8 Japanese Tricks to Make a Bedroom Look Expensive (Without Buying New Furniture)

Make your bedroom look more expensive with the bed, dresser, and nightstands you already own. Richard shares eight practical ideas inspired by Japanese rooms and design, from presenting your bedding and balancing mismatched nightstands to softening light and choosing the view from your bed. These are adaptations for an everyday bedroom. Start with your existing textiles, lamps, artwork, and storage, and keep the changes that suit your space. Which piece of bedroom furniture would you most like to keep? SOURCES MUJI — Bed linen Kenya Hara — Empty space Hida Sangyo — Wood and furniture Web Japan — Shoji and traditional rooms Okakura Kakuzo — The Book of Tea, chapter IV The Met — Shōin Room and tokonoma The Japan Forum — Oshiire Japan House Los Angeles — Windowology U.S. Department of Energy — Light color and brightness CPSC — Lamps and flammable materials #BedroomDecor #JapaneseDesign #BedroomMakeover #HomeDecor #RichardNakamura