Wood painted deep blue, brick at the headboard, canopy bed and tapestries on the walls: a bedroom in a wooden house can be designed in a variety of ways. We’ll tell you exactly which ones in this post.
Design: Tatyana Ilyina (Sorokina)
Design: Tatyana Ilyina (Sorokina)
Decorating a bedroom in a wooden house
It is better to leave natural, untreated wood in the room - the texture of logs, boards and beams will give a special flavor to the interior.
- If you want to change the color of the walls, you can paint them in one layer with any color.
- It’s even better to use stain, since it is completely safe for the health of residents.
The ceiling in the bedroom of a wooden house remains untreated. Floor finishing is usually done using parquet boards or laminate. The main task when decorating a room is not to disturb the harmony of the space.
Natural materials are completely environmentally friendly, which ensures a healthy indoor microclimate.
Small decorative elements
The design of a bedroom in a house made of timber cannot be cozy without small details that will reflect the character and individuality of its owner or owners. For the bedroom, you can use small candlesticks that are placed on bedside tables or chests of drawers; paintings can be mounted on the walls.
As for artistic works of art, landscapes and country houses with picturesque nature are suitable for wood. More sophisticated and liberated people can look at paintings that evoke intimacy and romance.
And psychologists do not recommend placing photos of relatives and friends in bedrooms. These attributes have a place in the hall or guest room. Photos are appropriate if they depict beautiful places in nature with wild animals. The attic room can be decorated with paintings on fabric with landscapes or ancient motifs.
A lamp with a fabric shade made from natural materials will look original. The lamp can be either on a short or long leg and placed on the floor near the window.
Bedroom design
The interior of a bedroom in a wooden house can be decorated in any style. However, it is better to settle on something authentic, as close to nature as possible. Provence, rustic or eco-style are suitable. Loft, high-tech and other modern styles are usually not used in such houses: naturalness remains a priority.
Photos of a bedroom in a wooden house make you admire the luxurious texture of wooden surfaces with a unique natural pattern. When decorating a room in a country style, you need to provide maximum light, so you should not use thick curtains.
The wooden texture goes well with beautiful antique candlesticks, textiles with lace, and napkins on tables.
An excellent solution is to decorate the bedroom in Provence style. In this case, designers recommend using “aged” furniture, forged items, and textiles with floral patterns.
Scandinavian style welcomes delicate pastel shades, often dominated by white. This allows you to make the bedroom cozy, bright and spacious. For decoration, elements made of natural wood or stone are used. Bedroom decoration should highlight the beauty of natural materials.
How to choose a bed?
Beds look best surrounded by wooden walls and ceilings:
- with textile headboard. A soft panel, upholstered in plain or printed fabric, smooth or with piqué, will contrast with the wood texture and help create a cozy, soothing interior.
Design: Desatori
Design: Desatori
- leather. Suitable for loft-oriented rooms, “men’s” bedrooms, and interiors decorated in the spirit of English club houses.
Design: Verdan Brkic, Anna Garmash
Design: Verdan Brkic, Anna Garmash
- from the array. To avoid overdoing the rustic effect, choose smooth, semi-gloss finishes as opposed to textured walls and ceilings.
Design: Natalia Vasilyeva
Design: Natalia Vasilyeva
Design: Tino Zervudachi
Design: Tino Zervudachi
- Beds with a laconic, almost spartan design are not suitable
Bedroom in the attic
Before equipping a bedroom in the attic, it must be thoroughly insulated. You need to start registration only after preliminary preparation.
Transverse wooden beams will help hide sharp corners. In addition, this task can be overcome with the help of textile drapery, light finishing, and a minimal set of furniture.
The advantage of the second floor is that it is usually warmer there. Therefore, placing a bedroom here is a good idea.
Assembly sequence
The height of the box should be up to 200 mm, and its width of the sides should be 50 mm. Therefore, you need to glue several bars together. Wood glue is applied to each side, and each piece is fastened into a group of up to 4 pieces.
The glued bars are adjusted to the required dimensions. The side blanks must have a length of 2200 mm. The central longitudinal jumper is 2100 mm, and two end panels are 1610 mm each.
Corner connections are made like a lock. To do this, the upper and lower bars are cut down to 50 mm each. The central block is cut at the end workpiece. Next, the joining points are treated with glue and driven into the groove.
The stages of manufacturing and assembling the bed should be carefully followed.
Then the central transverse jumper is installed - 2000 mm. Stop bars are installed on the underside of the box. The central longitudinal partition will rest on them.
Legs are mounted in the corners, fastenings are made using self-tapping screws and bolts. To prevent the center from sagging, several more supports are attached to the jumper located in the middle.
Additional shelves are mounted on the sides of the frame so that the covering boards can be laid on them. After them, the crossbars are laid, but so that they do not lie tightly to each other.
The last stage is surface treatment. This is a brief instruction on how to make a bed with your own hands.
Attic bedroom
The sloping ceiling in the bedroom of a wooden house can be turned into the main highlight of the interior. He creates an original configuration, helping to realize interesting ideas.
Wood beams fit perfectly into most rustic styles. The interior acquires a special charm, emphasizing the individuality of the wooden house.
The room should be well lit with natural light, and additional devices should be used. To overload the space, do not use a large amount of furniture. Experiments with accessories, decorative pillows, textiles, curtains, and original wall lamps are allowed.
The presence of tulle on the windows is a must. Without appropriate design of window openings, the interior turns out to be too “dry” and boring.
Chest of drawers or wardrobe
More often, furniture for clothes and bed linen with towels is placed in the bedroom to improve functionality. You can do without a closet or chest of drawers when the building has a separate wardrobe room. But if the house is compact, then you should think carefully about the design and color of additional furniture.
In a wooden house, cabinets covering the entire wall to the height of the ceiling will fit harmoniously. Before you decorate your bedroom, you need to decide what color the furniture will be, starting with the bed. The ideal option would be if the bed and wardrobe or chest of drawers are made in the same style and from the same material. For compactness, it is better to order a solid cabinet, but not deep, with a sliding door. The outer wall is decorated with glass with or without spraying.
A room will look stylish where one wall is covered with wallpaper with flowers or monograms, and the cabinet mirror will have the same engraving. In cases where it is not possible to install a full-fledged wardrobe, it can be replaced with a compact chest of drawers. Most often, a chest of drawers is installed in an attic bedroom, where the ceilings have a sloping angle and it is not possible to install a full-fledged wardrobe. A chest of drawers increases the functionality of the room and can always be decorated with small details that will highlight the interior of the bedroom.
Original mezzanine bedroom
The attic allows you to equip a mezzanine bedroom - this layout is often used in small country houses. The option is a mezzanine on the floor. A slight rise is created in the room, on which the sleeping area is located.
The main advantage of this solution is that it allows you to arrange several functional areas in one room at once, thereby saving space. In addition, there is no need to come up with new design solutions: the recreation area is designed in exactly the same way as the entire interior.
Furnishing a mezzanine bedroom is a popular modern solution. It is convenient, practical and functional. However, one important point must be taken into account: such a bedroom looks organic only in small rooms; in spacious rooms it looks completely out of place.
Material characteristics
The wood used is divided into two groups: hard wood and soft wood. True, wood from the first group is considered stronger and more durable than from the second category. In practice, it is almost impossible for an ordinary person to distinguish such materials from each other.
The most commonly used wood species are:
Pine
It belongs to the category of soft wood species, and also has soothing, healing and antibacterial effects. This wood is resistant to rodents and insects, has a high level of strength and protection from moisture due to its high content of natural resins.
Pine is one of the first trees to be used for making beds.
Oak
Oak furniture is a classic. Beds made from this material are distinguished by their massiveness and presentability. This wood belongs to the category of hardwoods and has an impressive weight.
A big plus is that the oak bed is very strong, durable and, thanks to the unique composition of the wood itself, is reliably protected from rot and various insects.
Beech
Just like the previous species, it is considered a hard tree. It has almost the same characteristics as oak furniture, but is slightly inferior to them. The appearance is quite presentable, the beech beds themselves are beautiful and durable.
It has increased resistance to external mechanical influences.
Alder
This wood belongs to the softwood category. Typically, such material is used to create some individual elements of the bed, and not the entire frame as a whole.
The array easily lends itself to almost any technical manipulation.
Hevea
This wood belongs to the category of very expensive ones, since this variety is considered to be a redwood category. The undeniable advantages of this solid wood are moisture resistance, increased service life, strength, durability, and resistance even to strong and sudden temperature changes.
In addition, Hevea is considered a tree to which no allergic reaction will occur, plus such wood does not absorb any aromas at all. True, the cost of such material is quite high.
Ash
Beds made from this material are considered strong, durable, stable and safe, and they also have a very presentable and stylish appearance. In terms of technical characteristics, the wood itself is very similar to beech or oak, although it is cheaper.
The ancient Druids believed that a sleeping place made from this particular wood was reliably protected, like the whole house, from evil spirits. Ash beds are affordable for almost everyone.
Birch
The solid wood of this tree is very durable and has an unusual, almost uniform whitish color. This bed is distinguished by some indescribable comfort and warmth. It looks unusual, but quite stylish, and its service life with proper care is almost unlimited.
Birch can be used both for making entire beds and for just some parts.
Other trees are also used, for example, dogwood, apple, acacia, boxwood, walnut, and so on.
To increase the service life, as well as to increase the strength of the product and its protection, the wood is additionally treated with a variety of resins and antiseptics. Their use does not reduce the quality of solid wood, but it highlights and improves its appearance.
Furniture selection and lighting
Wooden furniture is ideal for a wooden house. Items can be small or massive, modern or antique: the choice depends entirely on the style of the interior.
- Designers recommend choosing beds and nightstands with carved finishes. You can add a little romance with the help of wicker armchairs and chairs.
- Elegant forged elements look very good in a wooden bedroom. But you shouldn’t use them in large quantities, otherwise they will make the interior too heavy.
When organizing lighting, it is necessary to strictly observe safety precautions. Wood is a very fire hazardous material. It is strictly not recommended to use ordinary candles or other open flame sources.
Dimensions
Like other types of beds, wooden beds come in a variety of sizes. The entire size range can be divided into several groups:
- Single. The simplest option. The sizes of such models range from 80 x 200 cm to 100 x 200 cm. In some cases, there are models with a shorter length, but the length of 2 meters makes it possible to use such a bed for both an adult and a teenager or child.
- One-and-a-half-bed models are usually designed to sleep one adult or two children. Also, such furniture is ideal for those who need a lot of free space to sleep. The most popular is a one-and-a-half bed with dimensions of 150 x 200 cm. This is the largest size in this category.
There are also sizes such as 120 x 200 cm, 130 x 200 cm and 140 x 200 cm.
- Double models have the largest size and impressive dimensions. The minimum size of such a bed is 160 x 200 cm, and the maximum is 200 x 205 cm. There are also intermediate options with a length and width increment of five centimeters.
- Wooden cribs The most popular models are those with dimensions of 800 x 1100 mm, 900 x 1500 mm and 900 x 1900 mm. Such models can be stationary, that is, not changing their length, or growing, the length of which increases as the baby grows.
It is worth especially noting the fact that some manufacturers of wooden beds can produce such furniture according to individual orders of non-standard sizes.
In any case, there should be no problems with choosing the ideal sleeping place.
Textiles and curtains
All materials used to decorate the bedroom must be hypoallergenic. It is better if it is natural fabrics.
The bedspread, like the curtains, should match the color scheme that dominates the room and harmoniously matches the color of the wood.
To enliven the interior, contrasting combinations and a small number of bright colors are used. However, if the wall decoration is made in a dark color, it is recommended to combine it with light textiles in delicate tones.
Colors of products made from different types of wood
- Walnut is very durable and easy to process. The color shade of the final product is determined by the type of wood used. It can be slightly gray, brown or very dark.
- Maple products have a slightly shiny yellowish tint.
- If a wooden bed is made from ash wood , it can have a rather unusual appearance because it is very flexible. This allows you to decorate the backs with carved figures and give the legs a graceful curve.
Product blanks can be easily ground and polished. During drying, they do not develop small cracks.
Natural ash has a pleasant golden color, but most manufacturers, as a rule, use different tinting.
This wooden bed is environmentally friendly and can last for decades.
Most often, customers are offered the following products:
- Single models;
- Bunk beds;
- Folding sofas;
- Beds with side tables.
The room should be ventilated more often and freed from dust. The polished surface should be wiped with a cotton napkin, while avoiding excessive wetting of the product. If small cracks or scratches appear, they must be treated with a special primer or varnish.
In order for a wooden bed to be of good quality and serve for a long time, you need to inquire about the company that made it.
Decor features
When choosing decorative elements, the first thing you should consider is style. It’s good if the items are not only beautiful, but also practical.
Can be used:
- Clocks and lamps have interesting shapes;
- Bedspread and decorative pillows;
- Curtains to protect from bright light;
- Carpets that insulate the floor surface;
- Unusual candlesticks;
- Living plants.
Textiles combine very harmoniously with wood texture, provided that natural materials are used. In addition, handmade items look great in a rustic interior.
Light
The light should be gentle and dim. It’s great if the sun illuminates the room most of the day, and the moon comes to visit at night. To do this, free up as much space as possible by the window; the curtains should be translucent, or you need to open them during the daytime.
As for artificial light, dim blue, yellowish, pink shades are suitable. Chandeliers and lampshades are required. You can install several light bulbs with a small lighting area in the ceiling or floor and turn them on so that the lighting in the bedroom at night is dim. This will help you relax completely.
