Interior experts say this overused style trick from the 90’s and early 2000’s could be making your bedroom look dated – here’s how to bring it into 2026

A bedroom painted in a soft brown with tonal velvet cushions on the bed.

When it comes to making a small bedroom look bigger, interior experts have all kinds of tricks up their sleeves.

However, there's one widely used design choice that interior designers say is beginning to look dated. In fact, some say this small bedroom idea went out in the 90's, even though so many of us still have this design feature in our bedrooms.