Black and White Bedrooms: Designs and Decorating Ideas for a Bedroom

They say in life everything is black or white. So why not have a room with a combination of the two? Black and white bedrooms look chic, and face it, you'll avoid all the time spent on deciding furniture colors!

Bedroom decoration in black and white are especially a craze for teens and newly-wed couples looking for a bit of oomph in their love lives. Black and white is the symbol of opposites and their co-existence. It is the symbol of complementary natures. Proverbially the yin & yang of life. The complementing nature of black and white is beautifully exhibited, as without each other, the room would look too monochromatic. White makes the room look bigger than it is, while adding a few patches of black will add a dramatic contrast making the room look unique. Collectively, all these factors make black and white bedroom designs an option that you should definitely try out.

Black and White Bedroom Furniture Ideas

Decorating ideas for a bedroom should ideally include everything - right from the flooring and walls to the furniture and accessories. If the walls are not already been painted in black and white, we can let our imagination run wild by designing the wall color in a more intricate way. Use black bedroom furniture and white bedroom furniture to add more variety. You can have a black bed with black and white bedsheets, and zebra patterned blankets. Alternatively, you could have a pure black bedsheet with a white pillow-case. Polka dots in black and white look great too. You could also go for a pure white bed with a black headrest.

It is also very important to have the correct lampshades and lamp lighting. Ditch the bulbs. Go for CFLs. They'll look great with such a bedroom and conserve energy too! Lampshades will have to be white, no choices there. But the black lamp-stand will look pretty good with it. If you're a big fan of patterns, like me, you can go for spotted lamp-stands. Hanging lights on the side of your bed look good too. IMO, chandeliers might not look good in such a setting. For me, angular is the way to go. The lampshades must be small and angular.

Wardrobes! They occupy a large part of the room, so they better not look woody. I mean, you don't need SO much contrast, do you? You can get a black wardrobe with white doors or vice versa. Even as a big fan of pattern, I would say use them prudently. Vary between hard colors and patterns as much as you can.

Among other accessories, you may put a chic black TV or a home theater, depending upon the size of your bedroom and your redecoration budget. A small black bedside fridge is for the creme-de-la-creme of the budgets. I've seen rooms with potted plants, which although green, lend something special to the place. The crazier among us can also use the leafless plastic twigs. White curtains will look pretty good too. As will black dressers. Its best to keep the flooring white. For the ones who want to go for the no-holds-barred sexy look, throw in a splash of darkish-maroon, or even better, a darker shade of violet.

So don't just restrict yourself to the 'good-old-fashioned cream-n-beige with golden lights' bedroom decorating idea. Black and white bedrooms will add that bit of sophistication and uniqueness to your bedroom. For those who are not fans of the stark contrast provided by this idea, fear not, for there are many bedroom decorating ideas and this is but one of them.