How to Style a Daybed with Pillows

Introduction

Today I’m sharing some tips and tricks I’ve learned for how to style a daybed. It has been through lots of trial and error that I have come up with, what I consider, the perfect formula for styling a daybed. We currently have two daybeds in our new house. My oldest and middle children sleep on daybeds. Let me give some perspective as to why I chose daybeds for them.

Background

First of all, the two of them shared a room from the time the 2nd was born. We lived in a tiny, two bedroom condo. The first born went from the crib to a full size bed and when baby #2 climbed out of the crib at 8 months old, she began sleeping in that full size bed with her big sister.

We moved into a bigger home just before baby #3 was born. We needed a guest room at that point since we had so many extended-stay visitors coming to help with the transition to three kiddos. The oldest two girls were used to sharing a room and were more than happy to continue doing so, this time in twin-sized beds.

This arrangement worked well for several years, but eventually, they desired more space. So for my middle daughter’s 6th birthday we moved her to her own “big girl” room. This meant sacrificing the guest room, which we were totally okay with. At this point they were older and were beginning to keep each other up all night, jumping from bed to bed. This is the point when I decided to get her a Daybed. I had found a great deal on FaceBook MarketPlace for a beautiful Restoration Hardware Baby & Child Daybed that I could not pass up.

My oldest got our queen size bed that was in our guest room which we were now turning into the middle child’s new bedroom. They lived happily this way for a few years.

Fast forward to our move to Texas. My oldest requested a Daybed for her new room. Why? Well at this point, she is 12 and realizes Daybeds are perfect for what she wants to do, which is lounge, study, and sleep. Plus the ability to add a trundle for sleepovers is just dreamy in a teens’ eyes. Daybeds are so versatile depending on how you style them! So we chose a more grown-up style daybed for her, basically a Chesterfield Couch style daybed.

The Daybed Challenge

My challenge, however, has been to make the Restoration Hardware Baby and Child Daybed that I love and adore appropriate for a tween girl. My middle daughter just turned 11 and she is expressing that her bed seems babyish. I hope this is a caution to parents who are paying full price to keep that in mind…they grow up so fast! However, I think I’ve figured out how to compromise with her and style her daybed, making it a comfy tween bed just by adding pillows and decor she loves.

Here are my tips for styling a daybed for the tween you love!

How to place pillows on a daybed — Daybed Pillow Diagram

How to Style a Daybed

1. Use at least five 22” throw pillows. I stuff these with 24” down inserts. You get a better chop this way.

2. For the throw pillows, choose:

(1) TWO patterned pillows that coordinate with your room colors

(2) TWO solid pillows also in a coordinating color that pair nicely with the two patterned pillows

(3) ONE patterned pillow for the center in a secondary color-way pulled from the colors in the room.

(4) ONE oversized lumbar pillow in front of the five throw pillows. This could be solid or have a pattern.

(5) This tip is optional, but looks cute. Choose ONE smaller lumbar pillow in a different color from the larger one. This one can have a pattern or even a word similar to the one I have here. Amour means love and I couldn’t love this daybed any more.

Thanks for checking out my tips for styling a Daybed! I hope you found it helpful. If you are new here you can read about my Instagram to Blogging journey here. I hope you’ll stick around for more home decorating tips and advice.