5 ideas to furnish the bedroom in a shabby chic style

How many times have you thought of furnishing your room in a shabby chic style, fantasizing about a wonderful sleeping area and then waking up in a room that doesn't satisfy you at all?

Well, we have good news for you: creating a shabby chic room (but a comfortable room, not a museum!) Is not that difficult. In our opinion these five precautions are enough that we have gathered in this little guide.

Maybe your room is not an attic like this you see in our photos, but never mind: large, small, high, low, ancient or modern, let's see how to transform it into a shabby chic bedroom you've always dreamed of!

1. To furnish a perfect shabby chic room...consider the potential of the room!

The first golden rule? Let's put it this way, it is useless to expect something impossible from your room: you would risk distorting everything and nothing else. Don't stare at the loft room if the ceilings are too low, don't focus too much on a walk-in closet if the square footage doesn't allow it. Look around you with a critical eye and evaluate well the possibilities of your bedroom.

This one, for example, is an attic with a very sloping roof. Choosing an important bed, maybe a canopy bed, would have been impossible: better a low bed, perhaps to be embellished with pillows and blankets. Hanging paintings could be a problem, but there are some beautiful beams.

Try to do the best with what you have available: the result will still be beautiful and you will have taken advantage of the true potential of the room.

2. Neutral tones and antique wood for your shabby chic style room

Decorating the bedroom in a shabby chic style means having an eye for color shades. The ideal is a neutral and elegant palette: gray, beige, taupe...and, of course, white. You can give yourself a touch of color (sage green, powder pink, pastel blue) as long as there is no shade that "weighs" more on the others. Each color should merge into a harmonious whole, so it will be the room as a whole to hit and not the single detail. The furniture will be more restful and will not tire you.

Do not underestimate objects that are not part of the furniture: even books and clothes have their own color! Better, if it's possible, to hide what stands out too much from view and to show what mixes with the background. Look: even the computer is white in this room!

Finally, use as much as possible pickled furniture, artfully antiqued and unevenly painted. Don't forget that this is perhaps the element that characterizes the shabby style more than many others: the house must have a lived-in look even if new. In our store you will find this white pickled chest of drawers with raised writing, a perfect piece of furniture to start decorating your shabby chic bedroom with a romantic and delicate touch.

Obviously you are not obliged to choose only pickled furniture: by combining them with other finishes you will create a very harmonious arrangement.

3. The secret to an impeccable shabby chic room? The organization!

A shabby chic style bedroom is the realm of details, but the secret is always the organization of spaces. We can also fill the room with knick-knacks, hearts and lanterns, because they are decorative objects that go well with the environment, but other things should remain as hidden as possible.

You may not have noticed at first glance (and the beauty is right here) but this attic room is full of storage units. Drawers and baskets are disguised as raised writings and heart-shaped knobs, as in this delightful white console with a slightly Provençal charm. Details are everywhere but not noticed: the most beautiful bedrooms never have objects around, they are hidden with a lot of cunning!

4. Découpage and creative recycling to decorate your shabby chic room

Look at the back wall well: do you notice anything unusual? Those are not real shelves, but a set of fruit crates transformed into delicious rustic shelves.

Another golden rule for furnishing the bedroom in a shabby chic style is to use objects with a past as much as possible. Maybe repainted and updated, if you're up to speed with manual work. And if you are looking for some trendy ideas for creative do-it-yourselfers, in our blog you will find a collection of creative ideas to furnish with wooden boxes: have fun with decoupage and make your room even more beautiful and unique!

5. Candles, lights and lanterns: create the right atmosphere for your shabby room!

What else do you need to complete your dream shabby chic room? The right lighting. In our store you will find this delightful set of white decorative lanterns, perfect for this style and very elegant. In general, light is very important to create an intimate and evocative atmosphere: we recommend creating light spots here and there in the bedroom, small luminous islands, in addition to the central light (or perhaps in replacement). The shabby lanterns are excellent for candles, but also spotlights and lamps suspended above the bedside tables are excellent solutions.

To sum up: what do we need to furnish the bedroom in a shabby chic style? Neutral colors, pickled furniture, salvaged objects, a neutral palette and some lanterns.

But above all, here is the sixth rule: the most beautiful bedrooms are those in which one lives well! If your room is comfortable, it communicates harmony and allows you to relax...well, then you already have your dream room!