Create Your Own Retreat with These Stylish Bedroom Seating Ideas

Coastal Bedroom Built-In Seating
Photo: Laurey W. Glenn

If you have the space, create a reading nook or seating grouping in your bedroom where you can retreat from the hustle and bustle of the rest of your house.

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Coastal Bedroom Built-In Seating

Coastal Bedroom Built-In Seating
Laurey W. Glenn

Instead of letting this window nook go to waste, the designer turned it into a seating area in the bedroom with a down-cushioned window seat framed by linena-and-wool curtains. Club chairs and a skirted ottoman round out the arrangment.

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Calming Colors

Calming Bedroom Seating Area
Laurey W. Glenn

The painting by Kiki Slaughter inspired the calming gray and blue color scheme of this primary bedroom. An oversize cornice and curtains hang over a pair of windows, creating a perfect seating area.

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Bay Window

Bay Window
Photography Van Chaplin, Charles Walton IV / Styling Buffy Hargett

For a little extra floorspace, this homeowner added a simple box bay window. The natural light in this area makes it a perfect place to sit and read a book.

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Bright Sofa

Wherever space allows, it's great to have a seating area in the bedroom. It gives couples a place to get away and chat privately. This is especially important in a beach house where you always have guests
Photo by Laurey W. Glenn

This window-side sofa gives couples a place to get away and chat privately. This is especially important in a beach house where you always have guests.

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Fireplace

Fireplace
Photo: Laurey W. Glenn / Styling: Anne Turner Carroll

This homeowner enjoys cozying up to this bedroom fireplace in elegant upholstered wing chairs.

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Window Seat

Window Seat
Photo: Laurey W. Glenn / Styling: Anne Turner Carroll

This lovely window seat is not only a great place to curl up with a book or magazine, but it also doubles as a storage trunk.

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Reading Corner

Reading Corner
Photo: Laurey W. Glenn / Styling: Anne Turner Carroll

A chair with an adjustable reading light offers a place to perch and read.

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End of the Bed Bench

End of the Bed Bench
Photo: Laurey W. Glenn / Styling: Anne Turner Carroll

Place a bench or flat-top trunk at the end of a bed so you have somewhere to sit while you put on your shoes.

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