I love blogging. I do. And I've been doing it for, what, three days?
OH WELL! I've decided to do another post, as it's the school holidays here in Canberra, about bohemian design. Tips and tricks for designing an eclectic gypsy room. You know... All that jazz. All the pictures I've collected are from my Pinterest which I shall link at the end.. :)
This first picture is absolutely gorgeous, but extremely busy. So if you don't like having a lot going on in one room, just simplify the look. It's very eclectic, but you don't need the tablecloth or such insane wallpaper. Although I'd personally kill to have that wallpaper in my bedroom. If you want the curtains - buy cheap sheer curtains from dollar shops etc. Then you could go to second hand stores, craft stores or garage sales to find little tassels, beads, and string you like. Simply string them together and use thumb tacks to tack them to the window sill... I have something like this in my room (hooray for being thrifty and making things myself!), except the curtain is lace and I cut off the little tassel-y pieces and tied them together like a long string... confusing.... It's not confusing if you're in my head, so would you like to join me? No? Okay...
This room (in my opinion) is a lot more easier to replicate. There's no time consuming application of wallpaper, and it looks more light and... happy. Can a room be happy? *My books look sad... Can books look sad?* A little Gilmore Girls humour never killed anyone okay? The couch could be hard to find in stores, but in second hand furniture stores you'll have more luck. The sheer curtains add a romantic touch, although the hats on the wall are a bit much.
I ABSOLUTELY ADORE THIS! Although I'm not big on the colour mint, I really think it looks gorgeous in this room. I'm not so sure how you can replicate the walls unless you're decorating an old cottage-y house, or an attic. Support beams (or whatever the hell they're called) add an eclectic almost old world touch to rooms. The clever thing about this room is the couch, because you simply cover it with a blanket or sheet. Plus finding pillows should be easy, as should finding a nice carpet. The distressed table is just... yeah... I like this room a lot....
Here, it isn't so cluttered and just reminds me of Escape to the Country (beautiful houses, beautiful country, amazing show). The silky little seat is very refined, and feminine, and the table cloth adds a bright pop of colour. The mirror, door, and candle sticks add a vintage look that can easily be copied. It just looks... romantic, feminine, but not so over-the-top that your husband would shoot you if he saw a room like this in your house.
I found this on Etsy (but I can't find it again... I'm hopeless, and sorry) a couple of weeks ago. And these bottles just look so vintage and beautiful that they'd look perfect in any bohemian/eclectic room. I'm not sure about duplicating them, but I bet you'd be able to do something similar (if you had talent for that sort of stuff, which I sort of don't).
And this last little pic I just think is adorable. As for actually finding a chair like that.. Well... Good luck. If you find one, I shall marry you in the summer. However, draping fabric over a plain chair and adding patterned pillows might compensate for that.
Tips and Tricks!
1. This one is important. Super mega jumbo important. Don't get attached to one specific design, one specific type of room. Because you will not find what you're looking for, and end up being extremely disappointed, and maybe give up. You need to branch out, especially with bohemian and eclectic rooms, because you never know what you'll find. If you can't find a specific type of bed frame or desk, accept it and look for something else - something that you might even love a lot more. I've been looking for a desk for months now, but part of that time was wasted because I was so fixed on having a very specific desk and of course couldn't find it. But now I've let it go and am taking more time to check out cheap furniture stores or places like the salvation army.
2. There are actually a lot of different types of bohemian rooms. You could go for a really feminine look, old world, or a darker more gothic room. When you're starting a new decorating project, you need to have an idea of what type of room you want, so you've got a rough idea of what pieces you're looking for. That said, you don't have to follow that structure if you want a more eclectic look - it's just a good idea to understand what works and what doesn't. For example, it's a big risk (and usually, but not always, a mistake) to put up bright colourful pictures or curtains if you want to go for a more darker older look. Try pale colours, or at the opposite end of the scale, dark burgundies and purple.
3. And the final tip for bohemian decorating... The sky really is the limit. As long as you like the room, that is all that matters (and there's also the whole don't blow all your money on one room thing). The beauty of eclectic and bohemian rooms is that there isn't any rules as to what colour scheme you want, or what little nicknacks should go where. The whole idea behind bohemianism (I know it isn't a word, okay?) is that it's fun and free, like gypsies :) But also unique to every single person, because we all have different ideas. Don't let the idea of having a patterned rug and bedspread stop you, don't let having too many hanging ornaments stop you - it doesn't matter if there are two mismatched things in the room because that's the whole point of having a bohemian room. Two things that don't go together, can go together anyway....
Does that make sense?
Eh.
Okay, that's it I suppose. I'm going to be blogging like crazy this week because there's no school, even though I have a "To Do" list two pages long. Does anyone else do this? Alright, I'll stop rambling and talk to you later
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