The Most Beautifully Styled IKEA Beds We’ve Seen
>Beds are one of the biggest furniture investments you can make in your home, and we’re totally behind spending a couple grand on a timeless bed frame if you can afford it. But if your budget is tight and you have other priorities, you can easily get away with a simple metal bed frame or an affordable IKEA design. That said, you don’t have to settle for “basic” if you do. With some thoughtful styling or even a little customizable paint or upholstery, you can take a ubiquitous IKEA bed frame from simple to statement-making. Read on below to get inspired by some of our favorite IKEA bedrooms.
>Fitzhugh Karol and Lyndsay Caleo of The Brooklyn Home Company put a rustic wooden room divider at the foot of the IKEA Brimnes bed to create privacy and define the sleeping area in this 400-square-foot Brooklyn apartment.
>Jennifer Hagler of A Merry Mishap covered the headboard of her IKEA Malm bed with black contact paper to bring some contrast to her white walls and layer more color into her black-and-white bedroom. We love how the simple hack made the bed her own.
>Designer Athena Calderone’s Amagansett bedroom is a beautiful example of a high-low mix. She paired the IKEA Malm bed with an ABC Carpet & Home Color Reform Silk Overdyed Rug (prices begin around $6400) for quite the juxtaposition. The designer primed and painted the bed in a deep graphite hue to customize it. Accents like ikat, Mongolian fur pillows, and dreamy horizon photography further the sanctuary-like vibe.
>Christine Dovey of Bijou & Boheme gave her daughter Scarlett’s bedroom a gorgeously girly makeover using IKEA’s Leirvik bed frame. With Oh Joy! wallpaper, a custom curtain, a lush Moroccan rug, and a vintage chandelier, the Marie Antoinette–inspired space has a heavy dose of jewelry-box glamour.
>Designer Emily Henderson used a little paint, a staple gun, fabric, batting, and foam to reupholster IKEA’s Tarva bed. The simple and inexpensive makeover makes the bed, which has a slatted pine frame, look completely brand-new. Better yet, the options are endless in terms of what products you want to use.
>Birmingham-based Morgan Trinker reimagined this IKEA bed (no longer available, but similar style below) by painting it in an earthy green. We love the room’s simple styling and how the colorful bed frame pulls color from the floral flat-weave rug below it.
>IKEA’s Mandal bed was given a more feminine look thanks to soft blush-and-gray styling and the addition of a cozy Moroccan rug in this room photographed by Janis Nicolay.
Do you own any IKEA pieces in your home? Which ones?