If your bedroom feels more like a room with a bed than a suite designed to bring you your best dreamlike sleep, then you need to hear these relaxing bedroom ideas.

It takes more than four corners to create a bedroom. A relaxing bedroom is a combination of soothing and calming elements. And the best part is these don’t come with nightmare price tags.

Everything a Relaxing Bedroom Needs to Have

1. Spruce up Your Room with Scent

Fill your relaxing bedroom with a scent that can soothe your soul even before you hit the hay.

Scents like lavender and sage are popular for their anti-stress benefits, but other scents may work better for you.

Not a fan of floral fragrances? Peppermint, lemon, and cinnamon are great pick-me-up aromas that help melt your stress away. With these scents, your Zzz’s stand for zing, zest, and zen.

Restorative and an infusion of elegance to your master bedroom, pleasing scents can redefine your sleeping experience.

If you live with a pet or little ones, browse for candle warmers. These devices directly heat wax using halogen bulbs, diffusing the scents of your candles without an open flame. Some warmers also come with timers so you can set precisely how long you want these running.

Reed diffusers are ideal for smaller spaces. They give off milder payoffs that don’t offend the nose but can still get the job done.

As a bonus, candle warmers and reed diffusers come in elegant and aesthetic designs. They can double as decorative pieces, pleasing both the eyes and the nose.

In addition to painting your room with scent, you can also paint your walls.

2. Choose Soothing Colors

Choose colors that breathe life into a relaxing bedroom—but not too much.

Radiant and vibrant colors may be too stimulating for bedtime. Choose colors that evoke peace and counting sheep.

Pastel shades and muted tones are great for your bedroom. Not only are they great ways to fill your room with color,  but these could suffuse your room with positive emotions and associations.

Sage gray is soft and sophisticated. Sky blue is delicate and peaceful.

But if you like to keep your walls white, exploring with light fixtures and shades is another transformative way to design a relaxing bedroom.

3. Dimmable Lights

One of your body’s best signals for bedtime is the darkness.

When the sun has set, use dimmer lights in your room. It may help your body shift to sleep mode and allow you to fall asleep with ease.

When planning your room’s lighting, two aspects come to light—lighting fixtures and light shades.

Lighting fixtures are more than tools that hold your bulbs in place. These are functional and fashionable pieces that can enforce your room’s motif or add a sense of elegance, all while serving a purpose.

Reading lamps shed light over a small section of one corner of the bed. It gives off enough light to allow you to get some nighttime reading but is not so bright that it does not allow your eyes to rest—or that of your partner’s.

Hanging lamps or wall lamps are space-saving and allow for more real estate on your bedside table. Table lamps work just as well and come with many lighting options.

Nowadays, you can find lamps that come in different shades and with adjustable brightness levels. These are ideal for those that answer the call of nature in the middle of the night.

4. Beddings

Plush beddings make your bed look and feel comfortable.

Choose materials that breathe and don’t retain heat. Beddings that run hot could wake you in the middle of the night and leave you tossing and turning.

Also, choose materials that are comfortable against the skin. Choose smooth fabrics that glide seamlessly against your skin. A relaxed mind sleeps better and faster.

The color of your sheets and pillowcases could echo the shade of your wall. Otherwise, choose a shade that could contrast your walls to add depth and a pop of color.

And to make sure they achieve the desired effect, keep those sheets spick and span.

Keeping your bedroom organized may help improve your mood. A cluttered mind translates to a messy bed or bedroom. And there’s nothing worse than coming home to a mess after a stressful day at work.

5. Use a Weighted Blanket

Weighted blankets are the latest relaxing bedroom must-have.

Weighted blankets feel like a plush hug throughout the night and are perfect for all kinds of sleepers. These include back, side, stomach, or not-enough-sleep sleepers.

Pressure therapy from weighted blankets is said to improve your mood and sleep quality. You may benefit from this blanket if you suffer from insomnia or sleep apnea.

However, keep the weighted blankets in the master bedroom. Because they are heavier than your average blanket, they’re not recommended for the little ones.

Beddings are your first point of contact with your bed, but a great bed has indulgence infused in every layer.

6. Get the Best Bed—Ever

A relaxing bedroom begins with the bed—literally.

While pleasing your senses contributes to a conducive sleeping environment, the most important thing you need in a relaxing bedroom is a bed that cradles your body.

Look for a bed that has:

• Temperature-sensitive layers
• Pressure relief features
• Air ventilation systems
• Body-contouring materials
• Durable and high-quality materials

Thankfully, Serta mattresses tick all the boxes, elevating your relaxing bedroom to a luxury suite.

The Serta Celestial Collection promises indulgent sleep and restorative slumber.

The pressure-relieving and posture-supporting layers of the Celestial collection mattresses soothe both mind and body.

The 7-zone honeycomb pocket on pocket coils moves independently and individually, precisely conforming to the finest contours of your body. Talalay® latex layers ensure proper spinal alignment. The ventilated foam encasement allows air to flow from one side to another, keeping your mattress cool and dry.

A relaxing bedroom is a combination of calming elements that may promote an air of serenity and quiet. You don’t need to renovate your entire bedroom. Sometimes, just improving the scent of your room does the trick.

But the most vital factor in designing a relaxing bedroom is choosing the right bed.

An average bed is a place to lay your head. A great bed is a sanctuary. But a Serta bed cradles your body, optimizes your sleep experience, and promotes spinal alignment.

Lay your trust in the only brand endorsed by the National Sleep Foundation. Serta provides luxury hotel chains in every corner of the globe. And you can have your own luxury hotel experience in the comfort of your own home.

Do you have a bedroom that needs improvement, or do you have a Serta mattress? Do you have your own tricks to create a relaxing bedroom? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below! We’d love to hear from you.