How to Decorate Your Bedroom in a Lavender Theme

Not only is lavender is a beautiful and colorful flower, it's calming and restful properties make lavender a perfect theme for bedroom decorating. Imagine waking up every room to a lovely room filled with the sights and scents of lovely and peaceful lavender. This decorating article will offer tips and suggestions on how you can transform your bedroom into a lovely oasis filled with lavender.

How to Decorate Your Bedroom in a Lavender Theme: Walls. Remove all the previous bedroom decor and prepare your walls by spackling any holes and priming the walls for paint. When choosing the paint color for your lavender themed bedroom, consider how much natural light your bedroom regularly receives. Remember that a subtle and light paint color may look entirely different under the store's lights than in your bedroom. A very subtle lavender color accented with darker purple will look very inviting and lovely in your lavender themed bedroom. Bring your paint swatches home and look at them in your bedroom during the sunniest part of the day to get a good idea of what the paint will look on your bedroom walls. If you are hesitant on choosing a lavender color for your bedroom walls, use you can always opt for an eggshell color and paint your closet and bedroom doors a pretty lavender color.

How to Decorate Your Bedroom in a Lavender Theme: Curtains. Adorn your bedroom windows with lavender colored curtains and add gauzy white panels to offset the color and create a light and breezy atmosphere to your bedroom.

How to Decorate Your Bedroom in a Lavender Theme: Bedding. Choosing a bedding set with a darker purple color will complement the lavender theme throughout the room. This will create a bold contrast to the lighter lavender color. Another option is to choose a mostly white bedding set with lavender accents and purchase several lavender or white lacy pillows to arrange on the bed to keep with the peaceful and calm ambiance.