How to decorate a box bedroom
Even the smallest box room can be used as a cosy bedroom, it just takes some careful planning and a few clever storage ideas. When it comes to furnishing the room, I have some tips that will help you make the most of the space.
Use multifunctional furniture
In a small room, multifunctional furniture is your friend and is the key to not over-crowding the room. A few ways you can make your furniture multi-purpose include:
Doubling up a chest of drawers as a bedside table
Using a storage bench at the foot of the bed for seating and storage
A foldaway desk mounted to the wall
Utilise the headboard for additional storage
A note on furniture size: a common mistake in small rooms is to choose small furniture. Larger and fewer pieces of furniture is actually a better choice for a smaller room; it will look less cluttered as there is less to take in.
This isn’t a box room but the idea still stands. Use a chest of drawers to act as a bedside table too, like in this room by Tiffany Leigh Design.
There is sneaky storage in this Ikea Brimnes headboard.
Consider built-ins
Built-ins are a great option for smaller rooms, allowing you to make use of awkward space which wouldn’t necessarily fit a shop-bought piece of furniture. Alcoves, over the top of the bed, under the bed, and under-window areas can all be utilised to add storage without adding too much bulk to the room.
Built in furniture like this designed by Reflections Interior Design makes the most of every inch of space, and usually ends up taking up much less space than free-standing furniture.
Make use of every wall surface
When a bedroom is small, every bit of space counts so it helps to carefully consider every surface that you have.
Putting the bed underneath the window is absolutely fine - a window is unusable wall space so it makes sense to use the space underneath.
If you can, keep the furniture against one wall (rather than spreading it across all walls) - ideally the one that you don’t see from the bed so that you are looking out onto an open space
Don’t forget the walls! They provide valuable space which you can use; mount lights on the wall, and use a row of pegs for hanging storage
You can definitely put the bed underneath the window as seen here, from Refinery29.
Add some wall pegs, or go all out and used pegged rails around the entire room as hanging storage, as seen here from Kate’s Creative Space.
Be clever with colour
Good news - you don’t have to just paint the walls white. I’ve written an entire blog post on using colour to change the perceived size of a room, which you can read here.
You can absolutely use colour in a small room! As seen here in Audrey Carden’s house featured in House & Garden.
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