31 Modern Bedroom Ideas With Sleek and Serene Style
A modern bedroom may sound cold and sterile, but the results are often incredibly inviting. With the right elements—including vibrant colors, soft textures, and warm wood furnishings—modern design can feel right at home in a primary suite or guest room. These tranquil retreats take advantage of natural light for a bright and airy feel and pare down furnishings to the essentials to create an uncluttered spot for relaxation. We’ve gathered bedrooms in homes from New York to Hong Kong that use streamlined pieces and minimalist layouts to beautiful effect. Below, find modern bedroom ideas from spaces by designers such as Shawn Henderson, Waldo Fernandez, and Amy Lau. There’s no doubt they’ll inspire you to put a contemporary twist on your own bedroom.
Photo: Matthew Williams1/31With its thick textured blanket, wood-panelled walls, and bright neutral color scheme, this modern bedroom in Brooklyn feels Scandinavian in its simplicity. Homeowners Bill Caleo and Megan Noetzel sourced much of the minimalist bedroom’s furniture from 1stDibs and Roman and Williams Guild. For a city apartment, the room feels like an escape to nature, with its wood wall, plant, and view of the water. The low profile of each piece of bedroom furniture only increases the feeling of relaxation in the space.
Art: Patrick Brennan and Halsey McKay Gallery; Photo: Reid Rolls; Styling: Martin Bourne2/31This Alison Rose–designed Sag Harbor modern bedroom is all about texture. A custom velvet bedframe provides a luxe contrast to the plaster walls and woven willow vine pendant lamp, and the wood bedroom table is especially striking against the plush chaise. This space proves how instrumental a color scheme can be in tying a space together, with the blue duvet, rug, and chaise balancing out the terra-cotta tones elsewhere.
Art: © 2023 Comissió Tàpies / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP, Madrid; Photo: Fernando Marroquin3/31Located in busy Santa Monica, California, this modern bedroom is an oasis of calm. The bed frame, table lamps, lounge chair, wall color, and textiles all stick to a strict minimalist earth-toned color palette that prioritizes relaxation. Designer Mónica Calderón and architect Ezequiel Farca, the homeowners, have an extensive art collection that spreads across the property, including in the bedroom, with a piece by Antoni Tàpies seen here.
Photo: Genevieve Garruppo; Styling: Veronica Olsen4/31With its built-in burl-wood shelving, this Manhattan bedroom has a slight midcentury-modern bent. Pink is a neutral in the home designed by Paris Forino, and the primary bedroom is no exception. The dusty-rose-toned custom headboard is complemented by red Urban Electric wall sconces, and the peach wall-to-wall carpeting ties it all together.
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Photo: Douglas Friedman5/31Designed by AD100 designer Joe Nahem of Fox-Nahem for the client’s twin boys to share, this space displays some chic kids bedroom design ideas. First, ’60s and ’70s design can be a splendid choice for playful kids’ room furniture, as evidenced by these Geoffrey Harcourt lounge chairs, which Nahem had reupholstered in a lively yellow Elitis fabric. Second, dark easy-to-stay-clean bedroom decor is no less evocative, as proved by the black bedside table, dark headboard, and dark blue area rug. And lastly, the Entler Studio Globe Lamps will catch our eye no matter what room they find themselves in. The small bedroom could have felt cramped for two kids, but the two mattresses’ shared headboard and nightstand helps to maximize space.
Photo: Jared Kuzia6/31For the bedroom of this Panama City apartment, AD PRO Directory interior designer Paul Corrie went for an eclectic feel that speaks to its city. The walls and closets were painted in Benjamin Moore Red Rock, a deep red that creates a moody feeling in the space. Most everything else was kept to calm beige tones, including the Nordic Knots area rug, the totem sculpture sourced from Global Views, and the side table and ottoman in the reading nook.
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Photo: Sam Frost; Styling: Michael Reynolds7/31At a modernist Malibu home, designed by architect Craig Ellwood in the ’50s and recently reimagined by Mallery Roberts Morgan, the primary bedroom was intentionally sparsely furnished. A vintage Richard Etts lamp on the side table serves as something of a focal point.
COPYRIGHT ©2015 THE CONDÉ NAST PUBLICATIONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.8/31In the Courtney Applebaum–designed primary suite of art dealer Maggie Kayne’s Los Angeles abode, white walls provide a clean backdrop for lamps from Blackman Cruz and a bespoke bed dressed in Matteo linens. The vintage Philip Arctander chair is from Galerie Half, the artworks are by Josef Albers (left) and Jiro Takamatsu, and the walls are painted in Benjamin Moore’s Super White.
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Photo: Michael Moran9/31We don’t typically associate the color yellow with minimalism, but the guest bedroom in a Manhattan penthouse designed by architects Lee F. Mindel and Peter L. Shelton is no less refined or relaxing for its daffodil-toned bedroom walls.
Photo: Roger Davies10/31Clad in a silver Mylar by Astek Wallcovering, the ceiling in the primary bedroom of Sir Elton John and David Furnish's Beverly Hills, California, house reflects both the colorful Robert Mapplethorpe photographs and the view outside.
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Photo: Eric Piasecki11/31Designer Bruce Bierman turned the lofty spaces of a onetime Manhattan athletic club into this color-rich apartment. Monochrome is one of our favorite bedroom ideas and this bedroom's periwinkle upholstered headboard, curtains, and carpeting lend the room a cozy and peaceful air; the 17th-century portrait is by Willem van der Vliet.
Photo: Nikolas Koenig12/31A Roy Lichtenstein triptych faces an Alexander Calder sculpture in the primary bedroom of a Chicago apartment decorated by Atelier AM. The curtains are fashioned from a Jim Thompson silk and the custom-made carpet is by Beauvais.
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Photo: François Halard13/31A 1970s lamp tops an '80s sycamore nightstand in the primary bedroom of Laure Heriard Dubreuil and Aaron Young’s New York rowhouse; the wall covering is by Maya Romanoff, and the rug is by ABC Carpet & Home.
Photo: Thomas Loof14/31The all white bedroom of a Hudson Valley, New York, home designed by architect Toshiko Mori overlooks rolling terrain; the bedding is by RH, the sheepskin rug is by CB2, and the standing Buddha was found at Tom Swope Gallery.
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Photo: William Waldron15/31This Manhattan primary bedroom’s wall covering and bed upholstery are by the home’s designer, Jamie Drake, for Schumacher. The curtains are made of a fabric from Donghia, the painting is by Dan Christensen, the bed is a Drake design, and the chair is by Michael Berman; the rug is by Fort Street Studio and a grand blue chandelier tops it all off.
Photo: Richard Powers16/31At an Aspen, Colorado, home conceived by architect Scott Lindenau and decorator Shawn Henderson, Lindenau’s firm, Studio B, designed the primary suite’s platform bed with integrated nightstands that include mini bookshelves up top—a bonus for functionality.
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Photo: Pieter Estersohn17/31In the primary bedroom of architect Steve Mensch’s Rhinebeck, New York, home, the cantilevered oak bed with integrated nightstands is a custom design; the linens and coverlet are by RH, and the rug is by Calvin Klein Home.
Photo: Simon Upton18/31In the bedroom of a Hong Kong apartment by Mattia Bonetti, the designer positioned a custom-made bed within a swath of orange lacquer that serves as a virtual canopy. Bonetti padded the headboard with the same gray leather used for the bedspread, and the lamps and nightstands are also his work.
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COPYRIGHT ©2015 THE CONDÉ NAST PUBLICATIONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.19/31In art collector Chara Schreyer’s Los Angeles home—a collaboration between McRitchie Design and Gary Hutton Design—works by Allen Ruppersberg are mounted above the primary suite’s Gary Hutton–designed bed, which is upholstered in leather and has a built-in TV lift. In place of typical home decor, there’s an abundance of artwork in the bedroom. The large papier-mâché sculpture is by Vincent Fecteau.
© Roger Davies 201220/31Wenge-wood panels enrich the primary suite of a Beverly Hills residence decorated by Tocha Robbins, which is furnished with a chair by Antonio Citterio for B&B Italia, a custom-made bed and sofa upholstered in a Maharam fabric, and a headboard in a Sandra Jordan Collection alpaca. The bedding is by Deborah Sharpe Linens, the painting is by Charles Arnoldi, and the television is by Samsung.
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© Condé Nast21/31In Beverly Hills, a row of crape myrtles screens a Marmol Radziner–designed primary bedroom, which is appointed with a Barcelona chair and ottoman by Knoll and a bespoke bed—all covered in Spinneybeck leathers. The bedding is by Pratesi, the lamps are by Robert Kuo for McGuire, and the custom-made chests and television cabinet are cerused oak; the painting is a 1960 work by Adolph Gottlieb.
COPYRIGHT ©2015 THE CONDÉ NAST PUBLICATIONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.22/31In the primary suite of producer Brian Grazer’s Santa Monica, California, home, designed by Waldo Fernandez, Pierre Cardin lamps flank the bespoke bed, which is clad in a Moore & Giles suede and accented with a Tomas Maier mohair blanket. The pop-up TV cabinet was custom made, as was the rug by Mansour Modern, and a Jim Zivic daybed from Ralph Pucci International stands at the window.
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COPYRIGHT ©2013 THE CONDÉ NAST PUBLICATIONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.23/31In a mountain retreat in Aspen, Colorado, a guest room devised by Studio Sofield has a William Sofield–designed bed with custom-made bedding by Paul Renwick; the circa-1950 Tommi Parzinger stools are from Wyeth.
COPYRIGHT ©2013 THE CONDÉ NAST PUBLICATIONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.24/31The primary bedroom in actor Will Ferrell’s New York apartment is anchored by a Hästens bed with a custom-made headboard, flanked by bookcases. The sculpture on the windowsill is by Dal Fabbro.
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Photo: William Waldron25/31A photographic work by Edward Burtynsky overlooks a custom-made Douglas-fir bed in the primary bedroom of an Aspen, Colorado, home designed by Shelton, Mindel & Associates.
COPYRIGHT ©2015 THE CONDÉ NAST PUBLICATIONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.26/31In a guest room of a Los Angeles house, a Christopher Williams photograph is displayed above a Ralph Lauren Home bed. A vintage desk from Aero is paired with a Nanna Ditzel chair from Wyeth, and the curtain fabric and the carpet are both by Holly Hunt.
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COPYRIGHT ©2014 THE CONDÉ NAST PUBLICATIONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.27/31A painting by Wolfgang Bloch hangs in the primary suite of this Ehrlich Architects–designed home in Laguna Beach, California. The bedroom, whose window wall slides open to merge the space with the landscape beyond, features beds by Roche Bobois; the coverlets and shams are by Ann Gish.
Photo: Joshua McHugh28/31The bedroom in this Hamptons house by Randi Puccio is all about clean lines. The bed was custom made by LRS Designs and Modern Living Supplies; the vintage armchair is covered in a Rubelli fabric.
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© Condé Nast29/31In a Manhattan triplex decorated by Amy Lau, rosewood and tamo ash frame the primary suite’s bed and headboard, which is upholstered in a Romo fabric and appointed with pendant lights by Rewire Gallery. The bedding is by Matouk, the cashmere blanket is by Anichini, the ottomans are circa-1970 designs by Giancarlo Piretti, the sculpture is a ’70s work by Jack Arnold, the Kagan chaise is clad in an Old World Weavers fabric, and the carpet is by Luke Irwin.
© Condé Nast30/31In a Nova Scotia residence decorated by Ray Frizzell Design, the primary suite’s bespoke bed is set against stained-walnut panels and dressed in a blanket and bed linens by Room & Board; the fan is by Emerson.
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Photo: Nikolas Koenig31/31A lacquered-mahogany platform bed dominates one end of the primary suite in a Beverly Hills estate by Magni Design; the curtains are of a Clarence House fabric, and the hide carpet is by Aga John Rugs.
