Unsure what color theme to choose for your bedroom? The color teal is a shade that usually signifies calm and relaxation, as well as feeling fresh and rejuvenated. It’s a combination made by combining blue and green and it’s perfect for a soothing bedroom.
Whether you choose to decorate your furniture with shades of teal or paint the walls in the color, this series of images should inspire you with your bedroom makeover and get you convinced that teal is the right color to choose.
Use Teal and Purple to Accent a White Room
Teal is a great color to use not as the primary color, but as the accent color for a mostly white room. It adds a pop of color that’s fresh and calming to the room, and the teal complements the purple secondary accent color perfectly as well.
In this example, we see only a few touches of teal, from the decorative shawl across the bed to colors in the painting and the vase beside the bed.
Look for Tie Dye to Get the Teal Color
Teal has many different shades, from a more dusky, calm teal to a brighter, sharper hue. In this example, the teal is a bright, tie-dye style of color, along with blue and purple. It’s paired with touches of white so that the colors aren’t too overwhelming.
This type of decor, as we can see in the example, is an excellent choice for a child’s bedroom if you want to decorate it in a brighter shade.
Add Some Delicate Flowery Accents
Teal can be a cool or cold color, but there’s an easy way to soften it and make it appear more delicate, which is by adding some flowery accents.
In this case, some silvery white flower decals have been added to the wall above the bed. There are also some flowers in vases in the bedroom, which is quite feminine but calming thanks to the soft purple and teal colors.
Use Teal Only for the Walls
Another option for a teal blue bedroom is to paint the walls in a bold, bright teal color, but leave the furniture plain white and wooden. It ties the room together very well without being overwhelming, and it’s quite a simple change to make to any room.
If you want to paint the walls teal but you’re not sure what colors are perfect to pair with the bedroom as accent colors, check out this excellent guide here.
Spice Things Up With a Teal Accent Wall
This teal accent wall is so interesting because it’s a geometric half-accent wall, with a jagged line across the room separating it from white and panels of different shades of teal and purple.
There’s also a bold blue bedspread and a purple curtain hanging to get the whole range of shades in blue, purple and teal. With an accent wall like that, there’s no need for much artwork or other decor pieces.
Play With Different Patterns and Textures
If you want to have a lot of teal in your bedroom, the best way to keep it stunning and make it work without being overwhelming is to play with different textures and patterns.
In this example, we can see this working perfectly. The headboard of the bed is a large upholstered teal piece, whereas the curtains are light and patterned. The chairs, furniture, and bedspread are all in slightly different shades.
Go With a Rich Teal for the Princess Theme
Teal is a very royal color, so if you want to decorate your room in a princess theme, consider going with teal as the main accent color instead of the usual pink or purple. Here, we can see a princess theme room with rich blue bedding and curtains in the same shade.
The curtains are thick, the ceiling has been decorated in the same shade of blue, and there’s a lovely canopy above the bed.
Use Teal to Set Off Neutral Colors
In a mid-century modern bedroom, where neutral and earthy colors are key, teal can be an excellent choice to offset those shades. It’s also a stately and serious shade but adds a bit of color and brightness.
In this example, we can see that teal is gorgeous in the gray, brown and white room, as well as a splash of yellow. Both the yellow and blue tie in to the painting colors as well.
Decorate a Child’s Bedroom in the Mermaid Theme
If you’re looking for inspiration for a child’s bedroom in the teal color scheme, there are quite a few options available. One cute choice is the mermaid theme, like the Little Mermaid bedroom pictured here.
The wall’s all painted in teal, with a teal and purple blanket and soft canopy above the bed. There’s also some silver and purple seahorse decals on the wall.
Use Teal as an Accent Color
The first color you see when you look at this room is bright pink, thanks to the flowery wallpaper. There’s also a rich purple carpet, making this an extremely colorful room. Bringing it all in together is a teal bed frame and a headboard in a different shade of blue.
Stand Out With a Tiled Teal Bed
This room is pretty unique, with a lot of exciting and different pieces, but one of the most eye-catching pieces is the bed frame. It’s made from small blue tiles, almost like in a bathroom or a pool. The result looks very cool and refreshing since it brings to mind water.
There are also pillows in different shades of teal to complement each other, and the rest of the room is in some lovely shades of purple.
Furnish With Wood Pieces
A look that we haven’t seen yet, and one that I absolutely love, is the use of teal, small amounts of white and gray, and tons of natural wood furniture.
This matching bed frame and bedside table set are lovely, with rich colors that set off the dark teal walls to a tee. The bedspread is white with traces of gray and teal to soften and lighten up the rest of the room.
Add Purple Accents for a Royal Feel
Purple is a royal color, and it complements the richness of teal very well. This bedroom is a dark mix of purple and teal, with velvet blankets and a nice two-toned wall. The mix of colors is casual, without looking too contrived.
Go With Lots of Different Teal Pieces
While a lot of teal bedrooms have just a few teal accents with other colors taking the primary focus, it doesn’t mean you can’t go all out in that shade too. Here, we see a bedroom that’s painted teal, with the same color for the curtains, the pillows, and the headboard.
The only other colors in the room are the hardwood floors and purple bedspread. The result isn’t overwhelming, as you might think, but quite lovely instead.
A Large Teal Headboard Is a Great Focal Point
This is an impressive room due to the high ceilings and large teal headboard. There are even some touches of teal in the interesting and unique striped ceiling. Thanks to the size and color of the headboard, artwork is unnecessary on the walls, as the focal point speaks for itself.
The rest of the room is decorated in a grayish purple that allows the teal color to shine through and brighten up the room.
Use Teal Furniture Instead of Painting the Room
Many teal bedrooms are achieved by using teal paint on the walls, but you don’t need to go down that route if you don’t want to repaint your whole bedroom. Instead, you can get teal furniture, or paint your furniture teal.
In this example, we see a bedside table and bed frame in lovely blueish teal to add just a small touch of the color to the room. The rest of the room is purple and white.
Match Teal With Soft Grays
I love this light teal color, and it’s truly enhanced by the pale grays of the rest of the room. It keeps the whole room pale and bright, which can really make you feel cheerful and relaxed.
The psychology behind the color teal points to it being a very calming and optimistic color, perfect for a bedroom. If you’re interested, read more about the history of teal and its psychology here.
Contrast With Different Shades of Purple
Purple is a common color to use with teal because they’re from the same color spectrum and complement each other well. In this bedroom, there are a lot of different shades of purple to add spice and color to the room, which has teal painted walls.
I also love the bright yellow pillow to add a splash of a third color to the mix, which works with some of the darker shades of purple.
Match It With a Lot of Other Bright Colors
This room is extremely colorful and bright, and would immediately cheer you up. The colors still all work together because of the amount of white to soften things up. One wall is a bright blue color, while all of the accessories are different bright primary and secondary colors.
Final Thoughts
We’ve just explored 21 amazing teal bedroom decors, some with just light touches here and there and others with complete teal-inspired makeovers. How much you want to do all comes down to what you want the final look to be as well as your budget.
The options range from just a few decor pieces to a bedspread or curtains or painting the walls in the color. You also have to choose the right contrasting materials and colors, whether you like the teal and white look, teal and gold, natural wood, and more. Which look was your favorite?