8 Teen Girl Room Ideas
5 Teen Boy Room Ideas
4 Gender-Neutral Teen Room Ideas

Updating a child's bedroom as they age can be a challenge. Furnishing and decorating a teen's bedroom involves crafting the perfect on-trend balance of mature and youthful elements. Whether you're looking to upgrade a teen's bedroom decor or overhaul their entire bedroom design, we've laid out 17 teen bedroom ideas to help you get inspired.

8 Teen Girl Room Ideas

1. Embrace a Bold Color Palette

You don't have to let go of bright colors and graphic patterns when decorating a teen girl's bedroom. If you limit your color palette to one or two colors or opt for a monochromatic color scheme, you can introduce bold colors and patterns without overwhelming the space or making it look too young. Limit patterns to the bedspread, wall art, and rug, and try to institute solid colors in all other areas.

2. Design a Cool Gallery Wall

A gallery wall made of framed photographs and illustrations, canvas art, wall mirrors, and other decorative elements (such as wall clocks and shelving units) can be a dynamic, fashionable addition to a teen girl's bedroom. Because they can be customized in limitless ways, gallery walls can beautifully accommodate anyone's style preferences.

3. Hang Curtains on an Elegant Canopy

Canopy beds with elegant, sheer curtains can look beautiful in a teen girl's bedroom decorated with a soft color palette and artificial plants. The curtains will allow a level of privacy without closing the bed off from the rest of the room.

4. Create a Glam Study Space

As classes get more demanding, ample study space will become more and more valuable in a teen's bedroom. Create the ideal work nook in your teen girl's bedroom by combining design with function – make sure she has all the essentials, but don't forget to add a decorative flair.

5. Decorate with Coastal Accents

Because of its perfect blend of refined, mature details and fun accents, coastal style is perfect for teen girls' bedrooms. Decorating with coastal style is a cinch – all you have to do is sprinkle some marine elements over a neutral base. A coastal color palette is traditionally made up of white, light neutrals, and different hues and shades of blues and greens.

6. Combine Eclectic Shapes, Patterns & Textures

Eclectic and bohemian styles, combining mesmerizing colors, patterns, and textures, are perfect for teen girls' bedrooms. Tassels, pom-poms, fringe, plants, wicker rattan furniture (such as baskets and hampers), intriguing wall art, novelty light fixtures (such as salt lamps), and Zen accents are a few of the many unique signatures of bohemian and eclectic styles. These styles are extremely modifiable, so you'll certainly be able to coordinate them with your teen's style preferences.

7. You Can Never Go Wrong with Succulents

Ever-trendy and ever-gorgeous, succulents are the perfect decorative accents for your teen girl's bedroom or study space. A succulent's unique, radial beauty and simplicity lends itself to almost any style of home decor. Live succulents can be difficult to care for, so artificial succulents may be the better bet for teens who aren't quite so responsible yet. Succulents can be that finishing touch you've been looking for.

8. Craft a Cool Blend of Bohemian & Minimalist Furniture & Decor

Sometimes, simple is the way to go when decorating a bedroom for a teen girl. Decorate with a minimal color palette and furnish with pieces of simple design. Think mid-century modern furniture pieces and geometric decorative accents. Apply subtle touches of color and texture by decorating with bohemian textiles in the form of rugs, decorative pillows, poufs, or blankets. Replace the typical sofa with a hanging swing chair or hammock and your teen's bedroom will become her oasis.

5 Teen Boy Bedroom Ideas

1. Pair Neutrals with a Monochromatic Palette

Teen boys may not prefer vibrant colors and patterns the way they did when they were younger. Instead, opt for a more neutral color palette and decorate with a few subtle streaks of their favorite color. As seen in the above bedroom, think about pairing patterned textiles (like the duvet) with solid blocks of neutral colors so you don't overwhelm the space. Decorate with unique wall decor and lighting.

2. Use Open Shelving to Keep It Simple

Decorating a teen boy's bedroom can be difficult. Instead, leave it up to him. Choose furniture pieces that provide ample open storage space so he can decorate them how he pleases. Opt for bookcases in which he can put his favorite books on display or shelves he can fill with things that interest him.

3. Once Again, Think Coastal

Coastal decor strikes again – just like in teen girls' bedrooms, coastal accents can be perfectly appropriate in teen boys' spaces. To avoid making the room look too young, limit the number of bold prints and patterns you use to only a few. They can come into play on the rug or on throw pillows and blankets. Stick with a limited color scheme as well – build blues and reds on a very light, neutral base.

4. Loft the Bed

Lofted beds have a couple signature benefits: they're trendy and they allow for living space underneath, which is great for smaller rooms. Some loft beds come with built-in desks underneath the bed frame, while others are wide open underneath. Use that extra space as a study area or design a decked-out entertainment area for gaming or watching TV like the one seen above.

5. Play It Safe with a Bedroom Set

The easiest way to create an instantly unified bedroom space is to furnish it with a bedroom set. If you want to upgrade your teen boy's entire bedroom in one go, opt for a bedroom set that comes with a bed, a dresser, a nightstand, and possibly an additional armoire or dresser. If you decide to shop piece by piece, try to choose furniture with matching materials and colors.

4 Gender-Neutral Teen Room Ideas

1. Think Casual, Neutral & Cozy

A bean bag chair is not only a staple of a classic teen bedroom, but also an ultra-comfortable alternative to traditional accent seating. To prevent the bean bag chair from looking too juvenile in the space, decorate with neutral wall art (such as black-and-white photography) in a gallery style and avoid using bright colors.

2. Embrace Minimalism

Minimalist rooms with artistic, uniquely designed furniture and fixtures can be a beautiful choice for a gender-neutral teen bedroom. Instead of decorating the space with a vibrant color scheme, keep the palette muted and let the design do the talking.

3. Consider Farmhouse

One of the trendiest styles out there, farmhouse style is an amazing choice if you want to decorate a gender-neutral space. The base is made up of layered neutrals like cream, gray, and white. Think about furnishing with light wood pieces and quirky decorations. Your teen will have no trouble filling the space with their favorite things.

4. When in Doubt, Create a Blank Canvas

Choosing a color scheme and decorative elements for a gender-neutral teen room can be a challenge. Instead of furnishing and decorating the space all at once, leave the design choices up to your teen. Furnish the room with robust, high-quality essentials in neutral colors or earth tones and leave the rest up to them. Create a comfortable, blank canvas on which your teen can freely express themselves and their unique style.Choosing a color scheme and decorative elements for a gender-neutral teen room can be a challenge. Instead of furnishing and decorating the space all at once, leave the design choices up to your teen. Furnish the room with robust, high-quality essentials in neutral colors or earth tones and leave the rest up to them. Create a comfortable, blank canvas on which your teen can freely express themselves and their unique style.

There are countless combinations of style and decor teen room ideas to transform their space into the trendiest spot in the house.