1. Embrace Clean Elegance.
As with all elements of interior design, when styling your dresser, it is better to err on the side of minimalism. Try to resist the urge to display on your dresser surface every trinket, knick-knack or souvenir you can find – no matter how pretty it may be! Choosing, instead, just two or three of your favorite bedroom accents will create an easy center of focus – and clean, refreshed style.
How to Decorate the Top of a Dresser
For a calm, relaxing aesthetic, restrict decorative elements to two or three shades of one neutral color. The following work well as dresser top decor. Mix and match neutrals until you find your own style voice!
- Ceramic vases
- Clay lamps
- Framed wall art
Bedroom Dresser Idea
Stack elegant coffee table books for timeless style – and leave one of them open for a trendy, unexpected spin! In the bedroom, books you love don't just play decor, they also provide a read for when you're winding down before bed. Kept atop a dresser, books are always accessible.
2. Show Off Your Eclectic Treasures.
Keeping your dresser surface tidy and simple does not have to mean ‘boring.’ Add unique style to your bedroom by incorporating onto your dresser unexpected designs, textures and colors.
3. Add a Stand-Out Backdrop.
Dresser Top Decorating Idea
Vertical lines in the painting on the dresser pictured to the right draw the eye upward, creating the illusion of an elongated, more open space. To accentuate your wall art above a dresser, place smaller sculptures on the dresser itself, below the art, that match the art's decor style. As always, keep the decor simple, not cluttered!
4. Go Darker for More Warmth.
5. Get Lively.
White Dresser Decor Ideas
Plants aren’t the only types of life you can incorporate into a dresser aesthetic and neither are things that are only currently alive. Look to things once alive – an oyster’s shells, sea star or coral preserved as artifacts of the past to bring a quiet, peaceful edge to a bedroom. It's the perfect pairing for a white, beachy color palette.
6. Try Geometrics.
7. Show Off Your Interests.
8. Strike Color Contrast.
9. Use Drawer Pulls as Accents.
10. Get Lost in the Woods.
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Turn a new leaf in your dresser decor – and while you’re turning the leaf, go for the whole branch . . . and trunk. Wood offers warmth, comfort and rustic vibes, perfect for a bedroom space. Look for wooden books, art and vases to place atop a wood dresser, and to make a bedroom feel like a woodworker's shop (quaint, quiet and authentic)!
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