To make your sleep space feel well and truly decorated, you need to claim any surfaces that are overflowing with decorating potential.
The dresser top is one such surface which is crying out for some serious beautification and we are giving you the lowdown on how to do exactly that.
Read on to find out 16 simple ways to take your bedroom dresser from blah to beautiful in no time at all.
Lean a statement-making art piece
If your bedroom dresser has become a dumping ground for random stuff and you like it that way, it makes sense to style in a relaxed manner.
To this end, consider using the dresser top to display a striking piece of art and lean it for a cool and casual look.
Go with something that has personal meaning to you or energizes the color palette of the bedroom and you should find that any accumulated junk is forgivable as they’re set against an eye-catching backdrop.
Play it safe with a sizeable mirror
The choice of decor to style your bedroom dresser with is somewhat overwhelming, so you can be forgiven for suffering with indecision.
That’s why a trusty mirror should always get a look in from the get-go, as they are a practical piece that sit nicely in pretty much any scheme.
And besides, adding a decently sized mirror along with some beauty essentials to help you ‘put your face on’ each morning will put your dresser in pamper station territory.
Add a striking lamp
To really style your dresser to perfection, or any flat space for that matter, and give the impression that it has been staged for a real estate showing, you need to play around with height.
Instead of carelessly exhibiting your favorite possessions, try to balance out a bunch of small items with one or two taller ones to end up with something a little more dynamic.
Lamps are among the best tall accessories out there, what with the limitless number of designs, and certain to get the eye moving up and down.
Bring life to your dresser with plants
A common mistake people make when tackling the bedroom dresser is not taking a moment to ask themselves what their bedroom really needs. Rather, they just add nice-looking accessories without rhyme or reason and call it day.
For example, a bedroom that feels flat and lifeless can be remedied in an instant with some fresh foliage on the dresser top.
Indeed, houseplants never fail to provide pops of vibrant accent color and they indulge the senses with their organic textures and tones.
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While it may be tempting to stick with a single accent as the centerpiece of your dresser top display and be done with it, grouping together a number of items isn’t much harder to do but it can yield considerably better results.
Maybe you’re a bookworm and want to express this fact in the way you style the dresser, in which case stack a set of your best-looking hardcover books and just like that you have a display that is effortlessly stylish and personal to you.
Go retro with neon lights
Whether you want to pulse out a word, phrase or some fun imagery, the fact remains that neon lights are as cool today as they have ever been.
Other than taking a bedroom dresser from drab to groovy, neon lights and signs have the added benefit of creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere which is exactly the tone you want to strike if the bedroom is a regular hangout for you and your pals.
Lay down a runner
Bedroom dressers are solid structures that store and protect our clothes and that’s perfectly fine. However, they can benefit from one or two soft touches, which in turn benefits the look and feel of the whole room.
To this end, consider placing a runner along the dresser top to soften its appearance, and style it further by using it as a foundation for additional decor pieces.
Decorate your dresser with candles
There’s no question that candles are the gift that keeps on giving – they’ll get you unstuck from a decorating rut in no time, especially when it comes to bedroom dressers.
Their innocent looks, warm smells, and not forgetting the homey feel of flickering candlelight makes candles a no-brainer for solving your dresser styling woes.
Better still, candle holders are the stuff of decor dreams in their own right, with an endless array of designs and styles to choose from.
Supersize a letter
It could be your initials or maybe there’s one or two letters in the alphabet that you simply like the look of…
Whatever the case may be, letters work surprisingly well as wall decor, especially when they are large in size and fashioned from interesting materials that you wouldn’t usually see in the bedroom let alone above a dresser.
Have fun with empty frames
Whoever decided it would be a good idea to decorate a wall with empty picture frames was absolutely right, as it’s a style that’s really taken off in recent years, with homes up and down the land enjoying the unique, perspective-changing visuals it lends.
It’s time for your dresser to jump on the bandwagon – for the best results, exhibit different colors and sizes, and maybe put small frames inside bigger ones for added visual intrigue.
Break out the beads
They say that beads are like jewelry for the home, such is their ability to adorn and enhance an otherwise dull space.
If that doesn’t have you making a beeline for your drawers, cabinets, or even the stores to find some pretty beads to decorate the dresser with, we’re out of ideas.
The trick is to place the beads in a natural manner so as to give off an organic vibe – the eye won’t look twice at a set of beads which have been straightened out.
Show off a wicker basket
If you think there must be a limit to the kind of objects that one can showcase on a bedroom dresser, think again.
Even a wicker basket can look the absolute business with the right placement – flip one on its side or display it proudly on a stand and see for yourself the amount of class and style they effortlessly give off, which largely comes down to their wonderfully woven design.
Check the time
Nowadays it feels like everything comes with a time function, so decorating a dresser with a clock may not be on your radar.
However, analogue wall clocks have timeless appeal, making them an excellent choice when setting out to style your dresser for the long-haul, and they’re a perfectly adequate alternative to mirrors if you are after a circular piece to balance out a typically boxy bedroom dresser.
Up the cute factor with storage boxes
Who knew that some forms of storage could pass as cute?
That’s precisely the case with a set of small storage boxes with ‘set’ being the operative word because, as with stacks of books, stacking a small box on a larger one is what generates most of the visual appeal.
Cuteness aside, you can also store stuff in them, which is great news if your dresser attracts a lot of clutter – a win-win for those who just love styling with practical pieces.
Get lost in the woods
Chances are you interact with your dresser first thing in the morning and last thing before bed, so it’s a good idea to decorate it with something that gets you starting and ending the day with a big smile.
Branch decor is highly adept at generating smiles all-round, not least because shape-wise it’s completely different from other items on your dresser, but the sight of wood creates feelings of warmth and comfort and that’s exactly what a bedroom should feel like.
Keep it practical
We’ve put a lot of emphasis on decorative appeal, but you can put basically anything that’s sizeable above the dresser to properly anchor it, leaving you with a piece of furniture that doesn’t appear lost at sea.
It could be a window, mirror, or something purely of practical use, such as a television.
The aesthetics may not be an issue while you’re watching your favorite TV show, though it’s a different story when it’s off and all you can see is a back screen. Thankfully, you can decorate the TV to minimise the black screen effect.