Decorating a bedroom always requires a personal touch to it. No matter how much you pay an interior decorator, the true beauty of the room will show itself only when there are a few elements of you and your personality highlighted within the decor of the room. In 2012, there are quite a few ideas that are doing the rounds of the bedroom decorating circuit. A few of them have a mention in this Buzzle article. They're all about panache, elegance, simplicity and life! Have a look at some of the most popular paint colors for bedrooms in 2012. One of the most important purposes of a bedroom is to make you feel completely at home. The warmth and peaceful atmosphere within the bedroom should be reflected in the colors that you use to decorate it. Using varying hues and combinations of colors to give your bedroom a welcoming look and feel is what we'll show you how to do in this section of the article. If there's one thing that we should all be thankful for, it's Mother Nature's blessings. So easily we take for granted the environment, never for an instant stopping to think about the future generations that might not be able to enjoy the bounty that we do. As deference to this grandeur, the nature theme is one of the most popular ones for bedrooms in 2012. You can instill this theme in your bedroom by using colors that symbolize nature. The most obvious choice, as you can see by the images here, is green. You can combine a slightly bright green with a white or cream to get a sense of balance in the wall colors. Using green can be quite tricky because you need to perfect the shade, or your room can end up looking quite gaudy. So stick to pastel shades or use a bright shade to accent a wall. Keeping a couple of potted indoor plants within the room can greatly increase its aesthetic value. If plants are not your cup of tea, even a bunch of fresh flowers can do it. Another major trend this year in the field of home decorating is the intermittent use of bright colors. This trend is actually a combination of two trends in itself. One being the use of neutral shades to paint the bedroom walls, and the other bright colors. To give your room a trendy and modern look, you need to first pick a neutral color to dominate the walls. Whites, off-white, ivory, beige, etc. are great colors for this purpose. Once you've picked the main color, you need to keep it in mind while choosing the color that you're going to use to accentuate the overall room. Remember; for a bright base color, pick a bright second color. For instance, you can see the use of bright red and yellow against white in the images given here. For beige or cream, you can use subdued versions of brown or green for an elegant effect. Don't confuse color zoning with an accent wall. Where an accent design requires you to paint a wall in another color, color zoning gives you the liberty to use the second color for any aspect of your room like furniture, accessories, even the room doors and windows perhaps. It is one of the most stylish ways to color a bedroom, so use it well. Guess which color is back with a bang! After taking a sabbatical for a year, blue is back to rock the interior decorating scene with its eternal beauty. Blue is slated to be the new white! Well, not completely, but you get the drift right? May seem offhanded to many, but the truth is that blue is one color that can really make your bedroom look like a million bucks, IF and only IF used appropriately. Going overboard with the color can result in making the room look hideous as well. So, to play it safe and stick to the more subtle shades of blue. A calm aqua blue will render that peace and tranquility that you so desire. On the other hand, a slightly darker (not brighter) shade of blue can add panache and turn it into the bedroom of your dreams. You will definitely need to use appropriate colors to balance out the blue as well. Here's a tip; stick to whites and ivories. They're the best ones to complement the vibrant hue. For all you free-spirited ones who yearn to transform their bedroom into the one they envision but are concerned about whether it will indeed be 'appropriate' or not, 2012 is completely your year. This year is all about expressing that bottled up enthusiasm using your bedroom colors! That's right; be bold, be free and go paint your room in whatever color you wish, to and you're sure to maintain the trend. Use any style that appeals to you, keeping in mind some of the colors mentioned above. The images given here are perfect examples of said self-expression. A blackboard finish to the walls, giving the person free rein to scribble whatever he or she wishes, and a room with a combination of abstract and contemporary art. Use all the concepts that you've always wanted to and recreate a glamorous bedroom that screams you and your personality!