Fun Ideas for a Blank Wall Behind the Bed

Patterns or Prints

• Paint a blank wall behind a bed with a pattern or apply printed wallpaper. Some fun ideas are to paint diagonal or diamond-shaped stripes with two or more bright colors, like fuchsia, green, yellow and plum, on the wall. Color blocking makes use of two or more colors of paint applied to your walls in large chunks. For example, paint the top half of your wall in pink and the bottom half in mint green. Vertical or horizontal stripes in two or more colors also creates a fun bedroom wall. Choose wallpaper with a fun print, like polka dots, zebra print or geometric print. Another fun idea is to apply wallpaper with a faux texture, such as wallpaper that looks like bricks, wood or stone.

Glow-in-the-Dark Wall

• Creating a glow-in-the dark wall behind your bed is fun, especially in a child's bedroom. Glow-in-the-dark paint is available in different colors so you can create almost any design on the wall behind your bed. Aside from glow-in-the-dark paint, you can stick glow-in-the-dark decals and stickers on your wall, like stars, moons, planets and spaceships. Create an entire galaxy behind your wall, which you can even continue up to your ceiling.

Mural

• A fun idea for a wall behind your bed is to paint a mural. Match the mural to the theme of your bedroom. For example, a sports theme might have a mural of a football stadium and an ocean theme might have a mural with an underwater scene. Another idea is to paint a mural so that the room looks like it's inside a circus tent, spaceship or castle. Other fun murals behind a bed are the famous skylines of a city, like San Francisco or Seattle, or a beach and clouds.

Wall Decor

• Paint your wall in a solid bright color as a backdrop for your wall decor. Fun ways to decorate with wall decor include hanging a collection of marionette dolls or stenciling ballet slippers or a rodeo and cowboy images on the wall. Other stenciling ideas include sheep jumping over clouds or colorful hot-air balloons. For an adult's bedroom you can stencil letters of a mantraor your favorite quote on the wall behind the bed.