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Three master bedroom designs that will have you seriously inspired

Get creative with these incredible master bedrooms – a bunker, a clifftop home, and an internationalist interior.

10 June 2024

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Elevate your master bedroom with key design elements. A thoughtful lighting plan using lamps and sconces, like in the Dalman Architects bunker home, creates a moody atmosphere.

Embrace colour like the award-winning Arent&Pyke interior, which used a soft Resene palette for a warm glow. Add style with textured layers like throws and rugs.

Establish a luxurious focal point with a large headboard, as designed by Studio John Irving architects, or a striking piece of art to complete your personal sanctuary.

A moody master bedroom design in a decadent concrete bunker

Award-winning bedroom design

This award-winning bedroom design by Arent&Pyke encapsulates a bold use of colour. Image: Anson Smart

Amp up the style with bedroom feature walls and paint design ideas

Use the headboard as a central bedroom interior design element

This wall-to-wall aubergine velvet upholstered headboard adds a rich layer of colour and luxury to this master bedroom, in an Auckland home designed Studio John Irving, with interiors by Kirsten Ford. Image: Hanson & Daughters