35 Cozy and Timeless Earth Tone Bedroom Ideas

I’ve been dreaming about creating a relaxing and timeless bedroom, and I keep coming back to gorgeous earth tones. But what does that even mean?

I think of it as all the calming, natural colors you’d find outside. Imagine the soft grays of a cloudy sky, the pretty greens from a forest, deep ocean blues, and all those warm beiges from sand and wood.

I’ve seen so many designers use these colors, and I just love the peaceful feeling they create. It works so well with natural furniture and other little details.

I’ve gathered some of my favorite spaces that use these nature-inspired colors to bring a fresh look to a home.

Keeping a Low Profile

I just love this idea for a teen’s room or even for a modern couple. It’s all about comfort without giving up any style. Keeping the bed low to the ground creates such a contemporary and modern vibe.

And can we talk about adding houseplants? They bring that beautiful feeling of nature right into the room. A modern cement background gives this space a super trendy industrial feel that I adore.

Finishing it off with a yummy mustard bedspread is just boho perfection.

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A contemporary low bed is a simple way to get that earthy feel. Photo Credit: OldLinenMill via Etsy

Incorporate Naturally Sourced Rugs

Okay, by now you’ve probably seen that jute or woven rugs are a total staple for this earthy look. I think it’s because of their natural colors and organic materials. Rugs with a lot of texture, made from things like rope or wool, add so much to an earth-tone color palette.

They bring a unique, organic feeling into your home. To me, walking barefoot on those coarse, natural fibers is such a great reminder of the inspiration for the whole space.

Taupe Toned Forest Escape

Ikea Hellested Woven Jute Rug — A jute rug, taupe bedding, and big windows create the dreamiest earth-inspired room. Image via Ikea.

Large master bedroom featuring blush and navy accents throughout. A small seating area with oversized blush sitting chairs and pillows from Lulu & Georgia provide a perfect space to relax. A striped rug covers natural wood floors and accents the neutral colors in the bedding, as well. — Photo Credit: The Pankonien Group

Large gray master bedroom boasts a gray bench placed on a gray rug in front of a bed boasting a gray silk pleated bedskirt and a gray silk headboard fixed under a gold sunburst decor piece. The bed is located between brown wooden nightstands topped with stacked glass lamps placed in front of windows covered in gray roman shades. A taupe love seat is complemented with orange velvet pillows and a gray throw blanket. — Photo Credit: Elizabeth Dinkel Design

Made Goods Carmen Chandelier elegantly hanging with a tan fringe style from a gray plank vaulted ceiling in a transitional bedroom furnished with a black 4 poster bed, French nightstands and white ceramic lamps. — Photo Credit: Casey Sarkin Interior Design

Warm Chocolate Browns

Is there anything better than a cup of hot chocolate on a rainy day? I love using that feeling as inspiration and bringing a warm chocolate brown color into an earth-tone bedroom.

That same coziness and comfort totally comes through in the decor, from bedding and furniture to all the little accents. Just imagine topping your bed with a big, super soft comforter in a creamy chocolate color.

It instantly creates a place you just want to relax in.

Linen bedding Liv cinnamon, bed linen with wooden buttons, duvet cover pillowcover, soft bedding stonewashed cinnamon brown white wall bedroom with white textured throw rug shoes on rug basked pampas grass in jug — This warm brown bedding is so yummy and inviting. Photo Credit: LundkvistLiving via Etsy

Using an earth tone like this stunning brown makes this bedding such a great idea for your bedroom in any season. It just gives off those perfect earthy vibes.

Since dirt is the foundation of the earth, why not start with this rich, earthy color? I think it’s a winner!

Earthy Tones for Youngsters

You don’t have to shy away from earthy tones for your kids’ rooms! I think modern children’s rooms look amazing with earth tones like rust, mustard, and red.

You can balance out the bedroom with a deep, rich navy or lighter colors like creams and whites.

Paper pom poms are mounted over a white daybed dressed in embroidered flower bedding and placed on a Moroccan wedding blanket rug beside a gold nightstand. Ivory pleated curtains cover windows located on a wall adjacent to white and gold wall mounted shelves fixed over a modern play table and chairs. — Photo Credit: BHDM Design

Adding fun wallpaper is such a great way to keep the earth tones but make the room beautiful and fun for a child.

Hygge & West Daydream Wallpaper dresses up a boho baby nursery with a fun and charming finish in beige and blue. Wood and lucite nursery crib features blush pink accents on a throw fringe blanket and an accent pillow. — How cute is this wallpaper for a nursery? Photo Credit: Regan Baker Design

I love working in earthy elements like rattan bedframes, modern lamps, and even a faux animal hide rug to get that earthy feeling.

Boy's bedroom features light blue walls and a navy blue painted ceiling, a two-tone white and tan dresser lit by navy blue and white lamps and an orange leather bench at the foot of the bed, atop a tan carpet. — Photo Credit: Urban Grace

Charming girls' bedroom features rattan stools placed on a cream rainbow rug flanking a round two tone desk. The desk sits in front of a built-in window seat topped with red and yellow pillows and placed beneath a window dressed in a white roman shade and framed by white plank trim. — Photo Credit: Laura Hodges Studio

A Serena & Lily Avalon Daybed accented with boho chic pillows sits on a light brown cowhide rug against a wall clad in tan and gray geometric wallpaper. The bed is placed beside a tree trunk accent table and lit by a black faux bois floor lamp. — Photo Credit: Jen Talbot Design

Rich leathers and some vintage art can also add to the earthy look if they are in just the right color palette.

Select Bold and Beautiful Bedding

You guys, bedding and linens are such an incredible and simple way to change up the whole mood of your bedroom. Switching out comforters, duvet covers, and mixing in some throws is probably the easiest way to bring your favorite color palette into your room.

I find that organic shades inspired by the earth are popular for so many reasons. People who live in cities or small apartments are often drawn to the comfort and familiarity of earth tones because they remind them of natural elements.

Let’s look at how bedding is used as a beautiful decor feature in these amazing earth-tone bedrooms:

Natural Wicker and Delicate Decor

Urban Outfitters Earth Tone Bedroom Sage Green Bedding — This pretty sage green bedspread gives a much-needed pop of color to this tan and beige room. Image via Urban Outfitters.

Terracotta and Tan Retro-Chic Room

Clay Teracotta Rust Bedding Earth Tones Urban Outfitters Bedroom — This terracotta-clay colored bedspread adds a perfect organic vibe and looks great with the natural wood deco. Image via Urban Outfitters.

Olive Green Cozy Cotton Lounge

Olive Green Earth Toned Bedding Urban Outfitters — An olive green duvet cover is the perfect complement to the natural wood bed frame. Image via Urban Outfitters on Pinterest.

Wood on Top of Wood

Using wood is seriously the easiest way to bring a natural earth element into your bedroom. Bringing in those wood textures is so simple to do with furniture like bed frames and dressers.

Beach cottage master bedroom boasts a light stained plank ceiling above a natural woven bed dressed with white bedding. Vintage nightstands are styled with a glass and brass task lamp adding a contemporary touch completing the rooms aesthetic. — How gorgeous are these wood tones? Photo Credit: Rita Chan Interiors

Beach cottage bedroom fitted with a natural woven headboard flanked by a set of vintage nightstands displaying the gold and brass task lamps. — Photo Credit: Rita Chan Interiors

Earthy Sitting Areas

If you’re lucky enough to have space for a sitting area in your bedroom, you should definitely carry those earthy tones through in your chairs, rugs, and little tables.

This room uses a beautiful pair of caramel leather accent chairs, and they just ground the space and give it total earthy vibes.

Bamboo roman shades are layered behind white curtains with pom pom trim hung behind white accent chair with black spindle legs placed flanking a dark stained wood accent table positioned on a tan rug. Walls are covered in black and white wallpaper. — I love the mix of textures in this sitting area. Photo Credit: Digs Design Company

Master bedroom sitting area features caramel leather tufted accent chairs placed in front of a bed on a gray geometric rug facing a gray tufted stool. — Photo Credit: Brown Design Inc

A rich, brown jute rug just captures that total feel of the earth. The rustic fibers of jute are such a simple and elegant touch to ground your space.

And when you pair it with a stunning set of rich brown bamboo shades, this bedroom sitting area has the full package. It’s perfection!

Choose Earth-Inspired Artwork

Artwork that shows off the beauty of the environment is one of the easiest ways to dress up your bare bedroom walls and tie your whole earth-inspired color scheme together.

I love how subdued colors from art pieces with scenes from nature help ground your space in the theme you’re going for.

Terracotta Buffalo Bliss

Nature Inspired Artwork in Earth Tone Room — The brown tones in the animal artwork pull together this earth-toned sleep space so perfectly. Image via Ettitude on Pinterest.

Moody Mondays Weather Room

Weather Inspired Children's Bedroom Earth Tones — This weather-inspired kids’ room takes earth-themed art to a whole new level with that big cloud canvas and cloud installation. So cute! Image via H&M on Pinterest.

Pink Sands Pastel Sleep Den

Mountain Tapestry Earth Art Urban Outfitters — The mountain-inspired tapestry and light pastel tones look beautiful in this beige and camel colored bedroom. Image via Urban Outfitters.

Earth Tone Bedroom Art — The pale sage green walls in this bedroom are just gorgeous with the abstract landscape art in sandy shades. Image via Pier1.com

Begin in the Bedroom

I’ve heard the bedroom described as the vacation spot of the home, and I couldn’t agree more. It’s a room that can be a little hideaway from a busy world of schedules and deadlines. What’s amazing is that even a few small changes in your bedroom can alter the whole mood of your home.

I think the best way to start introducing an earth-tone color scheme is in the room where you begin and end your day. This will give you a great feel for whether you want to extend that palette to the rest of your house.

Before you pick an earth-tone color scheme, there are a few things to think about. One of the more dramatic approaches is focusing on ocean blue hues or deep forest greens.

I have seen these darker colors make their way into the hearts of design lovers lately, and they balance so beautifully with natural light and beige and ivory tones.

Don’t be afraid of the boldness of blue and green palettes; bringing them into your home is a great way to change up the mood and define your spaces. Have a look at how designers have brought darker earth tones into these modern bedrooms: