It’s your haven. Your lair. Your hideaway. The one place you can kick back, relax, feel serene and sexy and, ultimately, shut out the world and slumber. Only it’s not much of a haven, it’s certainly not a lair, and not only does the room exude the exact opposite of sexiness, it’s also far more tired than you are. It’s your bedroom, and if it isn’t doing it for you, it’s time for a contemporary re-do.

Here are four ways to express yourself in a modern master bedroom:

Textured eclectic, with a bit of the exotic

It’s a look that lets you expresses a worldly style and mix and match textures, patterns, and pops of color against a neutral palette.

Glam and personal

Touches of luxury make it feel high-end, while art and accessories make it feel yours. By staying with mostly neutral hues, you can get more creative with shapes without veering too far into contemporaryville.

Hotel-like

You know how you always feel a little “more” when you’re in a hotel? More sophisticated, more amorous, more luxurious? Turn your bed into a hotel-like space and you just might feel like that all the time.

Mismatched but complementary

It’s the bedroom version of keep it simple, stupid. You don’t have to do matchy-matchy as long as you retain elements in common. Here, again, it’s the neutral color palette, along with the clean lines and low profile of the furniture.

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