Flooring ideas to make your bedroom cosy

Your bedroom should be cosy and relaxing. It should be the perfect spot to unwind and get a good night's sleep. But how do you go about creating the ultimate cosy bedroom?

We’ve included our top tips, including the different areas of your room you’ll need to address like flooring and lighting, as well as some inspirational cosy bedroom ideas you can try yourself.

In this guide:

• Cosy bedroom flooring ideas
• How to make a bedroom cosy
• Small cosy bedroom ideas
• Cosy bedroom inspiration

Cosy bedroom flooring ideas

Starting with the basics, you can create a cosy bedroom by making your walls and flooring the right shades and textures. Here are some flooring options you could consider:

Carpet

Carpet is popular for bedrooms as it's warm, cosy, and adds snugness to any space. Combined with a high tog carpet underlay, it's the best way to reduce heat loss through your floor and keep your bedroom warm and cosy for longer.

There are plenty of carpets to choose from that will add a different flair to your bedroom, depending on your style.

• Like the minimal look? Perhaps opt for a light cream carpet that adds warmth and comfort under your feet, while also making the space feel brighter and bigger.
• Want to add texture? A fluffy cloud-like Saxony carpet, a soft and silky twist carpet, or a loop pile carpet will also add an extra layer of interest.
• Keen to explore maximalism? Go big or go home! Pick a carpet in a bold pattern like stripes, animal print, or even tartan.
• Love colour? Choose calming hues like blue, pink, purple or green in either light or dark shades.

Smooth flooring

You don’t have to have carpet in your bedroom to make your space cosy – smooth flooring can be just as warming in a space and looks great too! In fact, a thick vinyl flooring or laminate with a good underlay can keep your room toasty. We like the natural warmth of engineered wood in a bedroom, especially when paired with a large rug.

How to make a bedroom cosy

Once you have the basics nailed down, you can move onto the decorative elements that will bring even more cosy vibes to your space.

Furniture

Take a look at your furnishings. The essentials for a bedroom include:

• A bed that comfortably fits all the occupants of your room.
• Bedside tables or nightstands to hold your essentials, such as an alarm clock or your current book.
• A wardrobe or rail to hold your clothes.
• Comfy bed linen that you can snuggle up in.
• Curtains or blinds for your windows ensure that you can rest without any light disturbing you.
• Shelving or a surface on which you can place your favourite pictures and ornaments.

Lighting

Soft lighting is an important factor in a cosy bedroom – opt for low lighting, created with floor lamps and bedside lamps dotted around the room. This will illuminate the space without creating the harsh overhead effect. It can also serve to make your room feel bigger if you have different pools of light scattered around the space.

You can also use warmer lightbulbs in your space to mimic the effects of the natural rising and setting of the sun. This will help you to wake up gently in the morning, and to feel cosier and sleepier at nighttime, potentially helping you to nod off easier.

The warm glow from a fire or from candles is the best for achieving this effect, but not everyone can have an open flame in their room, so you could get some LED tealights and scatter them around your room to get the same atmosphere.

Decor

Anchor your room with a large bed with plenty of comfortable coverings. Blankets, pillows, cushions, soft hangings, and an upholstered headboard all give the impression of softness thanks to the fabrics, textures, and shapes.

If you prefer a more minimal look, then invest in a couple of large statement pillows. You can use them to support your back at your desk, or you can use them elsewhere in the home, such as using them as scatter pillows for friends to sit on if you host a summer evening picnic in your garden.

You could bring some colour into your room with a colourful fluffy rug that feels soft between your toes. You could also layer multiple rugs to create beautiful patterns and combine intricate designs to add personality to your room whilst making it cosy too. Check out our guide to layering rugs to find out how you can try different techniques to make them unique to your space.

Small cosy bedroom ideas

Luckily for those with small bedrooms, these spaces already feel cosy and comfortable thanks to the closeness of the walls. Try these cosy bedroom ideas to make your small space feel homey and intimate:

• Fill the space with lots of natural materials in light colours to give the room a relaxing and grounded ambience.
• Create a cosy cocoon by colour drenching the walls, ceiling, and woodwork in the same dark paint shade.
• Pair bright colours with darker accent colours like black and navy to add a touch of modernity if you don’t want the space to look too stark.
• Use hanging plants to add touches of nature and colour to your space, without taking up floor space.
• Mirrors can create the illusion of more space. Create reflections and different perspectives by placing them strategically so you can make your bedroom look much bigger than it is.
• Add curtains to your room. Place the curtain rod reasonably close to the ceiling and use full length curtains to make the windows and room look taller than they are – they also add cosiness by holding in a lot of heat.

Cosy bedroom inspiration

For more inspiration for cosy bedroom ideas, take a look at our flooring ideas page to find bedrooms in the colour you like. We also have lots of lookbooks, which are packed full of amazing colour schemes you could try in your bedroom.

Our Ideas Hub contains a wealth of helpful content, including DIY assistance, style inspiration, and care guides to ensure proper flooring maintenance. If you’ve struck gold with an exciting idea for your new cosy bedroom flooring, why not pop down to your local Tapi store to chat with one of our floorologists about it? Feel how soft and snug our saxony carpet is for yourself!