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This year, many of us haven’t been able to travel and have been spending more time than usual indoors. To avoid feeling too cooped up, homeowners are bringing nature and exotic destinations into their bedrooms via botanical and scenic-patterned textiles. 

Photography: Casamance

This year, many of us haven’t been able to travel and have been spending more time than usual indoors. To avoid feeling too cooped up, homeowners are bringing nature and exotic destinations into their bedrooms via botanical and scenic-patterned textiles. 

Winnie Heimgartner-Wong, managing director of Cetec, says: “For urban dwellers, the bedroom is a particularly important space for relaxation and rejuvenation and few things can help us recharge like images from nature or faraway lands.” 

Zimmer + Rohde, Casamance, and Travers – all brands available through Cetec – offer a variety of stunning floral-patterned collections that will enliven your bedroom. Besides nature, homeowners have also been weaving stories of adventure and escape into their bedroom designs with scenic feature walls or decorative panels clad in wallcoverings by brands such as de Gournay or 1838 Wallcoverings. 

Winnie Heimgartner-Wong, managing director of Cetec, says: “For urban dwellers, the bedroom is a particularly important space for relaxation and rejuvenation and few things can help us recharge like images from nature or faraway lands.” 

Zimmer + Rohde, Casamance, and Travers – all brands available through Cetec – offer a variety of stunning floral-patterned collections that will enliven your bedroom. Besides nature, homeowners have also been weaving stories of adventure and escape into their bedroom designs with scenic feature walls or decorative panels clad in wallcoverings by brands such as de Gournay or 1838 Wallcoverings. 

Photography: 1838 Wallcoverings

Hannah Cecil Gurney, director of de Gournay says: “When you’re unable to even leave your home, the benefits of a vista surrounding you, and which transports you somewhere else, becomes very appealing.”

When choosing botanical or scenic-patterned textiles or wallcoverings, Heimgartner-Wong says it’s important to consider the colour scheme of your bedroom. 

“You want to make sure the patterns you choose co-ordinate well with the foundation colours in your bedroom to create a lively, but tranquil atmosphere. Base shades of green usually work well with prints that include flowers, butterflies or birds,” she says. 

In 2020, beige, tan and cream were popular choices for bedrooms, but now sage green takes centre stage. “Over the last few years, there’s a been a shift towards muted, desaturated colours. Sage green is one such colour and it’s ideal for bedrooms because of its soothing and calming effect,” says Elaine Lu, co-founder and managing director of award-winning interdisciplinary architectural design practice Lim + Lu. 

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Quagliotti’s 100% cotton Flatiron and Kensington collection bedding from Noblesse, which are available in sage green shades, are a good way to try this colour out in your bedroom to see if you like it. Lu, however, cautions against going overboard with the colour. 

Photography: Pierre Frey

“The bedroom is a place for rest and relaxation and should not be too stimulating. Pick one or two surfaces that you would like to highlight and apply the sage green to it. You can use sage green paint or wallpaper on the wall adjacent to the bed to make it a feature wall. Or you can use it on closet doors while keeping the rest of the walls neutral,” she says. 

Interior designers are using statement headboards to add a little drama and uniqueness to their clients’ bedrooms. “A headboard ups the style factor in bedrooms and can turn even a simple apartment bedroom into a luxurious oasis,” says Michelle Koller, creative director of Hong Kong furniture brand Tequila Kola.

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According to Koller, a creative way to design your bedroom is to start with a headboard that you love, then let it inspire the décor theme for the rest of the room. If you’re not ready for a headboard just yet, you can still make a statement in your bedroom with a bold and colourful bedside lamp.

“Bold bedside lamps are really in trend right now because they are an easy way to up the ‘wow’ factor in bedrooms. A lamp in the perfect colour, and with the right-sized shade, can instantly add more personality to your bedroom and give it a cohesive and balanced look,” Koller says.

When choosing a statement lamp, she suggests choosing a piece in a style that complements the décor theme and colour scheme of your room, then letting the lamp serve as the narrative anchor for your bedroom design. Besides aesthetics, she says it’s also important to think about the functionality of the lamp and to ensure that the illumination gets directed to where it’s needed.