eco, modern, art deco, Japandi, shabby chic, Provence and those that have not yet been invented;
- elegance and natural chic;
- wide range of colors from bleached wood to dark wenge;
- the presence of rich (cognac, bronze, copper) and delicate (milk chocolate, coffee with milk, barley) tones.
A good solution would be to use contrasting colors. For example, the walls are finished with light materials, and the furniture is selected dark. And vice versa.
Shade combinations
Beige is a universal solution; it can be complemented with any color you like. The main thing is not to forget about the original purpose of the bedroom, and select paired tones accordingly.
Attention! Do not use overly saturated shades in conjunction with beige: bright green, orange, scarlet, lemon.
The best partner for this color will be brown - such a duet looks organic.
You can also use gray-brown, close in color to cocoa - in this case the interior will not look too laconic.
Successful combinations of finishing materials that differ in texture, various decorative elements and textiles: bedding, bedspreads with pillows, curtains will help make the atmosphere in the rest room warmer and more homely.
But if the room is small, do not overload the space. Replace dark brown with lighter tones or use silver tones to dilute this duo.
Snow-white will be an excellent partner for beige, as well as for brown. Use this combination if you don’t quite understand what result you need - it’s a win-win option.
You can create a comfortable and cozy environment and make the interior expressive.
Please take into account that a bedroom designed in beige tones and in a combination of this tone with other colors should be completely diluted.
This means that furnishings need to be selected so that they do not blend in with surface finishes and textile elements.
Beige-brown can be diluted with active tones: red, purple, orange only if there are patterns in the design of the room, for example, stripes, floral patterns decorating furniture, wallpaper, pillows with a bedspread. This option is suitable for energetic people leading an active lifestyle.
Attention! Beige does not activate overly saturated shades, but only complements them - this is how it differs from white.
In addition to combinations of decorating a relaxation room in brown and beige colors, combinations with light blue and emerald tones will also look great.
If you like luxury and value comfort, use black. This combination is recommended to be used only in exceptional cases, when all rooms in the house are oriented in the same direction.
Do not use too much brown when decorating your bedroom interior, otherwise the atmosphere will be depressing.
Successful color combinations
Brown is a color created by combining blue, red and yellow. This spectrum is missing in the rainbow. But thanks to the sources, successful combinations are formed precisely from these three components.
Shades range from ocher to dark chocolate colors. The following shades are considered the most successful for interiors:
- beige – creates a light and warm palette;
- white - gives the room noble severity;
- Ash with silver trim brings in vintage luxury;
- turquoise - a beautiful duet with dark brown is aimed at sophistication (a basic warm background is needed to correct the designer's findings);
- yellow - relevant for bedrooms with windows facing the North, goes well with chestnut, which softens the aggressiveness of citrus shades, and dark chocolate furniture;
- green - a pleasant combination of natural colors is suitable for Ecodesign, as it gives the interior freshness, cleanliness and naturalness.
Fresh ideas for different styles
Each premises of the household is conventionally divided into functional sections. Beautiful interior design and practicality can be achieved in the implementation of a design project for any bedroom interior in beige.
The versatility of beige lies in its neutrality, which allows you to create masterpieces of interior design. Let's look at the most modern and popular bedroom styles in beige:
Bedroom decoration in brown tones
There is no need to rack your brains for a long time over the choice of finishing materials. Only natural materials or high-quality analogues will help to complete the design in the intended way.
The priority was and remains the tree. But this does not mean that the room needs to be lined with clapboards and beams need to be nailed to the ceiling. The design completely depends on the chosen design direction, but some nuances are similar for all styles. In this case, the dimensions and layout of the room are taken into account.
Ceiling
A bedroom in coffee tones requires special lighting, so a suspended ceiling with built-in lamps would be appropriate. The design is selected taking into account the height of the walls.
If in a high room a multi-tiered ceiling with a well-thought-out lighting system is relevant, then in a small room you will have to be content with a smooth plasterboard covering so as not to reduce the already low height.
In a narrow and long bedroom, beams and slats are appropriate. In irregularly shaped rooms, dark and light shades are combined; in rectangular and square rooms, a light background is used.
When decorating a bedroom in the “Classic” style, it is recommended to use regular whitewash. It emphasizes the natural character of stucco molding and wall bas-reliefs.
Walls
For wall decoration the following are used:
- painting;
- gluing wallpaper, including photo wallpaper on an accent wall;
- fabric covering;
- wood panels, cork.
The texture of the materials depends on the chosen style. Modern design welcomes smooth and even surfaces, while classic design welcomes patterns, stucco molding, high baseboards, moldings, and voluminous textures.
Brown wallpaper in the bedroom plays an important role in creating the overall background, so the color of furniture, floors and textiles directly depends on them.
Floor
It would be appropriate to use laminate, wood board or parquet to cover the floor. The shade is always one or two shades darker than the main background.
Modern
The beige bedroom is characterized by restraint of decorative elements. In this style, modern decorative elements and antique furniture coexist harmoniously. Classic furniture pieces go well with contrasting decorative elements.
It is important that all accessories, pieces of furniture, textiles are in harmony with each other in a single stylish chord. The style involves decorating the walls with silk wallpaper with soft colors.
Furniture for a brown bedroom
The choice of furniture depends on the style, general background, room dimensions, and financial capabilities. The central place and starting point for the entire environment is the sleeping area.
Accents highlight the head and foot areas (pillows, blankets, bedspreads, draperies). Those who like to sleep on wrought-iron beds are recommended to paint the visible surfaces with matte brown paint to match the color of other furniture.
Designer chic, accessible to everyone, is the creation of strict luxury in contrasts. If the furniture is made to match the general background, then it is highlighted with the help of glossy facades.
But usually a “light on dark” pattern or vice versa is used. Surfaces should resonate with each other due to decorative inserts, play of colors, varnish or matte coating.
A spacious storage system is a must. If there is a niche in the room, then it is used not only for installing a bed. The stock looks acceptable in the center and attracts attention. The niche is perfect for a dressing room.
Furniture manufacturers offer options for straight, U-shaped fillings for wardrobes of any size. In a small niche, shelves are placed under the ceiling, additional shelves, boxes, and drawers are installed.
A large niche will accommodate an ottoman, dressing table, and chest of drawers. The entire household is closed with sliding doors to match the overall palette. Mirrors on the doors will visually expand the space of the room.
Sliding wardrobes are gradually becoming a thing of the past, giving way to more practical dressing rooms. In the model range, manufacturers offer open and closed storage systems, with glass doors and blinds instead, hinged and sliding doors.
If there is no niche in the bedroom, then the wardrobe will become almost the only option for storing things, although with a classic design it is better to replace it with a large three-leaf wardrobe.
Design Features
Nuances of using color:
- The light beige color scheme allows you to significantly enlarge the room and give the atmosphere spaciousness, cleanliness and comfort. This design is especially suitable for a small bedroom.
- A beige and blue combination will allow you to refresh the interior of a hot bedroom located on the south side.
- To ensure that the design is not monochrome and boring, the room is diluted with additional shades or various patterns and ornaments, which can be displayed in textiles, bedding, ceiling or wall decoration.
The photo shows the interior of a modern bedroom in beige tones.
Decor and curtains
A light or dark brown bedroom should not seem gloomy and uncomfortable. Decor and textiles play a great role in the interior of a room.
With a general beige background, the windows are draped with dark, rich curtains. If you lean towards wenge or chocolate, light-colored curtains are suitable.
In spacious rooms, curtains are sewn to match the walls. When closed at night, they create a cozy space that promotes relaxation and good sleep.
The following decorative elements are used in the interiors:
- Living plants and flowers are an integral part of any design. Hanging flower pots, ceramic pots on the windowsill, table and floor vases with greenery will compositionally complete the imagined picture.
- Paintings, prints, posters and other wall art are preferred, but not required. If an accent wall is highlighted, then additional decor may be out of place. With all the love for artistic creativity, you have to observe moderation.
- Thought pillows, blankets, bedspreads, carpets will create additional comfort and will not be superfluous.
Chocolate wallpaper in the bedroom is suitable only for light decor. Wall clocks, graphics or patterns are made in white or gold tones.
Lately, 3D stencil designs have come into fashion. Of course, you should not replace wallpaper with them, but it is possible to highlight the area at the head of the room.
The stencil is applied using a special printer. Firms providing such services operate in almost every city. The drawing can be painted over and changed to another design at any time.
Provence
This style is characterized by delicacy and simplicity of decorative items. Accent decor has cream, chocolate or nut shades. This style is good for small and spacious rooms.
Faded, antique shades are often used. Drawings of floral themes on window curtains and artificially aged pieces of furniture are welcome.
Lighting in a brown bedroom
A bedroom with brown walls requires enhanced lighting. Therefore, it is recommended to make it multi-level. Manufacturers of electrical systems for home use offer several scenarios. But they all boil down to a single scheme:
- a central chandelier or built-in overhead lights give the room diffused light;
- wall sconces, floor lamps, ceiling lamps hanging over the bed, table lamps highlight the middle part of the bedroom;
- lighting fixtures for individual zones - LED strips on the mirror frame, under the canopy of the closet, in the dressing room, under the shelves, above the baseboards - serve as lighting.
The darker the walls, the more lamps are installed.
Main advantages
The main advantage of a beige-brown bedroom interior (provided that light shades are used and beige predominates) is the visual expansion of the space. Such interiors look harmonious.
Recommendation: To make the room seem more spacious, you need to use surfaces made of glass and mirrors, fill the bedroom with natural light pouring from the window openings.
Design directions
The option with a design in brown and beige tones is suitable for different styles. This range is appropriate in an eclectic direction, classical, country and modern. Brown-beige colors are also welcome in designs typical of the Victorian era and Baroque style.
Let us dwell on the listed areas in more detail.
To create a royal decor, a large area is required. The central element in such a bedroom should be a massive bed with a luxurious headboard. Antique or classically stylized details are often used. Decorate your bedroom with presentable paintings framed in frames of different configurations.
In modernism, a special place is given to art elements, as well as modern interior components. The highlight of such an interior can be chairs made of transparent plastic.
The eclectic design will appeal to young married couples. This style welcomes experiments with accessories and allows you to combine incompatible items.
Beige is often used as a base color in an eco-friendly direction. This shade is combined, in addition to brown, with emerald, which also embodies naturalness.
The principles of creating country decor are similar to the rules of naturalistic design. You can use colorful details to create accents in the room.
Such elements can be pillows in pillowcases with lace, presentable bedspreads, rare items: for example, a large antique chest of drawers or a voluminous mirror framed.
Selecting curtains
For a brown-beige bedroom you need to choose the right curtains. It is important not to destroy harmony and not to constrain spatial boundaries.
A good choice would be curtains made from light, light fabrics: in a room decorated in a beige-brown palette, it is advisable to use semi-transparent materials.
When choosing curtains, take into account the actual area of the bedroom: if the room is spacious, in addition to beige and snow-white, you can use dark colors.
In a room decorated in a noble beige color scheme, brown curtains will look great.
Options in both warm and cold colors will be appropriate - be guided by individual wishes. You also need to focus on the location of the room: proceed from which side its windows face - north or south.
If you need to cool the atmosphere, choose the second option.
For a small bedroom you need to choose curtains made of organza or muslin fabric that let the sun's rays through.
If the room is spacious, you can give preference to Austrian or French curtains, traditional drapes made of heavy materials, and decorate them with a lambrequin.
Classic sliding roller curtains or Roman blinds are also appropriate in such an interior.
Furnishings
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Furniture products in such a room should differ in configuration, size and palette.
Don't worry about the bed looking too bulky. Thanks to the use of light colors, the room will seem visually more spacious, even if the size of the interior components is large.
