Romancing the room: how to add a touch of romance to your home

A beautiful romantic interior can fire both the imagination and stir the emotions. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, there are many different ways you can add a touch of romance to every room in your home, no matter what your preferred decor style.

Whether your transformation is subtle or dramatic, temporary or permanent, here’s some inspiration to get you started on your romantic sanctuary:

The Lounge

Romantic spaces are defined by comfort and eye-appeal, and the enchantment begins in the lounge. As the centre of your home, it should be a beautiful private space where you and your partner can relax and connect. Invest in a big comfy couch where you can snuggle up together and watch one of your favourite films.

Add personalised cushions for a unique touch. Decor specialists Colour and Spice offer a range of linen cushion covers, customised with your names and significant dates.

For fireside sprawling, lay down thick rugs, perhaps in hues of deep burgundy and ochre to create a sense of warmth and comfort. Spritz some room spray in your favourite scent for a touch of aromatherapy.

Add a personalised touch to your decor. Photo: Colour and Spice.

The Dining Room

Planning a romantic dinner at home? Enhance the food, and your experience, with a beautifully laid table surrounded by elegant dining chairs. Use sparkling silver and glassware to catch the light from scented candles.

Bowls of ripe fruit, vases of greenery (just prune a little foliage from your garden) and crisp napery will create an opulent effect. 

As Shakespeare wrote, “If music be the food of love, play on”, so turn off the TV and put on some music you’ll both enjoy.

The Bathroom

You don’t need a claw-foot bath or a jacuzzi to create an indulgent spa-at-home experience. Float rose petals on the surface and invite your partner to relax and unwind at day’s end.

Flickering candles, offset by mirrors, will create alluring shadows and soft pools of light just where you want them. Enhance the mood with small luxuries like special soaps, fragrant oils and massage creams and wrap up in lush towels and bathrobes.

Use rose petals and flowers to create an indulgent spa-at-home experience. Photo: Stocksy.

The Bedroom

Get ready to turn your bedroom into a proper boudoir this Valentine’s Day. Add plump pillows, high thread-count sheets and luxurious throws in different textures: delicate silks, velvet and faux fur.

You may want to accessorise with reds and pinks, traditionally the colours of passion. Keep the lighting dim and, where possible, draw back the curtains to let in the moonlight. Who doesn’t look good bathed in silver light?

For artwork, choose whatever transports the mind to a special place. Photos or keepsakes of shared memories promise a future together and more adventures to come.

Eliminate clutter. Stacks of laundry or a car manual on the bedside table kill the sensuous feel. And finally, banish all phones. Romance is about each other, not the outside world.

Turn your bedroom into a proper boudoir. Photo: Heatherly Designs.

Outside

Transform a terrace or verandah with sparkling fairy lights mirroring the stars. Cuddle up in a well-padded garden swing or share a double hammock strung between trees.

Nature will provide a symphony of night noises, and gently tinkling wind chimes will add an otherworldly serenity. Explore the diverse range from Wind Chimes Australia.

The garden exudes its own scents, but don’t forget the citronella candles – there’s nothing romantic about angry red mozzie bites.