How to Design a Small Bedroom for Maximum Comfort and Style

When it comes to creating an attractive small bedroom design, there are many different techniques to apply regardless of whether you have a tiny home in Gurgaon or a small apartment in Gurgaon. At ConceptSpaces, we view all of our spaces as being valuable. This includes both small and large spaces. By using the right techniques, you can make your small-sized bedroom feel like a nice and comfortable place to be (regardless of how big it is).

1. Create a Light and Cohesive Color Scheme

Color is a very powerful design tool when it comes to small room interior design. When using light colors such as warm whites, greys/greiges and pale greens on the walls, they appear to recede from the viewer thereby creating the illusion of a larger space. Don’t go for anything else besides two to three color tones that can be used in walls, furniture, and bedding.

Pro Tip

To help make the small bedroom space you have seem bigger than it is, paint the ceiling the same colour as the walls.

2. Buy Multifunctional Furniture

To layout your small bedroom correctly, you need to purchase space-saving functional furniture. In addition to the standard bed, you can also buy a bed that has drawers underneath, as well as a folding desk or work table that can be folded and put away when not in use or use floating shelves instead of a traditional nightstand. Over the last couple of years, Murphy beds have become increasingly popular with bedroom interior design in Gurgaon because you can have more usable space on the floor of your bedroom during the day than a normal bed will allow you to have.

3. Use Vertical Space Cleverly

The vertical wall space in a small bedroom can be put to a good use. The use of tall wardrobe cabinets from floor to ceiling will not only create a great deal of bedroom storage ideas without taking away floor space but will also make the ceiling look higher and thus visually increase the dimensions of the small room. Additional shelving units located just below the ceiling will work perfect for storing books and other decorations.

4. Get Your Lighting Right

With good lighting, a cramped bedroom transforms into a tranquil escape. Combine ambient, task, and accent lighting for your bedroom. Mounted on the ceiling will provide the best source of light with the least amount of clutter. Wall-mounting reading lights provide the most workable area since they take up less vertical area compared to desk lamps or bedside lamps. Placing mirrors opposite windows is a way to reflect light into the room and creates the illusion of an enlarged bedroom.

Design tip

An inexpensive yet effective means of making your bedroom appear larger than it is, is to firmly lean a large mirror against a wall in the corner of the room.

5. Tidy Up and Cut Back on Clutter

Even the best small bedroom designs cannot work magic on top of cluttered rooms. Minimalism must be applied when choosing the accessories and decor elements of the room. Only display objects that you absolutely love or use daily. Use concealed storage options, keep baskets within wardrobes, do not overload your surfaces. This is particularly important when designing bedrooms in Gurgaon since these urban areas often lack square footage.

6. Create Zones Using Rugs and Textures

Using multiple textures in layers can bring depth to a small room while not adding to the cluttered appearance of that room; it sounds like an impossible dream. Using a well-chosen bedroom rug in a small bedroom has the potential to bring both grounding and design aspects to your sleeping space, while adding texture through linens, throws, and woven finishes on headboards to the walls of your small bedroom can lend these walls a sense of elegance and character. 

Concept Spaces has a team of interior designers in Gurgaon, specialized in creating luxurious small-bedroom interiors, as well as providing experience designing small bedrooms in India and providing a bespoke design service for your new living space. Our team will work with you to develop a luxury living space that is functional as well as beautiful. Our designers will also help you maximize the limited amount of room available, giving the illusion of space while also allowing you to create an elegantly decorated small bedroom.