By Country Living Staff, Country Living
Create a sleeping space that's clean and calm (and anything but boring!) with our white decor ideas for your bedroom.
Airy Aesthetic
The mix of antiques found in this Hamptons master bedroom feel fresh thanks to the white walls and soft hues chosen for the furniture.
Bright Accents
A mostly white bedroom can still feel fun with a few colorful moments. In this historic Santa Barbara home, the master bedroom, which was once a porch, houses white furniture and accessories with just a few blue and purple linens.
White Panels
Take a cue from the owner of this dreamy Michigan lake house and add some interest to your white bedroom by installing wide-set panels on your walls.
Wow with Wallpaper
With washed out furniture, floors, ceilings, linens, and more, this large bedroom needed something warm and special, which inspired this Mississippi farmhouse owner to feature one bold wall with a stenciled wallpaper design.
Vintage Leather Accents
Even a leather headboard and chair can't overpower this airy barn loft found thanks to its floor-to-ceiling windows that let in plenty of natural light.
Shiplap All Over
This white paneled-covered barn loft feels extra big and open thanks to minimal furniture and the neutrals featured throughout.
Warm Whites
Prevent your space from feeling cold and stark by featuring warm white shades throughout. This historic home's bedroom feels cozy and inviting thanks to distressed ivory antiques and peg rail-lined walls.
Maximize Space
Using standing mirrors in an all-white bedroom is a no-fail way to open up the room.
Clean, Crisp Color Palette
Striped bedding and textured pillows offset this bedroom's all-white color palette nicely.
Cozy Quarters
This room accommodates a queen-size bed and headboard flanked by custom floating bedside tables. To add to the bedroom decor, petite lamps and a homemade single-bulb pendant provide ample light without bulk, and a custom lumbar pillow made from Indian textiles helps the room feel a bit wider.
A Touch of Contrast
White porcelain doorknobs and decor pop against black doors in this elegant 1850s bedroom.
Texture All Over
Leats, pintucks, and stitching bring interest and texture to otherwise-understated bedding. Spindle posts add a touch of elegance in this 161-year-old grain mill.
Old & New
The owners of this rustic 18-century home added a modern touch with a sleek white four-poster bed draped in an 1800s coverlet and opted for his-and-his bookcases rather than traditional stands.
Shiplap Walls
The laser-cut lantern casts soft shadows on the shiplap walls at night in this California farmhouse.
A Calming Retreat
The homeowners of this Washington farmhouse painted their bedroom white, but added a series of neutral items-the platform bed, antique blankets, and old leather chair-to the room to give it warmth.
Colonial Style
In the early 1900s, this room was created as a "children's tea ballroom." Today the all-white space is a guest bedroom. The designer, Alexandra Champalimaud, selected the Louis XV bed, which still bears the wheels and handles that were used to move it toward a fire or an open window 250 years ago. Here, the bed stays put-and offers glorious views of the gardens.
Planked Bedroom
White walls and flooring cover the bedroom of this New York farmhouse. The four-poster pine bed wears linens from Pottery Barn.
Pop of Red
In this California home's master bedroom, white bedding pairs with a Garnet Hill striped duvet cover and throw pillows made out of vintage fabrics.
Traditional–Modern Juxtaposition
The master bedroom in this Oregon house offers a lesson in mixing old and new: A 1940s mahogany four-poster bed that one of the owners liberated from the barn of a friend's mother-shortly after graduating from the University of Maine-is dressed with pillows by Martha Stewart for Macy's, and an Ikea throw drapes across a pair of 1920s English oak corner chairs. The turn-of-the-century side tables sport lamps from Home Goods.
Cottage Guest Room
The pantry in this Nantucket cottage morphed into the "Ship's Room," where a built-in daybed evokes a boat berth, beckoning guests to curl up with a good book. A wooden barrel top and a nautical buoy combine to make timeworn wall art.
Country Attic
Whitewashing the walls in the attic bedroom of this Montana farmhouse heightened the drama of its pointed arch. "I love the way the horizontal boards emphasize the lines of the pitched ceiling," the owner says. She found the turn-of-the century iron bed on her first trip to Montana; the chandelier came from an antiques store in Santa Barbara. An English Home quilt (on the bed) and Matteo blanket (draped over the banister) keep the scene from feeling chilly.
Bright Idea: No need to call an electrician: Simply hang a chandelier from a hook, with the chain doubling as jewelry.
Traditional Guest Room
The guest room in this upstate New York house felt complete with little more than a mid-1800s spindle bed, often called a Jenny Lind after the famous Swedish singer of the time who toured America in a P.T. Barnum production. A plant stand merits new use as a side table.
Vintage Rustic
The owners of this Northern California home installed railroad trestles as beams in their bedroom. A flea-market oil portrait watches over the antique iron bed, covered with Pottery Barn's fisherman-knit blanket. The walls and ceiliing are painted Kelly-Moore's White.
Textured Surfaces
Embroidery adds texture to an interior, while mirrors and mirrored surfaces-in a lamp, tray, or table-make spaces sparkle. Use glass-doored cabinets to highlight favorite items, like the shells and ironstone shown here.
Layers of White
This antique cast-iron bed is dressed in a white cable-knit throw from the Martha Stewart Collection and a white duvet cover by French Laundry Home. A white Anthropologie teacup lamp sits atop the white turned-leg nightstand.
Traditional Master Bedroom
Built in 1932 as the prototype for a planned community on Lake Michigan, this cabin came with a jumble of Old Hickory furniture-antiques that today carry an impressive appraisal. Instead of fighting the lodge vibe, the owners embraced it, tweaking things here and there to suit their style. For example, they painted the master bedroom's 1930s maple bed and dresser black, then "aged" them with a sanding block.
Streamlined Master Bedroom
In this New York house, tongue-and-groove planks line the walls of the master bedroom and cover its headboard, which conceals a closet (accessed on the other side). The sconce is from Restoration Hardware; the navy blanket from Layla.
Country White
A plaid blanket by L.L. Bean laid across an iron bed from Bear Mountain Mercantile adds color and pattern to a guest room.
Bright idea: Turn old sporting goods into witty wall art by spray painting them white.
Cape Cod Room
A coat of clean, fresh white paint will instantly attract light in any bedroom. Here, a woven-frame mirror from West Elm paired with a mid-century dresser casts a refined look. The gilded touches serve as an interesting contrast to the rural, airy feel created by the connecting screened-in porch.
Comfy Child's Bedroom
Linens by My Adobe Cottage adorn an Ikea bed in this simple, cozy child's bedroom.
Pale and Peaceful
This master bedroom's pale palette incorporates different shades of white, cream, gray, and green. The linen headboard cover is by Shabby Chic.
Bright idea: Spray-paint birch and willow wreaths gold for a sophisticated effect.
Zen-Like Bedroom
A white-on-white scheme creates an airy, restful master bedroom. Its cheetah-print wicker chair and ottoman offer another nook for reading.
Mix of Patterns
An all-white bed makes mixing patterns and textures easy. This bed boasts at least four different textiles in different shades of white, including lace, matelasse and homespun fabrics.
Whimsical Bedroom
The bed-frame in this whimsical white bedroom was repurposed from parts of older furniture. The reward is a unique, fresh piece.
Make the Most of White
Not all whites are the same. Once you start layering different tones, you can't assume they'll all go together. You've got to look at them next to one another to see if they blend.
White is fantastic at softening architectural quirks. If everything's painted white, then that odd steam pipe almost magically disappears.
Always remember that white demands accessorizing. Layers of objects with different textures make white rooms really come together!
