Bedroom in Moroccan style

The North African state of Morocco has absorbed the diversity of African and European cultures. It managed to be a colony of France and Spain, and is part of the union of Arab states. The colorful national cultures of the listed countries influenced the architectural style and are reflected in the interior design. Bedrooms decorated in Moroccan style are becoming increasingly popular around the world.

Features of Moroccan style

The modern style has retained all the features inherent in it since ancient times. For a desert dweller, home was a place where they wanted to rest their eyes from the monotonous landscape, enjoy luxury and bright colors, and spend quality time with loved ones. Moroccan interior should have:

• beauty;
• comfort;
• functionality.

This interior style is dominated by bright color accents, natural materials, oriental patterns, and an abundance of soft fabrics. The main features of the style are:

1. Rough details. Often they use real objects related to the Berber culture.
2. Small furniture. Comfort is created by soft fabrics and draperies, so the furniture is not so significant.Often they leave a large low bed, a low table and several poufs, but decorate everything with a large number of pillows and pillows of various colors and sizes.
3. Unusual geometry of ceilings and openings. The Eastern style is characterized by domed arches, pointed openings elongated upward, and stucco on the ceiling. All this creates the luxury of an Arabian fairy tale.
4. Using mosaics. Stained glass windows, ceramic tiles with ornaments, wood and stone mosaics allow you to plunge into the world of a Moroccan home.
5. Carving on smooth surfaces. Usually done in uniformity with the pattern on the walls or ceiling.

IMPORTANT! To create a truly Moroccan interior, it is better to look for vintage items brought from this country. These can be lamps, vessels, paintings and other interior accents.

How to decorate a bedroom in Moroccan style with photos

This cozy oriental style is perfect for the bedroom. It is worth choosing furniture, accessories, lamps and pillows. All items should be richly decorated and have an Arabic flavor. You can use ceramic tiles, clay objects and figurines.

How to choose a color scheme

The main shades characteristic of this North African country are warm, bright colors. Despite the abundance of ornaments and patterns, the basis is:

• red;
• burgundy;
• pink;
• coral;
• wine color;
• peach;
• crimson;
• yellow;
• ocher;
• brown.

These colors create classic Moroccan interiors. For lovers of cold colors you can use:

• blue;
• blue;
• turquoise;
• lilac.

You can combine colors with gold, orange and blue, which is typical of the East. The luxurious color scheme of the interior is borrowed from nature - all the shades of desert sunsets, endless blue skies, turquoise ocean and yellow sand.

IMPORTANT! If you prefer softer and lighter interior colors, then you can use white as a basis, and make only some accents bright.

Decorating a Moroccan bedroom

Moroccan style allows for combinations of various finishing techniques. But preference should be given to natural materials. It is good to use massive patterned forged gratings, stone, wood and clay. Basic tips for decorating a room with your own hands:

1. Calmer shades are good for walls. Beige, brownish or sand colors look great. A good base would be plastered walls covered with whitewash. If you happen to use drywall, it must be hidden under a layer of natural coating.
2. It is best to lay the floor with tiles. It can be ceramic or stone and have a complex ornament. It is best to make a heated floor, which will avoid the installation of heating radiators, which do not fit well into the style inspired by the desert and the ocean. If there are batteries, they need to be covered with decorative shields.
3. Painted wooden beams are suitable for finishing the ceiling. The ceiling is kept in a light color, slightly lighter than the walls, to give the room lightness and height.
4. The windows should be wooden, you can paint them a dark color, black is acceptable. Forged grilles look good on them.
5. Doorways are designed in the form of an arch.

IMPORTANT! If you are making a wooden floor, then it can only be a heavy board stained with dark oil. It is highly undesirable to use linoleum. If necessary, it should imitate the pattern of wooden boards.

Lighting selection

Mass-produced lamps and lamps are not suitable for such an interior. For the bedroom you need to find a forged metal chandelier, perhaps colored glass. It is good to use lamps that will create soft, subdued light. Of course, they all must meet the general idea - a combination of light and ancient metal.

Lamps designed to look like stained glass can become a necessary bright element when decorating a bedroom in calmer pastel colors. In the morning and afternoon, when the lights are off, the bedroom looks bright. In the evening, when the lights are on, the magic begins!

IMPORTANT! Lamps in the shape of a spindle and a spinning top are suitable for this style.

Selection of bedroom furniture in Moroccan style

The main element of furniture in such a bedroom is a four-poster bed. These rich fabric curtains are considered an essential element of Arabian palaces. If the room does not allow you to arrange a real canopy, you can drape the headboard with curtains attached to the ceiling. You can decorate doorways with similar fabric.

Low cabinets and poufs are selected to match the tone of the bed. They can be on forged legs, upholstered in velvet or brocade. There must be a low table, a coffee table or a coffee table.

The interior implies an abundance of pillows, of all sizes and colors. Here the designer can give free rein to his imagination and, with their help, place the necessary color accents.

IMPORTANT! Often, instead of cabinets, they use niches in the walls in which things are stored.

Window decor

The windows are decorated with massive forged grilles with a pattern. If this is not possible, then curtains are richly draped. Models with lambrequins are well suited.

You can use unusual patterned blinds.Often, if possible, the windows are covered with Moroccan shutters with ornaments. The shape of the window is characteristic of the entire oriental style - it is an elongated, almost French opening, topped with a semicircular arch.

IMPORTANT! If you are decorating your windows with shutters or blinds, you don't need to use curtains.

Selection of accessories

In addition to the already mentioned pillows, you can use figurines made of ceramics, brass or bronze for decoration. It is good to hang a mirror in a massive gilded or metal frame. The frame can also be wooden, covered with national ornaments or patterns.

The bedroom will be decorated with paintings in a suitable frame, decorative candles and aroma lamps. You can throw an oriental rug with soft pile and stylish patterns on the floor.