Bedroom

A bedroom is where your day starts and ends, so the art on its walls should suit the mood you want there, whether that is quiet and restful or bright and full of personality. This collection brings together decor designs suited to bedrooms, from pieces that sit above a headboard to designs for the wall you face when you wake up. Use the filters to narrow down by orientation, style, and color. Each design is UV-printed on the back of a clear acrylic panel for a glossy, mirror-like depth.

Deciding where bedroom art will have the most impact

Most people instinctively hang bedroom art above the headboard, and it is a good spot: it is the first thing anyone sees when they walk in, and it gives the bed a clear focal point. What is easy to overlook is that you rarely look at that wall yourself. When you are lying down or sitting up in bed, the headboard wall is behind you.

The wall opposite the bed is the one you actually live with. It is what you see when you wake up and the last thing in view before you switch off the lamp. If you are choosing one piece that you personally love, that wall is often the better home for it, while the headboard wall can take something that frames the bed for anyone entering the room.

In compact bedrooms, the choice is often made for you. A wardrobe, a window, and an air-conditioning unit can leave only one clear stretch of wall, sometimes just the space above a dresser or desk. In that case, a single piece sized to the furniture below it will look more settled than a large piece pushed into whatever space is left. Narrow strips of wall beside a window or between a wardrobe and the door suit vertical designs, which fill the height without crowding the gap.

Sizing art to your bed and headboard

Above a bed, the bed width is a better guide than the wall width. Art that spans roughly half to two-thirds of the bed tends to look balanced; much smaller, and it looks like an afterthought over a large expanse of mattress and pillows. Bed widths vary by manufacturer, so measure your own rather than relying on the label.

As an example, two 40 x 60 cm pieces hung side by side with a 10 cm gap span about 90 cm, which suits a double bed of around 140 cm. A pair also lines up naturally with two nightstands, so it can frame the bed from both sides. Exact dimensions for each design are listed on its product page.

Headboard height affects the space you have to work with. A tall, padded headboard or a wall-mounted aircon unit above the bed can leave much less vertical room than the bare wall suggests, so measure from the top of the headboard to the lowest obstacle above it before choosing a size. Leave a clear gap between the headboard and the bottom of the frame, so the art is not knocked when you sit up against the pillows.

Hanging art securely above the bed

Art above the place where you sleep needs to be fixed properly. Each piece comes with a plastic wall hook and nail and uses a lightweight composite frame, but how firmly any hook holds depends on the wall behind it. Concrete, plywood, and drywall each behave differently, so check your wall type first and use hardware suited to it if the included hook is not right for that surface.

After hanging, give the piece a gentle tug downward to confirm it is secure, and check that it sits level. If you share the bed or tend to lean against the wall, keep the art a little higher than you would over a sofa so elbows and pillows don’t brush against it.

Choosing colors and images for the mood you want

Many people prefer softer, lower-contrast images in a bedroom, such as muted blues and greens, earthy tones, landscapes, and florals. The reasoning is practical rather than mystical: a busy, high-contrast piece keeps drawing your eye at a time when you want the room to feel settled. If that suits you, our floral wall art and calmer abstract designs are good places to start.

That is a preference, not a rule. For a teenager or young adult, the bedroom is often the one space that is fully theirs, and bolder graphic designs, sports themes, or anime-inspired art can make it feel that way. For younger children, our kids room wall art is designed with those spaces in mind.

When coordinating colors, work from the things in the room that rarely change, such as the wall paint, headboard, curtains, and wooden furniture, rather than from your current bedsheets. Bedding is swapped often, and art matched to one set of sheets can clash with the next. A piece that picks up the color of the curtains or the warmth of a wooden dresser will keep working however you change the bed.

How bedroom lighting affects your art

Bedrooms are lit differently from living rooms. Morning sun often comes in low through the window, and at night the main light is usually a bedside lamp sitting close to the wall. Both can create bright spots on a glossy surface, and the acrylic face that gives each piece its depth will reflect them.

Check the planned spot from where you actually look at it: lying on your pillow or sitting up in bed, not standing in the doorway. Do this once in the morning and once at night with the bedside lamp on. If the lamp creates a bright patch, a lampshade that directs light downward or moving the art slightly to one side usually solves it. To keep the art looking its best over time, avoid a spot that receives strong direct sunlight for long periods each day.

Personal art for a private space

Because the bedroom is private, it is often the right place for images that feel too personal for a shared living room: a wedding portrait, a photo from a trip together, or a picture of the moment your family began. With Personalized Art, you send your own photo, and our team prepares a design preview for you to approve before anything is printed. Some people also keep a religious image near the bed as part of their daily prayer, and our religious wall art collection includes designs for that purpose.

Need help choosing bedroom wall art

Send a photo of your bedroom wall with the bed width and wall measurements through our contact page, and we can suggest designs and sizes that fit. Decorating more than one space? Browse all our wall art by room.