How to Create a Harry Potter Bedroom

Co-authored by Garrison Hullinger

Last Updated: December 25, 2022 Approved

You're a Harry Potter fan and want to have a Harry Potter themed room, but don't have lots of spare money for it? Or maybe, you just want some ideas!

Part 1

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Choosing a color theme for the room

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Choose a color to paint your room. Choose the colors of your favorite Hogwarts house to show off your personality. Hogwarts is mostly wood or stone, so you can paint it to look like either. But remember you may not like Harry Potter or Hogwarts later on in your life. Know which house you're in because each Hogwarts dorm is decorated with the colors of the houses. The colors are:^{[1]
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- Scarlet and gold for Gryffindor
- Yellow and black for Hufflepuff.
- Blue and bronze for Ravenclaw with a raven
- Green and silver for Slytherin
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Paint a mural if you're really dedicated and have enough money. It will take up a big part of the room, and it will certainly imply that you're a Harry Potter fan. Plus, it'll look pretty awesome!

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Part 2

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Decorating the room

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Decorate your room. You can decorate it with banners that match the color of the room, or you could use authentic-looking items that were used in the books or movies. Or, if you don't have a lot of money, you can just decorate your walls with posters. Another thing you can do is get some statues or toys of your house's animal! The house animals are:^{[2]
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- Gryffindor: Lion
- Hufflepuff: Badger
- Ravenclaw: Eagle
- Slytherin: Serpent
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Put up all the movie posters on your wall and different variations of them so you won't just have eight posters, but nine for Deathly Hallows parts one and two and the Cursed Child.
- You can even make your own. If you're good at drawing, draw a picture of your favorite character. Or just write the name of the house you're in, using a marker.
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Add additional furnishings. Put up pictures of Harry Potter, fake potion bottles, a fake sword of Godric Gryffindor, a spellbook, etc. You could also make a Hogwarts acceptance letter, and display it proudly on your wall.
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Add soft furnishings. For your bed, you can put curtains around it if you have space, just like the students in your dormitory do. You can also change the sheets of your bed to your favorite house color.^{[3]
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- Get Harry Potter pillows, bedsheets, etc. Etsy is a good place to look. However, you may find this is over-the-top to add Harry Potter bedding, so don't worry if you don't want it.
- You can hang pinch-pleat curtains. The best way to hang pinch pleat curtains is to use drapery pins. It is easy to adapt those pins.
- If you do not want the ring in which you are putting the pin to show, put the top of the pinch pleat in line with the rod.
- It raises the curtain off the ground a little more, and the hardware does not show.
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Place soft furnishings in other areas of the room. A toy cat, owl or toad would be great. A rat is also okay. You can also get a pygmy puff.
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Place books on shelves. If you have a bookshelf, put your Harry Potter books on top, so people know you treasure them^{[4]
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- Display your Harry Potter books and movies. It looks best if the books are in hardcover. There are many ways to display them; you could put them all on the top shelf of a bookshelf, or even get a special shelf just for them. Put these books on a bookshelf for everyone to see. Try to be creative and have a nice design layout.
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Put a sign on your door that has a picture of your favourite character or house emblem.
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Put Harry Potter things around your room such as the things mentioned in the tips. There are some other ideas too like taking a regular broomstick and painting it to look a little fancier, or for the spell books, put a fancy book cover on your books. You can also paint a stick to make it look like a wand if you don't have one.
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Hang up HP pictures on a bulletin board. You can draw your own or print some off the internet. You could even show off pictures of you. could also have photos of you in your Harry Potter Character Halloween costume.
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Hang Hogwarts robes in your closet. Or even better, have a hook somewhere outside your closet and hang the robes on that.
- If you put them in the closet make sure the closet doors are open when guests come over.
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Add in some really cool stuff. Have an old trunk like the ones they bring to Hogwarts? Set it near your bed and use it as a toy chest or a cage for Hedwig.^{[5]
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- Have a stuffed animal owl? Put it somewhere where people can see it.
- If you have a Harry Potter Wand, set it on your nightstand.
- You could even hang the model of a Firebolt or Nimbus 2000 on the wall.
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Enjoy your Harry Potter themed bedroom!

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Part 3

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Making Up Other Rooms in Harry Potter Style

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Add Harry Potter accents to your kitchen.
- Use mugs and glasses with your house colors on them.
- Use cauldrons instead of bowls when having guests over. Serve drinks in the cauldrons.
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Fix up the bathroom in Harry Potter style. All you need to do with the bathroom is put a Girl or Boy sign, and find a friendly ghost to be Moaning Myrtle.

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Community Q&A

Question

I want to do a Harry Potter room, but I'm worried my friends will tease me, as I'm nearly 14. What should I do?

Community Answer

If your friends tease you because you are into Harry Potter, they are not good friends. I know many people who are in high school and college who love Harry Potter and would love a room like that. It is your room, not your friends', so you have the right to decorate it to suit your personality. That said, consider to what extent you will decorate, and ask yourself (and your parents, trust me they probably know you pretty well, even if you don't want to admit it) if this is a room that you will like by the time you are a senior in high school. This has nothing to do with what is "cool," but your own personal interests.
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What things could I use just to make a small Harry Potter section?

Community Answer

Your bookshelf could become your shrine. You can place all your Harry Potter books, a few flasks with water and food coloring (try craft stores for the flasks!), homemade wands (check wikiHow to Make a Harry Potter Wand) and a copy of the Marauder's Map. You could try adding a figurine, small quotes in frames, printable candy boxes with beads in them, or a printable photo of Lily and James dancing, like the one that Harry has! You could add a quill and some ink, and a bit of parchment, as well as maybe a necklace with the Deathly Hallows sign, or a Snitch.
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How do I get a color theme when my walls are white and I can't paint them?

Community Answer

You could find something colorful to cover the walls. That could include posters, tapestries, or even bed sheets. You can hang those on the wall using hooks or screws (but ask your parents to help you so you don't damage the walls).

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Warnings

Some people might laugh, in which case say nothing. They are just jealous of your cool room!

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Things You'll Need

Objects from around the house, or a bit of money to create the look

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About This Article

Co-authored by:

Garrison Hullinger

Interior Designer

This article was co-authored by Garrison Hullinger. Garrison Hullinger is an Interior Designer and the President of Garrison Hullinger Interior Design (GHID). With more than 15 years of experience, he specializes in client-centered design that balances beauty and warmth with comfort and functionality. Garrison and GHID’s work has been featured in numerous publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Interior Design Magazine. Garrison attended Oklahoma Christian University. This article has been viewed 170,039 times.

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Updated: December 25, 2022

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Categories: Bedroom Styles for Youth

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If you can’t get enough of Harry Potter in your life, there are many ways to make your bedroom more magical. Paint your walls the colors of your favorite Hogwarts house, like red and gold for Gryffindor. Display your Harry Potter book collection and other merchandise on shelves. You can also put up posters of your favorite Harry Potter movies or books. If you have a little extra money, invest in Harry Potter bed sheets and pillows. If you can find witch or wizard’s robes, hang these up in your room to pretend your room is really in Hogwarts. For more tips, including how to make your own potion or spell books, read on!

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