How to Make Your Bedroom Feel Tropical for Summer

With the summer here, I bet you can’t wait to go on that vacation you’ve been planning. You’ve worked hard, and you deserve to enjoy the beach waves, bask under the sun, and make the most out of that tropical island life. But it’s not only through expensive summer vacations you can experience tropical life. You can transform your bedroom space with tropical aesthetics to get that summer vacation vibe. Here are some unique ideas on how to make your bedroom feel tropical. You can use these tips to transform your space into a tropical paradise.

1. Incorporate Green, Leafy Themes

Beautiful shades of green look fantastic in any tropical-style setting. One popular choice you can adopt is the wallpaper with tropical leaf themes that turns a regular bedroom into one with a tropical overtone. If the rest of the room is in neutral colors, it’ll help the green pop out more. 

Remove Wall Decals

Some other ideas on how to make your bedroom feel more tropical with green leafy themes are to start with applying removable wall decals with tropical leaves such as philodendron, and monstera, there’s a wide range of tropical-inspired leaves.

This can help to create a unique statement wall and even add a soft tropical touch of nature to your bedroom.

Upgrade Your Beddings

Add greenery-inspired beddings to your collection, it’s better to use quality materials for your beddings, especially during the summer. Make sure to select a breathable and soft fabric with leafy designs to enhance your overall bedroom look.

Patterns like palm fronds and jungle-inspired flowers can instantly turn your room into vacational make-believe.

Hang Artwork

Add original or DIY leaf art like framed prints or carefully painted tropical leaves to your wall. Framed photos of plants are trendy and fit into the tropical theme. While in a contemporary bedroom, a wall mural with tropical images matches this aesthetic. 

Other designs that can add that touch of nature are banana leaves, as I said earlier palm fronds, bird of paradise, flamingos, a mosaic of surfboards, and whatever brings a memory of something summer-related.

You can also create a DIY garland using artificial or real leaves, like eucalyptus or ferns, to drape across your bed or windows.

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I saved my favorite for last, “plants”. Be sure to fill your vases, pots, and planters with fresh greenery. You can use artificial greenery if you’re not well inclined with maintenance, but I prefer real plants as they help to ventilate and purify the air.

Ferns and succulents work well with enhancing the green theme of a tropical bedroom by adding elegance and subtleness to the area.

These green leafy themes will bring a refreshing and calming tropical vibe to your bedroom, perfect for a relaxing summer retreat!

2. Try a Serene Tropical Bedroom

This look will leave you breathless with its elegance, splendor, and an aura that reminds you of those bedrooms you stay in during your exotic vacations. Start by choosing a rich, warm, inviting color tone like sunny yellow and orange, and let wood play a primary role.

Install Canopy Bed

Installing a canopy bed is such a unique way to make your bedroom feel tropical. Canopy beds are so underrated in terms of comfort, it’s also not so hard to make.

You can create one using rattan or bamboo frames, and to upgrade the beauty, you can hang light-flowing curtains that have tropical prints. You can put the canopy bed in the center of the room with white sheets to make it more elegant.

It’s easy, cheap and convenient.

Living Wall

A living wall with air plants, bromeliads, and even orchids can add elegance to your room and make it serene and cozy, you won’t want to leave.

Shell-Adorned Furniture

Another way to opt for serenity is by adding unique pieces of furniture like shell-adorned furniture. Shells can remind you of the beach which is usually peaceful and calm, so they can be used to decorate items around the room like your headboard. But what starts out to me is a shell-adorned mirror frame.

These kinds of bedrooms are timeless and easy to fall in love with, especially if you have a lush garden outside the house that enhances the tropical aesthetic.  

3. Fill your Bedroom with Lovely Floral Arrangements

Colorful floral arrangements are one of the most important tropical bedroom ideas you can implement. 

Remember the types of flowers you’ve seen on your tropical getaways. Some of those tropical flowers could include calla lilies, orchids, hibiscus, and bromeliads. These flowers have bright colors and stunning shapes that can bring that tropical zest to your bedroom. 

The flowers will also add their scent to your bedroom, giving it a romantic atmosphere, like in a tropical paradise. 

Also, include a few banana or palm leaves to allow the vibrant flowers to pop against the shades of green. 

How to Arrange Flowers For a Tropical Vibe

The art of arranging flowers for a tropical bedroom! It’s a tale of vibrant colors, lush greenery, and exotic blooms. Imagine yourself on a tropical island, surrounded by the sights and scents of a lush paradise.

Make a Foundation

As you begin your arrangement, start with a base of majestic greenery – a fern or monstera leaf, perhaps. This is the foundation of your tropical oasis.

Mix Striking Colors

Next, add a few statement plants and flowers that evoke the drama and beauty of the tropics. Heliconias, with their bright pink and orange hues, or bird of paradise, with its striking shape and color, are perfect choices.

Now, fill in with smaller flowers that add texture and depth to your arrangement. Orchids, with their delicate petals and vibrant colors, or plumeria, with their sweet fragrance and soft white blooms, are ideal for this.

Mix Heights & Textures

As you work, remember to experiment with different heights and textures. You want your arrangement to feel lush and abundant, like a tropical jungle.

Finally, choose a decorative vase or container that adds to the tropical vibe. A woven basket or a vase with a fun, colorful pattern will complete the look.

And there you have it – a stunning floral arrangement that transports you to a tropical paradise! Place it in your bedroom, and you’ll feel like you’re waking up in a Hawaiian paradise every morning.

4. Use Rattan Candle Holders

Rattan is a flexible and rugged climbing or vine-like plant that thrives in tropical jungles. Because of their durability, people use these rattan to make candle holders.

Some spas also use them, and they’re a fantastic tropical bedroom idea that will make you feel like you’re at a tropical resort spa.   

Combine these candle holders with tea candles to set the perfect mood for relaxation because their airy openwork pattern lets light get through. 

Put them on your nightstand to get that beach feel. You can even combine them with tropical-scented candles that have the ocean breeze scent.

5. Natural Lighting and Colors

A lot of natural lighting in your bedroom will reflect that tropical bedroom idea you want. Give your bedroom large windows and doors to provide as much natural light as possible. If your windows aren’t big or plenty enough, install skylights for more lighting. 

Apart from bringing in light, these windows and doors will let in a gentle breeze that will remind you of that airy room you once stayed in at a resort. 

You can place a mirror strategically to reflect the light coming through the windows, enhancing it in this process. 

Moreover, use lamps to provide warm color palettes of red, yellow, and orange for a tropical-themed bedroom.

6. How to Make Your Room Feel Tropical with the Perfect Headboard

The perfect headboard can transform your bedroom into a tropical oasis. Choosing the perfect headboard most definitely depends on your style and taste. Try to imagine a statement piece that combines style, comfort, and that unique blend of a tropical vibe. Some headboards I recommend are:

Rattan Or Wicker Headboard

Rattan or wicker headboard: I love this idea mostly for the natural and organic feeling that comes with it. You can paint it if you want a pop of color. It’s classy and stylish and contributes to the overall look of the bedroom.

Palm fronds headboard: you can use real or artificial fronds to create a statement piece for a headboard.

Bamboo headboard

Bamboo is a sustainable and eco-friendly material which will make your bedroom look more tropical, especially if you pair it with accessories like the macrame mirror or better still, paint it to match your bedroom’s color scheme.

Shell-Adorned Headboard

As I said earlier, shells can be a reminder of peace and calmness and just memories of the beach. It’s also creative when you add a touch of the beach to make your room look more tropical. Shells, starfish and many other ocean-inspired elements work well together.

Wooden headboard with carvings

A wooden headboard with intricate carvings of tropical motifs like hibiscus flowers, palm trees or monkeys add a touch of tropical chic beauty to any bedroom.

7.  Plush Bedding 

Your bed is one of the most vital parts of your tropical bedroom experience. Consider buying the luxurious bedding you see at resorts and hotel beachfronts. Pick a tropical bedding set that makes you feel like you’re on vacation. 

A bed with coral patterns with various layers of seafoam, white, and blue bed pillows is one of the best tropical bedroom ideas you can incorporate into your space. It will remind you of the sea and give that beach summer vacation vibe.

8. Hanging Bed

Installing a hanging bed is a fun tropical bedroom idea, like one out of a summer resort brochure. It will make you feel like you’re floating in the clouds. Imagine lying on this bed while reading, and a gentle summer breeze rocks you. 

A hanging bed can be a game-changer for creating a tropical bedroom retreat. It adds a touch of elegance and sophistication while evoking the feeling of sleeping on a cloud.

Benefits of a Hanging Bed

• It creates a sense of weightlessness and freedom
• It adds a touch of luxury and indulgence
• It provides a cozy nook with curtains or netting
• It becomes a dramatic focal point in the room

Tips for Creating a Tropical Bedroom

• Add lush greenery and natural textures
• Incorporate vibrant colors and patterns
• Use natural materials like wood and rattan
• Keep the space light and airy

Moreover, if you surround this bed with plants, it could provide an aura of serenity, making you content as you sway on it on a warm summer day. 

9. Change your Ceiling Fan

Some tropical hotels and resorts use fans made with wicker and woven bamboo blades. Emulate this design theme by replacing your regular ceiling fan with those fans.

You’ll turn the tropical ceiling fan into the center of attention, highlighting the comfortable climate in your room.

Furthermore, these fans will still add to the aesthetics of your bedroom even if the weather is cold and you’re not using it. Find a fan that stands out so it doesn’t disappear into the background, especially when you don’t need to cool down.

10.  Include Memorabilia from your Favorite Tropical Vacations

Some of your best memories could be from tropical vacations— even the one you went on as a child. Some of those memories could stick with you forever, especially because you collected memorabilia from those trips like beautiful rocks, seashells, ceramics, and unique bottles. 

Great Places to Get Tropical Souvenirs

• Réunion Island, French Territory in the Indian Ocean for cultural souvenirs
• The Mamanuca Islands, Fiji for marine-lifethemed souvenirs
• Dominica for natural and colorful souvenirs
• San Blas Islands, Panama for eco-friendly souvenirs
• Tayrona National Park, Colombia for nature-inspired souvenirs
• Bora Bora, French Polynesia for luxury souvenirs
• Mauritius, Africa for island-themed souvenirs
• Azores, Portugal for fantasy-inspired souvenirs
• Trunk Bay, St. John, USVI for world-class beach items
• Anse Lazio, Seychelles for ideal swimming souvenirs

It doesn’t matter what it is— as long as your tropical bedroom includes things from your waterfront memories, it will become a haven for you to relax. This way, you’ll use them to personalize what “tropical” means.

Tropical decors provide a tranquil and cheerful space where you can unwind. You can experience that breezy tropical island life even if you don’t have the time or can’t afford a tropical vacation.  

Now that you’ve discovered how to turn your bedroom into an island resort, try these tropical bedroom ideas to see what works for you.