Inspirational Royal Bedrooms: Five Bedrooms For Home Inspiration
It’s not just the new Prince of Cambridge who gets to enjoy a lavish, royal bedroom. Nor do your kids have to enjoy all the finer things while you bed-down in stark and simple utility. With just a few regal features and well-formed design theme, you too could be lazing in the lap of luxury.
Let Hoo Palace, Amsterdam
This fusion of decadent pink and complex, elaborately frescoed ceilings and walls are highlighted by gold trim. All the usual ornamentation you’d expect is placed about the large hearth and mantelpiece, shimmering beneath a solid gold chandelier, all of it a simple warm-up before your eyes are drawn to the looming, deeply pink four-poster bed. If Disney princesses were real, this is where they would sleep. Its design is ample evidence that even the most prestigious of bedrooms is suited to every girl’s favourite colour.
Yusupov Palace, St. Petersburg
This toned down but elegant royal bedroom is a delicate blend of sophisticated floral-patterned wallpaper in rich, deep blues, with highlights of simple white furniture and understated gold trim on picture frames. A magnificent bespoke mantelpiece rises in three tiers, and the overall design shows what can be achieved with a good theme and a couple of features.
Palace of Udaipur, India
If you’ve ever imagined yourself reclining in the decadent but casual charm of an oriental boudoir, surrounded by lavish cushions, pillars, incense and silk, then you could do little better than turn to the royal bedrooms of the East for inspiration. The light and airy royal bedroom of the Palace of Udaipur is decorated in neutral pastels and offset by rich greens, reds and yellows. Four ornately crafted chain-link supports suspend the royal bed, giving the feel of levity. India’s famous patterned borders and arches whisper hidden secrets and esoteric design.
Buckingham Palace, England
Those seeking a more traditional royal look will find it in the vast and open expanse of Buckingham Palace. Large rooms decorated with grand, cascading chandeliers and sporting intricately designed moldings on the walls can be mirrored in your own bedroom by creating a light and open space. White walls give the impression of a larger room, and mouldings are available from a range of home improvement suppliers. Simplicity and elegancy are the name of the game when it comes the UK’s showpiece royal palace.
Grand Kremlin Palace, Russia
By now you will have a good idea of the themes and features that seem to run through most royal bedrooms. Here, the design sticks with deep and rich blues with gold highlights and elaborate trim. The chandelier makes its invariable entrance, if only to shed light on the fine furniture and large mirror above the delicately designed mantelpiece.
To create your own royal bedroom, simply think sophistication and decadence. With a good sense of colour and a few regal features, you’re well on your way to creating your own palace. It’s much easier than you think, with easy to find and elegant wallpapers and furniture in most interior design shops.