Make a plan. Jot down any ideas that you have about this. Collect anything that might help. It can be as simple as writing labels on a white sheet or printer paper or you can draw your ideas. You could look at pictures on the internet, or even consult a professional. Putting ideas on paper helps you filter your thoughts, in the end this process saves you time and physical effort.
Remove all furniture from your bedroom. Take posters off the walls, remove your curtains and shelves. It is essential to work with the bare bones, to completely start anew. Make sure you have another room to stay in while this is being done.
Paint Walls. Popular colors for a Vampire den are usually dark violet/red, deep purple, silver or gray, and black. (Do not paint your entire walls black it will not give the desired effect.) Paint two touching walls the color of your choice and the other two walls a darker version of the color you chose. For example: Paint North and East walls scarlet, South and West walls crimson. Paint can be found at any home improvement store, and they'll usually have samples you can look at.
Paint Accent: Once the walls are painted, paint the trim, window frames, ceiling, and doors. Your accent color should be dark. Black, onyx, gray, silver, or gold would look appropriate.
Paint your furniture: Using the accent colors in step number four paint any pieces of furniture you have to give them a more Gothic look, or buy new pieces with the right look, if you have extra money.
Buy items and decorate. A new paint job isn't the only thing you should do. Go out and buy some things to really get in the theme. Stay consistent with the colors you're choosing to decorate with so they don't contrast each other. A bedspread and sheet set that matches the colors in your new room. A black hanging chandelier. (They can be hung on the ceiling and plugged in with a wall plug, no messing with electricity required.)
Hanging dark sheets or drapes over your bed or other furniture may be excellent for the gothic, vampiric theme. Also, with dark drapes you can hang them from your roof and form them into a sort of tent-like shape, but you would need the drapes to be long to do this. Candles that match the colors you have chosen. Gray, silver or wall colored curtains. Head to a craft store and find a black lacy material to drape over your curtain for a more Gothic effect. Print or buy black and white or aged photos that you like, put them in black Gothic looking frames and hang on the wall. You could also buy posters. Search antique shops for a Gothic mirror and bed frames. Anything else you can find that might look good.
Relax and enjoy your new personal space. Try to make everything dark.
Keep in mind, maybe don't make your room a vampire den? It might seem strange to anyone who comes to your house. Perhaps after a night of partying you bring someone back to your place to do a little hanky panky. But then they see your vampire den/bedroom and decide that you are terrifying. Do it if that is your thing and people around you are into it as well, but don't ever do it for any reason other than that.
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