The bedroom is the one room in your home that you experience every single day — the last thing you see at night and the first thing you see in the morning. Investing in beautiful bedroom furniture pays dividends in wellbeing that few other purchases can match. This guide covers everything you need to create a truly luxurious bedroom.
Building a Luxury Bedroom: The Essentials
A luxury bedroom is built around a core set of furniture pieces. Get these right and the room feels complete; neglect them and no amount of cushions or lighting will compensate.
Bedside Tables
Bedside tables are arguably the most important furniture decision in a bedroom — you interact with them multiple times a day and they frame the bed visually. Key considerations:
- Height should be level with or slightly above your mattress surface
- Drawers are almost always preferable to open shelves for practical storage
- Matching pairs create cohesion; deliberately mismatched pairs create a more curated, eclectic feel
Our best-selling bedside tables include the Berkeley Designs Lucca Bedside Table (walnut veneer with brass handles, from £483), the Richmond Interiors bedside range (marble tops and brass legs — more dramatic), and the NIYAMA HOME Femelle collection (cream elm with soft gold trim — effortlessly glamorous).
Chest of Drawers
A generously sized chest of drawers is essential for practical bedroom storage. In most bedrooms, a wide chest (90–120cm) with 4–6 drawers provides enough storage that wardrobes can be used for hanging items only — a much more organised approach.
The chest of drawers also provides a large, flat surface that functions as a dressing surface with a mirror above it. The Berkeley Designs Lucca Chest in Brown is our most popular option in this category.
Dressing Tables
A dedicated dressing table elevates the bedroom experience considerably. The Femelle range dressing tables — particularly the 7-drawer dressing table in cream elm — are exceptional pieces that combine generous surface area, excellent storage and beautiful detailing.
Wardrobes
While most built-in wardrobes are custom-fitted by carpenters, freestanding wardrobes can be beautiful furniture pieces in their own right. The NJ Living Aria wardrobe range offers clean, contemporary storage in oak finishes.
Bedroom Furniture Brands Compared
NIYAMA HOME (Femelle Range) — Best for Glamorous Bedrooms
The Femelle range is our most consistent seller in the bedroom category. Available in cream elm and smoke grey elm with soft gold trim, these pieces create an instantly luxurious atmosphere. The full range — bedside tables, chests, dressing tables, console tables — makes it possible to furnish an entire bedroom cohesively. Browse the complete Femelle range →
Berkeley Designs — Best for Contemporary Luxury
The Lucca collection offers the cleanest, most contemporary bedroom furniture in our range. The walnut veneer and brass hardware combination is timeless and works in both traditional and modern settings. Higher price point than Femelle, but exceptional quality. Browse Berkeley Designs →
Richmond Interiors — Best for Bold Bedrooms
Richmond's bedroom pieces are for those who want drama. Marble tops, black finishes, gold hardware — pieces like the Ironville Bedside Cabinet and the Novas range create a hotel-suite atmosphere. Browse Richmond Interiors bedside tables →
DI Designs — Best Hidden Gem
DI Designs makes exceptional bedroom furniture that fewer people know about — which means it's often available at better prices than comparable Richmond or Berkeley pieces. The Witley and Hampton collections are outstanding.
Styling a Luxury Bedroom
- Lamps: Always use matching table lamps on both bedside tables — mismatched lamps undermine the sense of intentional design that a luxury bedroom requires
- Cushions: A layered cushion arrangement (sleeping pillows, against the headboard, then two or three decorative cushions in front) creates the hotel-bedroom effect that's extremely satisfying to replicate at home
- Throws: A quality throw folded across the foot of the bed adds texture and colour. The Malini throw range is beautifully made and very competitively priced
- Symmetry: Bedroom furniture benefits from symmetry more than any other room — matching bedside tables, matching lamps, and artwork or mirrors centred above the bed all create the calm, ordered atmosphere that good sleep requires
