8 Stylish K-Drama Bedrooms That Are Peg-Worthy
Gain inspiration from these bedroom sets that provided more than just a good night’s rest for characters played by Lee Min-Ho, Son Ye-Jin, Kim Soo Hyun and Seo Ye Ji
During this shelter in place season, two things have definitely taken over the lives of many: the joys of home improvement and the thrill of being immersed in a good K-drama, where viewers are spoiled with the prettiest sets, lavish on detail in the service of describing a character. Bedrooms are intimate spaces that portray one's personality and preferences, and K-Dramas have invested seriously in making each character's bedroom replete with features that not only enflesh each character. They are also fashionable on their own, worthy of being made into pegs for people who are renovating this season.
Every aspect of these bedrooms, from light, to the choice of colors and accessories are incorporated in as part of a larger design scheme. Numerous K-Drama scenes are set in bedrooms, not only romantic scenes, but also those where the characters reflect and sometimes make important decisions for the unfolding of the story. The style chosen for the room partly expresses the personality of the character. There are various styles that are also very different from each other: traditional, eclectic, regal, nordic, minimalist, modern and fusion. All styles in these rooms can also provide useful insights or tips to draw inspiration from for your bedroom.
We've categorized 8 of the most memorable bedrooms in K-Dramas by style for your inspiration:
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The Traditional Style
Personal Taste (2010) is a drama starring Lee Min-ho (Jeon Jin-ho) and Son Ye-jin (Park Kae-in). Park Kae-in is a furniture design specializing in the creation of wooden furniture while Jeon Jin-ho is an architect. Their bedrooms are located in hanok adapted to modern times. The room of Park Kae-in is smaller than that of the architect, the bed is next to the wall under a small window where personal objects such as photos, paintings, books and puppets are placed. The color palette is on soft tones such as green, pink and white, in addition to the bed there is a wardrobe and a corner for personal care. Unlike the architect's room, the corner dedicated to the interior designer's work is located in another room.
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The Traditional Style
On the other hand, in the room of the architect Jeon Jin-ho the bed is not on the floor but is of the same style as the bedside table and wardrobe with red and white colors. The decorative and functional furnishings are: modern floor lamps, a decoration above the headboard of the bed and a modular wall bookcase that gives a decisive touch of color to the room. At the side of the bed, there is a desk and a drawing board where the architect drafts his projects.
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Eclectic Style
It's Ok To Not Be Okay (2020) tells the story of Moon Gang Tae (Kim Soo Hyun), a community health worker at a psychiatric ward who doesn't have time for love, and Ko Moon Young (Seo Ye-ji), a successful children's book author who suffers from antisocial personality disorder and has never known love. Kho Moon Young's parents' house is a large villa built by his architect father as a wedding gift for his wife. The bedroom of this house is particular, the color palette is very dark to express the turbulent and disturbing soul of the mother, with dark and imposing wooden furniture. The space is very large and the bed is placed on a perforated partition wall that hides the corner dedicated to personal care. This area where the protagonist combs through memories of her mother, while visualizing scenes of fairy tales in which the princess is seen in the mirror while waiting for her prince. The furniture and objects are rich in relief decorations, hinting at their age-old provenance. In addition, this room is the only one to have a large terrace overlooking the entrance of the house and the garden below. In this bedroom, the beauty of a maximalist interior is seen. It is achieved through a layering of design eras, textures, and dark colors.
Photo Credit: Still From It's Okay To Not Be Okay (2020)
Eclectic Style
Photo Credit: Still From It's Okay To Not Be Okay (2020)
Eclectic Style
Photo Credit: Still From It's Okay To Not Be Okay (2020)
The Regal Style
The King: Eternal Monarch (2020) is a drama starring Lee Min ho (Lee Gon) and Kim Go-eun (Jung Tae-eul) about the existence of two parallel universes that meet through an open portal in a bamboo forest. Lee Gon is the king of the Kingdom of Korea and his bedroom is in a majestic regal style. This style is expressed by the furniture in precious materials: wood, woven carpets, mirrors with gilded frames, oriental vases and damask fabrics. In the king's room there are various solid wood furniture richly detailed, including chairs and tables, brocaded fabrics and heavily-draped curtains. The bed has a brocaded canopy, warmed by a marble fireplace. Armchairs provide cozy seating. In this room that is made more dramatic by an octagonal floor plan, there is also a large chandelier holds court overhead, while the walls are richly finished in stucco. The use of pilasters flanking the bed, along with the built-up moulding and dramatic use of painted moldings as ceiling details make this room stately. It can be considered a modern version of the rooms of the eighteenth-century European villas.
Photo Credit: Still from The King Eternal Monarch (2020)
The Regal Style
Photo Credit: Still from The King Eternal Monarch (2020)
Regal Style
Photo Credit: Still from The King Eternal Monarch (2020)
Regal Style
Photo Credit: Still from The King Eternal Monarch (2020)
Regal Style
Photo Credit: Still from The King Eternal Monarch (2020)
Nordic Style
What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim? (2018) is a drama starring Park Seo Joon (AD Lee Yeong Jun) and Park Min Young (Secretary Kim Mi So), exploring their complicated romance and work story. The bedroom of the apartment where Secretary Kim Mi So lives benefits from illumination by a large window. The furniture is made of essential and functional wood and plywood: a large wardrobe on the opposite wall of the window, a small but comfortable desk, chests of drawers and containers for various objects. The color palette is in light and pastel tones such as white, light gray, green and beige. Enhancing the bright mood in this bedroom are the floral patterns of the fabrics, the geometric patterns of the boxes, carpet and wallpaper, giving the room a decidedly personal character. The choice of these colors expresses the desire to make a small environment look wider and makes it relaxing. This type of furniture are trendy, and easily procured for the home, from places such as Ikea. In fact it is furniture that is not particularly expensive and easily available even in the local market.
Photo Credit: Still from What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
Nordic Style
Photo Credit: Still from What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
Nordic Style
Photo Credit: Still from What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
The Minimalist
In the drama Secret Garden (2011) Kim Joo Won (Hyun Bin) is young, rich, handsome, well-educated and the C.E.O. who falls in love with Gil Ra Im (Ha Ji won) is a professional stunt actress challenging the class difference between them. Kim Joo-Won's bedroom is minimalist wrapped in kind of wood-floored shell that contrasts the extreme whiteness of the room. The furnishings are essential: bed with gray fabric headboard, bedside tables and chandeliers, there is no particular decoration or mirrors. The palette livened up by the green carpet and the red lamp. This room is located inside the Drama House building used as a set of many Korean dramas. Drama House is within the Maiin Vision Village complex that includes various buildings designed by famous architects owned by Maiin a cosmetics and healthy food company.
Photo Credit: Still from Secret Garden
The Minimalist
Photo Credit: Still from Secret Garden
The Minimalist
Photo Credit: Still from Secret Garden
The Modern Classic
The drama Heirs (2013) tells the story of a group of rich and privileged students who will soon take the place of their parents to carry on the various empires. Among the protagonists we are Kim Tan (Lee Min ho), rich heir to the Jeguk Group exiled to the United States by his brother Kim Won (Choi Jin hyuk), ready for anything to take control of the family business. The first installments of this drama take place in the United States, Kim Tan lives in a beautiful American mansion actually built in 1991 with seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms. This villa also appeared in the first and third episodes of the drama series Brothers & Sisters (ABC, 2011). Kim Tan's bedroom is dominated by a large window overlooking the sea from which comes the natural light that illuminates the whole room. The furnishings are essential: a double leather bed, surfboards, two armchairs, bedside tables and a fireplace. The neutral palette is warmed up by hints of yellow and blue of cushion-rich armchairs, surfboards and sheet fabrics. This call of blue and yellow tones creates a coordinated effect.
Photo Credit: Still from The Heirs (2013)
The Modern Classic
Kim Tan's room in South Korea maintains the same color palette but the room has a more classic setting. The large room is divided into three sleeping areas, wardrobe, study by plots that also serve as shelves for storing decorative objects and books. The walls are painted with light gray tone are contrasted with wooden and leather furniture: the fake trunk and the leather and fabric armchairs that give warmer tones to the entire room. The light comes from the numerous lamps present in the room.
Photo Credit: Still from The Heirs (2013)
Fusion
Crash Landing on You (2019) Yoon Se-ri (Son Ye-jin) is a wealthy heiress who, while practicing paragliding, crosses the border with North Korea due to the strong wind. Not knowing how to return home, he meets the young officer Ri Jeong-hyuk (Hyun Bin), who offers to help and protect her; the two fall in love, although there is constant and mutual tension between their countries. Se-ri's bedroom is a very relaxing environment with a palette that prefers a balance between neutral and warmer tones. The large bed is located in the center of the room in front of the window overlooking the terrace, the furniture placed on the sides are perfectly symmetrical and the same (bedside tables and bookcases). The style used represents a mix between the classic luxurious style with colors such as gold and precious materials and a more modern vision represented by the geometric patterns of wallpaper and paintings with abstract prints. There are also small decorative objects in porcelain, glass and gold. The piece of furniture that gives a rather strong tone of color is given by the two bookcases on the sides of the bed. Although it is a luxurious room you can find sources of inspiration for your room for example paintings, lamps and small objects that decorate the room.
Photo Credit: Still from Crash Landing On You (2019)
Fusion
Photo Credit: Still from Crash Landing On You (2019)
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