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Last Updated on October 15, 2026 by Sarah
Today, I want to share some fresh design inspiration for your Airbnb living room and bedroom! With short-term rentals, it’s tempting to pick an Airbnb theme, like a coastal beach house or cabin lake house. But sometimes your rental property isn’t in a specialized location.
That’s okay! You can stay “theme-free” and still create eye-catching Airbnb decor.
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Airbnb Living Room Ideas & Bedroom Inspiration
In this Airbnb hosting blog post, I share decor that is loosely floral-based, often centered around my favorite Rifle Paper Company rugs (available at Wayfair). But you can easily swap out the rugs and the wall art for an entirely different look.
All of the products shown here are from Wayfair, one of my favorite places to shop for Airbnb furniture and decor. And there’s never been a better time to shop because Wayfair has the home items you’ve been looking for to set up or upgrade your Airbnb rental property. Their shipping is always fast, which is very important to me when trying to get a new short-term rental property live!
Of course, these design boards aren’t limited to Airbnb short-term rentals. In fact, I would love to duplicate some of these in my own home. I actually think these bedroom ideas are great for a guest room or a teen bedroom makeover.
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Airbnb Bedroom Design Ideas From Wayfair
Here are three different design boards that I created with some of my favorite top-rated Wayfair products. Each includes a bed, rug, nightstands, curtains, and a piece of wall art.
In an actual Airbnb bedroom, I would also include a coordinating dresser, full-length mirror, wall-mounted Roku Smart TV, and other Airbnb essentials.
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Also, in a short-term rental, you can go either way on the area rug. I do include them in every living room but not always in bedrooms.
It depends on your room layout and the type of property you have. With our 30A rentals near the 30A beaches in NW Florida, I try to minimize rugs since there is so much sand, and we already have adequate wood flooring. Your guests will track in a lot of sand at a beach rental, even if you aren’t beachfront!
#1 Grey & Blue Bedroom Inspiration
For this Airbnb bedroom inspiration board, I chose a top-rated Birch Lane wooden bed. Wood or wrought iron beds are easiest to clean, so look for them when purchasing a bed for a rental property. The rug shown in this design is the Rifle Paper Co. x Loloi Maison Wisteria Cream Rug.
Additionally, I chose small pedestal tables instead of large nightstands, as I do in most of our rentals. Shown here are the Toriane End Tables, also by Birch Lane.
Because of space, full-size nightstands sometimes limit me to a queen-size bed, but stools or smaller end tables let me fit king-size beds, which guests love! I love these Birch Lane Medano Ceramic Table Lamps, too.
Add cream faux linen blackout curtains and some easy-to-clean wall art, and you’re good to go!
I find this Airbnb bedroom to be relaxing and quite neutral, making it a great design for various types of rental properties. Everything shown here has a rating of 4.5+ based on thousands of honest Wayfair reviews!
#2 Green & Pink Floral Bedroom Inspiration
Now, I know I just said to look for wooden beds, but I also love upholstered bed frames, like this upholstered wingback bed.
It is available in five other colors as well. If you do choose upholstered furniture in your rental property, which is unavoidable in the living room, make sure to have a Bissell Upholstery Cleaner on hand!
On this interior design board, I brightened things up with a natural-colored medium-toned nightstand set and the Rifle Paper Co. X Loloi Maison Grove Khaki Area Rug.
For curtains, I used sage green linen-textured 100% blackout drapes, and then found this framed floral wall art set to tie it all together. I think it’s very important to have good blackout curtains in bedrooms at any short-term rental property!
I love how fresh and cozy this room looks. It’s a room that would photograph well for you and be eye-catching in your Airbnb listing photos. Again, this would be a really nice design for a guest room in your primary home, too.
#3 Black & Grey Bedroom Inspiration
This room design is much more neutral and could easily feel more masculine if you remove the pink peonies.
This black farmhouse-style bed has great reviews and is available in five colors. I personally think this would look really great in a kid’s room with two twin or double beds, which are always great to have in a larger vacation rental home.
Again, I chose pedestal tables over nightstands to maximize space to ensure that I can have King beds in my rental whenever possible!
In this Airbnb bedroom design board, I chose very neutral wall art.
However, this would be a great place to frame some black-and-white photos and do a gallery wall, as I have in the living room of our one-bedroom condo. I always like to find older photos from our Airbnb’s location and frame them. This helps add a touch of local flair and nostalgia.
This gray and cream rug is another great neutral that also helps lighten up the space. Again, I chose coordinating linen-textured blackout curtain panels—blackout shades are essential in Airbnb bedrooms! Your guests often want to sleep in, or you may be hosting guests with babies and toddlers who need daytime naps.
Airbnb Living Room Design Ideas From Wayfair
Next, I have three Airbnb living room design boards that are not location-themed!
The inspiration here is centered around three different Rifle Paper Company rugs. These rugs always get rave reviews and are surprisingly inexpensive! I think these designs would all be very nice for a variety of short-term rental locations, and items can easily be swapped around to best fit your space and target guests.
In addition to what you will see below, I have wall-mounted Roku Smart TVs in all of my Airbnb living rooms (read why I love them here). I try to keep decor and knick-knacks at a minimum and usually do a nice gallery wall over the sofa.
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#1 White & Floral Living Room Inspiration
This Airbnb living room is full of bright florals, crisp white furniture, and gold accents. The rug shown here is the Rifle Paper Co. x Loloi Eden Mughal Garden Cream Rug, which served as the center of my design. This is a Wayfair design favorite, with a 4.8-star rating from almost 3000 purchasers!
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For a TV cabinet, this media console is perfect for a larger space or long wall, as it is 69.5″ wide. This means you can mount a large smart TV over it, if you choose, without overwhelming the space.
The coffee table here is one of my go-to styles, especially with a sofa bed. It is lightweight and easy to move. This round table also comes in a black-and-white version. This style is also available in a rectangular shape, which I actually prefer if you only have one sofa in the room.
Other items you see here are the Cessna 2 – Light Swing Arm Wall Sconces, the Birch Lane Momsen Lamp, a polysilk peony arrangement, and a great neutral floral Van Gogh-inspired wall art set.
#2 Green & White Living Room Inspiration
In this Airbnb living room design, the Rifle Paper Co. x Loloi Courtyard Sage Area Rug steals the show!
I love how the green is dark, since that helps hide stains most easily. Like most of the rugs you see in this post, it is also available in additional colors. I chose a Kujtesa cream sectional and a rich 58″ walnut rattan console table.
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When buying furniture for my vacation rentals, I always look for cabinets that can fully close over open shelves, as this is a great place to store sofa bed bedding, your Airbnb games, and other essentials.
That said, if your rental property has a sofa bed, choose a lightweight coffee table like the one in my previous design board so your Airbnb guests can easily move it.
Other items you see here are the Birch Lane Theodora Swing Arm Floor Lamp and a top-rated artificial Fiddle Fig plant. Please include artificial plants in your rentals only if you are 100% sure your cleaners wipe them down!
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#3 Blue & Green Living Room Inspiration
For the last Airbnb design inspiration board, I went for a slightly richer look, incorporating more blues and greens.
This Rifle Paper Co. x Loloi Cotswolds Willow Indigo Rug is another great choice and hides stains well. If you can’t already tell, I just adore the Rifle Paper Co. x Loloi collection of rugs!
This cream Azriah sofa is a great neutral and similar to what you would need if you wanted a sleeper sofa in your rental’s living room. Wayfair has a great selection of sleeper sofas, so browse them here!
This three-piece wall art set is soft yet colorful and a great choice for filling an empty wall above the sofa.
In this scenario, you could go in a variety of directions for the coffee table and console table in your Airbnb living room. I did think that these bronze bird bookends would be a great touch on top of the console table with some hardcover books. I like to go to a used bookstore and pick out books that pull together my design colors. I remove dust jackets, so just look at the actual book color.
These small faux plants can go on your end tables or coffee table, and I adore these Lane wall sconces!
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More Wayfair Design Inspiration For Your Airbnb
Wayfair has over 30 million products for you to browse!
Yes, read that again—30 million! I have no doubt you’ll find exactly what you are looking for at Wayfair. Plus, shipping is fast, and prices are fantastic. I can shop with confidence thanks to their robust rating system, and I love seeing how people style purchases in their own homes through the review photos.
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