As your personal chamber, your bedroom ought to echo your style and sensibilities. Yet, while the perfect bed arrangement, furniture and fixtures will likely make it to the top of your list, you might find yourself overlooking the empty space your walls have to offer. If your walls are blank, they could be the missing piece of your decor puzzle. Fill them in with beautiful things that you’ll enjoy looking at. If you’re on the lookout for inspiration to bedeck your walls, here are eight winner wall decor ideas to choose from.

1. Showcase old treasures

Souvenirs from beachside holidays, lone frames without pictures, tarnished mirrors and delicate china plates can come together to form a beautiful vignette over your headboard. Alternatively, lay out your curios as a charming border just below the ceiling, like the trio of baskets in this bedroom. You’ll find plenty of baskets in the market, available in cane, bamboo. palm leaf, sisal and more, made in different ways – woven, coiled, braided – and in various shapes and sizes. Tribal craft stores will have some of the most exciting samples.

2. Create a tapestry headboard

Why have a headboard when you can turn an heirloom (or new) carpet or fabric into a gorgeous backdrop for your bed?

Experiment with time-worn saris, scintillating dupattas and store-sourced fabrics to piece together a patchwork design, like the one in this Mumbai home. For a more classic look, transform a single show-stopping rug or garment into an exquisite tapestry.

Tip: Use a sturdy tapestry rail and finials to fasten your tapestry to the wall. Handmade traditional fabrics, in particular, can be heavy, and should be secured with solid fixtures to avoid wall damage. Alternatively, consider using a baseboard to secure heavier pieces to the wall.

3. Add charming letter boards

You’ll find dozens of LED letter board designs online. Add whimsy to your space by sourcing individual letters to spell out a word or phrase.

This oasis of white and beige is a light-filled wonderland, with its dreamy atmosphere enhanced by individual LED letters arranged to read the word ‘wish’.

4. Hang statement panels

Dress your walls in printed or painted panels of fabric or wallpaper, in the manner of this beau-blue bedroom.

5. Light up your walls

Frosted wall panels, back-lit by lights attached along the top, can add luxury and luminosity to an understated space

Observe how this spartan room effortlessly dons a glam avatar, thanks to the spotlit translucent walls.

6. Add an eye-popping artwork

A pale boudoir can appear a bit too quiet without mood-lifting embellishments. Inject personality and interest into a space with measured pops of colour, alluring artwork, photographs, prints and original art.

Take a look at this baby-blue bedroom, which allows the framed vivid graphic artwork to completely steal the limelight.

7. ‘Cassette’ a design statement

We all have forgotten, cast-out items stowed in dusty lofts and unfrequented cupboards. Get a professional mural artist to put your cassettes, CDs, used notebooks and paper clips to good use.

Old cassettes arranged in a sculptural grid, like this one here, can make a compelling centrepiece on your bedroom wall.

8. Display a mural

Use assorted tiles or pieces of fabric, in complementary tones and designs, to craft a wall-mounted mural like the one in this ink-blue-and-white bedroom. This head-turning mural design adds pizzazz to the pared-back space.