Furnishing the bedroom in shabby chic style

The bedroom is one of the most important spaces in the home. As it is dedicated to resting the body, it must be able to convey a feeling of well-being. This can be achieved through the choice of suitable materials, colours and furniture. A shabby-style bedroom, for example, with its elegant design, offers the possibility of fully realising this ambience.

Shabby chic is a simply delicate and romantic style capable of creating a unique atmosphere of pleasant relaxation in the bedroom. The shabby style skilfully mixes modernity with tradition in a refined overall mood. In a shabby chic bedroom it is possible to find elements characteristic of vintage, rustic and eclectic styles, mixed together. A characteristic element of shabby chic rooms are worn vintage furniture and ornate textures.

The typical materials of the shabby chic bedroom

The shabby chic furniture style is, so to speak, elegantly unkempt. The main materials favoured by shabby are wood and metal. In particular, the shabby style favours vintage, pickled, worn wood and wrought iron furniture.

Shabby chic colours

The colours typically used in a shabby chic bedroom are soft and neutral. Alongside the traditional and ever-present white, there is also cream, linen, beige and more intense yet neutral shades such as dove grey or pearl grey. To add a touch of colour to the palette, one can move towards pastel shades such as yellow, wisteria, antique pink, aqua blue or sugar paper and sage green. Pastels, although popular shades, should still be used sparingly in a shabby chic bedroom.

Shabby chic beds online for a romantic and trendy room

The bed is the main piece of furniture in a bedroom and must be chosen according to personal taste and needs and the furnishing style selected for the room. In the case of a shabby chic style bedroom, a four-poster bed or a traditional floor bed can be considered. Among the shabby chic beds online, it is possible to choose different models: from upholstered beds to wrought iron beds, what is important is that the bed has a worked and imposing headboard since the shabby chic style appreciates decorations.

Cantori’s Raphael bed, for example, is a perfect solution for the shabby chic bedroom, thanks to its country-style lines and its structure made of wrought iron, laser-cut, entirely polished and decorated by hand. The Raphael bed is very versatile because it can be customised in different sizes, with or without canopy. Likewise Cantori’s Sirolo bed in wrought iron and white can be the perfect solution, among the shabby chic beds online, for a shabby bedroom.

The Dream Capitonné Noctis bed has a different style to the wrought iron solutions. It is in fact a capitonné upholstered bed with a very comfortable storage unit with completely removable covers. The upholstered bed, like the wrought iron one, is also very popular in shabby chic settings.

What other furnishings are essential in a shabby bedroom?

Alongside shabby chic beds, bedside tables, made of vintage wood or with sophisticated shapes, are a must in a shabby bedroom.

Then, the dresser, with a large mirror, which often accompanies the dressing table. An antique trunk or chest at the foot of the bed is never missing in the shabby bedroom. And lastly, the retro-style wardrobe, with feet and clearly made of wood, not too big, with an old and worn look.

The shabby chic bedroom and furnishing accessories

Atmospheric furnishings and fabrics are essential elements in a shabby chic bedroom. Soft bedspreads with embroidery and lace, pillows in decorative pillowcases, cotton or linen curtains with romantic prints, doilies, candelabra and candles, aged mirrors and frames, vintage vases and lamps. Each of these accessories furnishes the bedroom in shabby chic style, creating refined, relaxing and romantic atmospheres, instilling a feeling of sweet nostalgia, typical of the shabby style.