These Rooms Prove Patterned Bedding Can Feel Grown-Up, Too
Your bedding is ripe with design potential, especially if you’re open to different kinds of patterns and textiles. So we looked to our home tours archive for sophisticated bedding in a variety of colors and prints, to show just what a little pattern play can do in a bedroom. Here are eight bedrooms that might make you rethink your plain bedding.
It Makes a Room More Inviting
Whoever said patterns couldn’t look grown-up has obviously never seen Becca and Doug’s cheery California bedroom. Instead of using neutral bedding to offset bolder textiles in the room, the pair opted for a colorfully patterned blanket (with an earth-toned ground) to brighten up the space.
It Energizes a Small Bedroom
A small bedroom is no match for an eye-catching print. Case in point: Carrie and Patrick’s Los Angeles bedroom, where a brightly upholstered bed frame makes a colorful statement without overpowering any other graphic elements, like patterned wallpaper and art, in the room. The Inside is a great place to check for bold and patterned beds.
It Balances Out Brighter Accents
Searching for a stylish way to subdue a statement wall or bedroom ceiling? Take a cue from Steve and Robin Anderson’s Cambridge, Massachusetts home and use colorfully patterned bedding to balance out flashier elements in the room — like a striped, bright yellow ceiling. You can find similar bedding sets at Target (and for a good price, too).
It Warms Up a Cool Color Palette
Nothing livens up a soothing bedroom scene quite like a burst of color. Warm up a cool-toned bedroom palette with some vibrantly patterned textiles, like the kaleidoscopic floral bedding we spotted in Judy and Don’s Houston, Texas home. If you want a similar style, Anthropologie is full of gorgeous quilts like this one.
It Enhances Neutrals
A little pattern play goes a long way in an earth-toned bedroom. Employ a handful of splashy throw pillows, like the spotted and patterned ones we saw in Lianna Utley’s Milwaukee, Wisconsin loft, to energize an otherwise neutral space. Places like World Market and Society6 have a ton of options (including our Pattern of the Year pillow).
It Modernizes Antique Furniture
Looking for an easy and affordable way to update an antique bed frame? Brightly patterned bedding, like the blanket Alexandra and Eliot Angle used in their Los Angeles abode, instantly modernizes retro bedroom furniture without costing an arm and a leg. Explore Urban Outfitters, Etsy, and West Elm for a wide selection of colorful throws.
It Creates Burst of Color
Why stick with one color or pattern for your bedding when you can use several? Follow in Alice and Lucy Oehr’s footsteps and layer your bed with a medley of prints, patterns, and colors to score an eclectic bedroom scene.
Too much of it is always just enough
If you thought too many patterns could overwhelm a single bedroom, then think again. Go for a blend of printed bedding, rugs, art, and textiles to create a colorful, but curated, bedroom scene, just like we saw in Nina and Mohamed’s Moroccan home.