Wall art for your bedroom

A bedroom wants art you can live with first thing and last thing. Here is how to size it over a bed, and what tends to stay easy on the eye, with real pieces we made for three bedrooms.

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Size and placement

Above a single or small double: 18 × 24 in (45 × 60 cm)
Above a double or king: 20 × 28 in (50 × 70 cm)
Gap above the headboard: About 18 cm
Glazing: Acrylic, safer than glass over a bed

Over the bed

Over a double or king, the larger 20 × 28 in print with a mount holds the width of the bed. Over a single or a narrow double, the 18 × 24 in is enough. Leave about 18 cm between the headboard and the frame.

Every frame is glazed with acrylic, not glass. It is lighter and does not shatter, which matters over a pillow.

Calm before bold

Bedrooms suit pieces with a soft ground and few hard edges: landscapes, colour fields, quiet abstracts, pressed leaves. Strong contrast and busy pattern are easier in a hallway than above your head.

In a dark bedroom, a print on a pale ground glows against the wall; on a light wall, warmer and deeper tones give it weight.

Light

Bedrooms are often lit low and warm in the evening. We read the light in your photo and dim each preview to match it, so what you see is close to what you will live with.

Styles that suit a bedroom

Painterly Landscape
A view to step into
Colour Field
Somewhere for the eye to rest
Warm Abstract
Shapes that settle a room
Botanical & Floral
Something growing

Examples made for other rooms. Yours are made new, from the colours in your photo.

Made for real bedrooms

Each set below came from one photo. The curator's reason for each pick is underneath it.

Soft glow rising from the bottom edge on the wall of a dark teal bedroom — Dark teal bedroom. Wall measured as #284850. Hung to scale at 20 × 28 in. The room is illustrative; the pieces are real output.

Soft glow rising from the bottom edge — Dark teal bedroom. Wall measured as #284850. Hung to scale at 20 × 28 in. The room is illustrative; the pieces are real output.

Three softly curved vertical stripes on the wall of a japandi bedroom — Japandi bedroom. Wall measured as #88674F. Hung to scale at 20 × 28 in. The room is illustrative; the pieces are real output.

Three softly curved vertical stripes — Japandi bedroom. Wall measured as #88674F. Hung to scale at 20 × 28 in. The room is illustrative; the pieces are real output.

Single olive branch on the wall of a warehouse bedroom — Warehouse bedroom. Wall measured as #5E6A71. Hung to scale at 20 × 28 in. The room is illustrative; the pieces are real output.

Single olive branch — Warehouse bedroom. Wall measured as #5E6A71. Hung to scale at 20 × 28 in. The room is illustrative; the pieces are real output.

White cliff over a calm sea on the wall of a mauve bedroom — Mauve bedroom. Wall measured as #514144. Hung to scale at 20 × 28 in. The room is illustrative; the pieces are real output.

White cliff over a calm sea — Mauve bedroom. Wall measured as #514144. Hung to scale at 20 × 28 in. The room is illustrative; the pieces are real output.

Wheat fields and a farm track on the wall of a limewash bedroom — Limewash bedroom. Wall measured as #857869. Hung to scale at 20 × 28 in. The room is illustrative; the pieces are real output.

Wheat fields and a farm track — Limewash bedroom. Wall measured as #857869. Hung to scale at 20 × 28 in. The room is illustrative; the pieces are real output.

Questions

What size art goes above a bed?

Above a double or king, a 20 × 28 in (50 × 70 cm) print with a mount. Above a single or small double, an 18 × 24 in (45 × 60 cm) print.

Is it safe to hang art above a bed?

Our frames use acrylic glazing rather than glass, so they are lighter and will not shatter. Use wall fixings suited to your wall and the frame’s weight.

What kind of art suits a bedroom?

Calm pieces usually: landscapes, colour fields, soft abstracts and botanicals, in colours that are already in the room.

Other rooms

By wall colour

See it on your wall

Send a photo of your bedroom. We read its colours, light and furniture, and show four new pieces hanging on your wall, at their real size.

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