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Holiday bedroom at night: green velvet bedding with a faux-fur throw, garland and candles on the mantel, a fire, and snow at the window
Holiday bedroom ideas

Velvet Holiday

Green velvet, gold light, and a long winter night in.

A seasonal look, here each holiday season. We keep this page up so you can read about it in the meantime.

Velvet Holiday

Velvet Holiday is the room for the longest nights of the year. Deep green velvet on the bed, antique gold catching candlelight, one simple garland of real greenery, and the snow, or at least the cold, kept on the other side of heavy drapes. It is festive the way a good dinner is festive: warm, a little dressed up, and mostly about who is there with you.

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The palette, and why

Every color does a job.

Forest Velvet#1d3b2c

The color of the season without a single ornament. Deep green velvet looks almost black in the corners and glows emerald where the candlelight hits it.

Antique Gold#b38b3e

Worn gold on candlesticks, frames and a cushion or two throws the flame back into the room. It is what makes the dark feel celebratory.

Candle Ivory#efe6d2

Ivory tapers and soft linen give the eye a few bright points to rest on, like snow outside a lit window.

Mulled Wine#5a1a24

Deep red kept to one wall or the door, a pillow, or a ribbon on the garland warms up all that green without tipping into candy-cane red.

Walnut#3a2a1f

Dark wood under the velvet keeps the room grown-up and solid, more cabin than shop window.

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Real paint for Velvet Holiday

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Walls

All four walls

Accent

Headboard wall or the door

Trim and ceiling

Ceiling and trim

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The feeling

Warm, hushed and a little dressed up. Velvet Holiday is the room you come back to after the party, when the best part of the evening is just starting.

What defines it
  • ◆Deep green velvet bedding and drapes
  • ◆Antique gold candlesticks and a gilt mirror
  • ◆One garland of fresh greenery, with a few tiny warm lights
  • ◆Ivory taper candles, lots of them
  • ◆A faux-fur throw at the foot of the bed
  • ◆Nothing from the seasonal aisle
The mood

Velvet Holiday, in the room.

Garland & falling snowTake a closer lookSnow, garland & velvetTake a closer lookGarland canopy & candlelightTake a closer lookVelvet canopy & candlesTake a closer lookGarland four-poster & snowTake a closer lookTree, gold pillows & snowy windowsTake a closer look
Before and after

The same room, by day and by night.

An ordinary bedroom before, and the same room in Velvet Holiday at night (after)An ordinary bedroom before, and the same room in Velvet Holiday at night (before)BeforeAfter
Why it works after dark

Winter does half the work here. It is dark early and cold outside, and this room answers with velvet, fur and firelight colors that make you want to stay under the covers together. The garland and the candles say it is a special night, but the bed is clearly the point of it. It is a holiday room for two, not for hosting.

How to light it at night

Candles first: a row of ivory tapers in brass on the dresser, and a few flameless pillars near the bed so you can relax about them. Weave one short string of tiny warm lights through the garland and leave the rest of the lights off except a brass bedside lamp turned low. Gold and velvet need flicker, not brightness.

Make it yours

Pieces that build the look.

Guides for Velvet Holiday

Velvet Holiday is coming next holiday season.

It's in the Room Designer during its season. Until then, upload a photo of your bedroom and try it in any of our other styles.