15 Christmas Decorating Ideas for Bedrooms

Whether you're adding a few festive touches to a guest bedroom, ensuring a kid's room is full of Christmas cheer or giving your own retreat a seasonal refresh, our tips will help you brighten up bedrooms big and small.

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Give Your Bedroom a Merry Makeover

When decking the halls this year, don't stop at, well, the halls. The holiday season is a time of Christmas party guests and weekend visitors. Ensure every room, including bedrooms, has a touch of holiday magic with our designer-tested tips.

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Turn Your Everyday Bedroom ...

A soft place to land at the end of the day, a cozy cocoon where you rest and recharge, and the spot where most of us catch up on emails, read a book or relax with a favorite movie: Bedrooms serve a lot of purposes. So, why do we often forget to decorate the room where we spend so much of our time?

... Into a Holiday Bedroom

Never thought of decorating your bedroom for Christmas? It's easy! We gave this bedroom a festive fix-up by swapping out the Euro pillow shams for cable-knit covers and adding a Fair Isle-inspired throw and lumbar pillow. Then, we swapped the mirror for a ready-made wreath and replaced the everyday bedside tchotchkes with vintage Christmas decorations.

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Pop In a New Pillow

This guest bedroom, featured in HGTV Magazine, shows how just two additions can add up to a merry makeover. In her own home, blogger Sarah Hubbell added a handmade evergreen swag and a playful pillow to get this room ready for friends and family.

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Include an Orchid

While we typically associate Christmas cactus, amaryllis and paperwhites with the holiday season, all blooms are welcome when brightening up a bedroom. For a blooming plant you can enjoy long after Christmas has come and gone, consider a phalaenopsis orchid. Sculptural and relatively low maintenance (once you master their unique requirements), these tropical natives stay in bloom for up to three months.

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Or, Grow an Amaryllis

Available everywhere in the weeks leading up to the holiday season, amaryllis bulbs are most often sold, along with a pot, planting medium and instructions, as part of a kit. A fun project for all ages, planting and caring for an amaryllis bulb couldn't be easier — just follow the kit's included instructions. Then, over the course of six weeks, watch the flower spike push through the soil, then bloom. Amaryllis flowers typically bloom in stages with each individual trumpet-shaped bloom lasting two to three weeks.

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Drape Windows With a Garland

Beautiful and budget friendly, a DIY evergreen garland will add a big dose of holiday charm — plus the fresh scent of pine — when swagged over a guest bed. Best of all: If you're handy with a pair of clippers, you can make your own for free. Our tutorial, below, will walk you through each step.

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Display Family Heirlooms

Sweet porcelain figurines, like this jolly old elf, are too cute to keep stored away. But vintage holiday hand-me-downs can be fragile, so, to protect your cherished pieces, place them where they're unlikely to be knocked off by kids or pets.

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Hang a Wreath Over the Headboard

Whether you prefer to craft a Christmas wreath yourself or purchase one ready-made, there's no question that a wreath signifies the season. Ready to make your own? Check out a few of our favorite DIY wreaths, below.

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Or, Hang a Wreath From the Footboard

No one is as jazzed for Christmas as kids. So, naturally, their rooms deserve a little holiday magic. Here, designer and homeowner Jessica Tompane dressed up the twin beds in her daughter's room with a pair of lightweight but colorful paper wreaths. The wreaths' paper construction ensures that a single, damage-free adhesive hook is all that's needed to hang them from the footboards.

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Decorate Nightstands or Dressers

Just as you would in your living room or foyer, give vertical surfaces a festive fix-up with a small holiday vignette. Here, a thrifted mini sled (purchased for just $5 at an estate sale!) creates an easy arrangement when filled with sprigs of faux greenery and berries. Vintage brass sleigh bells add some sparkle.

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And, Show Off Vintage Ornaments

Moravian stars have been a popular part of holiday decor, particularly for people of German descent, since the mid-1830s. Ranging from six points to more than a hundred, the typically 16- to 26-pointed stars are often seen as illuminated paper or glass lanterns. Many smaller papier-mâché ornament versions exist, often covered in German glass glitter. Small and sturdy, these antique ornaments are a beautiful way to add a little sparkle to a nightstand or dresser.

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Fill a Corner With a Slim Tree

Whether you prefer a fresh-cut tree or instead opt for an artificial tree that you can display year after year, picking a tree that'll fit your space is key. This faux, flocked cutie features a slim silhouette so it provides a lot of holiday charm in a minimal footprint, perfect for decking out a corner.

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And, Give Kids' Rooms a Tree of Their Own

Designer Caitlin Wilson channeled her inner kid to turn vintage wood Tinkertoys into a playful mini tree that's perfect for displaying vintage Shiny Brite ornaments. Take a tour of Caitlin's parents' home, all decked out as a multigenerational holiday getaway, below.

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Make It Snow With Playful Pom-Poms

Once you master the technique, tutorial below, pom-poms are super easy to make. Best of all: You can whip up a bunch while bingeing your favorite show. So, grab some white yarn, get comfy and make this snowball-inspired garland to drape along your headboard.

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15 Christmas Decorating Ideas for Bedrooms

Related To:

Shop This Look

Give Your Bedroom a Merry Makeover

Turn Your Everyday Bedroom ...

... Into a Holiday Bedroom

Pop In a New Pillow

Include an Orchid

Or, Grow an Amaryllis

Drape Windows With a Garland

Display Family Heirlooms

Hang a Wreath Over the Headboard

Or, Hang a Wreath From the Footboard

Decorate Nightstands or Dressers

And, Show Off Vintage Ornaments

Fill a Corner With a Slim Tree

And, Give Kids' Rooms a Tree of Their Own

Make It Snow With Playful Pom-Poms

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