Winter 2025 is bringing the bedroom back into focus as homeowners seek to recreate the luxury hotel suite experience at home. The trend emphasizes deep color palettes, generous textiles, and professional details that transform ordinary bedrooms into five-star retreats without breaking the budget or overhauling existing decor.
The all-white aesthetic is giving way to deeper colors and sensorial materials found at retailers like Carré Blanc, La Redoute Intérieurs, Zara Home, Maisons du Monde, and even IKEA, which has been expanding its textile capsule collections. The goal is to create a hotel-like experience at home that warms up winter months and elevates daily comfort through carefully chosen pieces.
For hotel-style bedroom colors and materials that set the mood, designers recommend focusing on chic tones that are easy to live with in the evening. Warm options include terracotta, ochre, and caramel, while muted ambiance can be achieved with midnight blue, forest green, and wine red. Subtle contrasts work exceptionally well, such as deep green paired with copper, terracotta with lavender, or caramel combined with dusty rose.
When it comes to paint choices, earthy green shades like Moreton Bay Fig from Bauwerk or deep blue tones like Inchyra Blue from Farrow & Ball add depth to spaces. For lighter options, pale blue shades like Tablecloth from Paint & Paper Library diffuse light gently throughout the room. Visual comfort also relies heavily on tactile elements, with washed linen, percale, flannel, or cotton sateen serving as base materials, enhanced by touches of velvet or bouclé for added texture.
Creating the hotel layering effect involves building up the bed with colored covers, elegant bedspreads, and thick throws. This approach creates instant hotel-like softness, especially when combined with terracotta velvet curtains and walnut flooring that warm the entire space.
According to Angelica Squire, as quoted in Madame Figaro, "To give character to a room, you need to create rhythm. That means variations in furniture shapes, styles, fabrics, and lighting. Avoid uniformity – it brings life to the space!" For immediate wow factor, focus on several essential luxury pieces that define a hotel suite aesthetic.
Key pieces include a velvet or noble wood headboard, lined blackout curtains with light sheers, a burgundy leather ottoman or bench at the foot of the bed, and a marble side table perfect for breakfast service. Adjustable wall sconces and brass hotel-style lighting create the proper ambiance, while wool or wool-silk blend rugs placed under the bed add warmth and luxury.
Additional essential elements include a well-placed full-length mirror near natural light sources, washed linen or cotton sateen bedding with pillow mist, and a carafe with courtesy tray on the nightstand. To push the boutique hotel aesthetic further, consider adding a reading corner with a wool armchair and reading light, bed draping with sheers, and a subtle vintage-contemporary mix featuring aged brass, walnut wood, Soane rattan pendant lights, Lelièvre fabrics, Vaughan lamps, and vintage pieces sourced from sites like 1st Dibs.
The magic happens when lighting tells the story of the room through multiple variable-intensity sources including bedside lamps, adjustable reading sconces, soft pendant lighting, and golden-toned bulbs for evening ambiance. Focus light beams on materials that matter most – velvet, marble, and walnut – while allowing sheers to filter morning light. This approach provides two immediate benefits: a more enveloping bedroom atmosphere and the visual sense of order characteristic of luxury suites.
Maintaining five-star comfort requires attention to mattress care through regular rotation. For reversible summer-winter models, flip the mattress seasonally every six months. For foam or latex mattresses, rotate from head to foot three to four times per year. When manufacturer instructions aren't available, a quarterly rotation schedule works well – simply note the date on the mattress label. Sleep specialists recommend this routine for stable support, extended mattress life, and more restorative sleep quality.
