Bohemian decorating is great for your wallet.  This room decorating idea incorporates unique and individual items that you can make on your own, find in your parent’s attic or purchase for pennies at a local flea market.  Some bohemian decorating ideas you can use are: antique light fixtures, old picture frames with cool carvings, rich colorful fabrics for your bed or table or a distressed vintage bookshelf.

Bohemian style makes use of variety: variety of textures, colors and patterns.  This is great because it means you can
mix and match to your hearts content, incorporating new items with pieces you’ve had for years.  Stripes with florals, ethnic patterns and bejeweled middle-eastern fabrics can be harmoniously brought together to create a dorm room you love. A great way to make use of variety is with wall hangings, area rugs, table cloths and bed covers.  All of these items are relatively inexpensive and can add lots of color to your space.

Another dorm room decorating idea is to try to bring in some cool “non-dorm room like” pieces to give your room character. Homey pieces like a vintage side table, a funky lamp or a Moroccan tea set will give your room a super cool, unique character!

So try these bohemian dorm room decorating ideas, but be warned! Your room might be so comfy and chill that you won’t want to go back home!

Floral Prints: Warm, beautiful summer weather just makes you want to go outside. Bring the flowing, fresh feeling of summer into your home with floral décor. Floral designs are ultra feminine, beautiful and fun. They can easily be incorporated into an room of your home! A floral patterned sofa or arm chair or floral wall paper will look amazing in your living room. Looking for floral room decorating ideas on the cheap? Try stapling $5 floral material to a canvas for some stunning wall décor or buying a few floral throw pillows.

Pops of Color: During the winter, days are short and cold and the long nights are a time for being comfortably cozied-up indoors. On the contrary, the summer is full of bright long days, vacations and an overall happy atmosphere. Let your home reflect your summertime cheer by incorporating bright splashes of color! Some great choices for summer are yellow, orange, honeysuckle or spring green. Pops of color can be integrated into your home via a large modern vase, a colorful wall, some vibrant wall art or new colorful drapes!

Sheer Fabrics: Sheer fabrics are a great summer decorating idea for capturing the season’s aura! Used as window shades, soft sheer fabrics let in the sunshine allowing it to illuminate your space! They imbue your room with the softness of a warm summer breeze. Sheer fabrics are also great as tablecloths, especially if they are long enough to drape down from the table and topped with a transparent glass vase of greens or flowers. Any old table can be instantly given a summer update with a whimsical, sheer tablecloth!

Getting your home ready for summer doesn’t have to mean changing around your entire space! Just follow these simple summer decorating tips and welcome the season into your house.

Chandelier made from sunglasses

Tip #1: Your Bookshelf

Having a visibly displayed bookcase is hipster essential. Since hipsters pride themselves on appreciation of great literary works, a cool bookcase filled with classics is key in creating an aura of sophistication and depth.  Make sure your bookcase includes a variety of “approved reads” by authors like Franz Kafka, Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy and other hipster faves.  The bookcase can be vintage or modern with a 60s or 70s feel.

Tip #2:  Ironic Accessories

Your hipster room should contain at least one ironic accessory that can (but doesn’t have to) function as a focal point.  The accessory could be ironic for many reasons: it could blatantly clash with the rest of the room décor, be noticeably out of context, be an object that was normative for children in the 80s or early 90s or gently mock a part of society that is considered by hipsters to be somewhat less cultured. Examples of ironic items would be a unique and wacky chandelier like this “chandelier made from shades” a piece of taxidermy (yes, I’m serious!),  a flamboyantly religious item or a 90s inspired canopy bed.

Tip #3: Vintage Furnishings

The right furnishings are essential to creating an appropriate hipster vibe.  The idea is to mix modern items with enough vintage ones to show you have an appreciation for a time before furniture was mass produced.  A few key vintage finds that are actually from the 50s, 60s or 70s will be enough to create the right vibe in your home.  A retro couch, record player or old roll top desk are great room decorating ideas for your hipster pad.

Tip #4: Going Green

Not only is going green good for the environment, it is a key ingredient of hipsterdom. Do-it-yourself, environmentally friendly elements are great additions to your home décor.  Handmade items made from recycled goods are great hipster decorating ideas and are readily available on greatgreengoods.com and other sites.  These items are generally creative, funky and great conversation pieces.  Check out this area rug made from recycled measuring tape!

Tip #5: Make it look like you didn’t try

This is my final and most difficult hipster decorating idea.  Making your décor look effortless is important to achieve the “naturally cool” vibe of a true hipster.  The room should be decorated without clear attention given to symmetry, color schemes and matching.  It should seem like items (such as an electric guitar, vintage television screen etc) simply happen to be in a certain place which looks great.  Generally, a wide array of colors and textures can be used that naturally and casually come together in a somewhat bohemian manner.

Hope you enjoyed these tips to decorate your home according to “hipster standards”.  What are you waiting for? Go raid your local thrift shop or flea market and create your glorious hipster pad!

Yellow furniture, accessories and accents shout out against a neutral palette. To make a bold statement and attract attention, use a lot of yellow in one area of the room. In your bedroom, try a bright yellow blanket cover to turn your bed into a focal point. Bold yellow drapes are another great idea for summer. Just make sure to only have one focal point since using too much yellow will make your room look gaudy and overdone.

Yellow Room Decorating Ideas

A yellow couch is a beautiful way to add a pop of color to your living room. For a summer update on a budget, simply purchase a new yellow couch cover or large throw. Alternatively, you can try painting a bookshelf or display case in yellow. One of my favorite yellow room decorating ideas is painting one whole wall of a room yellow! Although it takes a little bit of time, it is a great way to add intense color without breaking the bank.

To complete the look, use smaller yellow accessories as colorful accents. Accessories will enhance your décor by highlighting and accentuating the focal point. Try using yellow patterned throw pillows, picture frames or flowers to tie your room together.

By incorporating a few room of these yellow room decorating ideas, you’ll be instantly creating a trendy, fun look that is perfect for summer! Do you have any great yellow finds for summer 2011? Share them here!

Choose the Location Carefully.
The most important aspect of your home office is that is it a place that you can get your work done.  Therefore, where the office is located is of utmost importance.  If you work better in a noisy space, you may want to place your home office in the center of your home or near a window.  Some people get distracted easily and prefer having their home office tucked away in a quiet corner.  If you plan on seeing private clients in your home office, consider access.  Do you want them to have to go through your whole house to get to the office? If not, consider placing the office near a door to the outside.

A desk organizer will help keep your home office in order.

Personalize your Home Office with Funky Accessories.

Four poster beds are a great romantic decorating idea.

A headboard can bring new life to your bed.

Good sheets are a romantic bedding essential.

Other essentials for creating a romantic bed are: a comfortable blanket, duvet and pillows.  It is important that all these items, including the sheets, be placed properly on the bed.  A beautifully put-together bed is very romantic.  Sheets should be folded with square corners and folded over the blanket.  The duvet can be folded in thirds and placed horizontally over the end of the bed.  Make sure the duvet is large enough that two can comfortably use it! There is nothing romantic about fighting over the comforter.

Romantic Pillow

Pillows are a fun room decorating idea for your bed and the final touch.  Choose two Euro-sham-size pillows (about 26″ x 26″) for the back.  These pillows are for decoration only.  The regular sleeping pillows (2-4) are placed in front of the Euro-shams.  Then toss on a boudoir and neck pillow.  The different sizes, shapes and styles of the pillows add visual interest and a comfortable, romantic look.

Feng Shui decor can do a lot for your baby.  This 3000 year-old interior decorating style originated in China to ensure that energy flowed properly in the home.  Feng Shui literally means “wind water” in Chinese and its practitioners believe that in order for energy to flow freely, the space must be arranged in a certain way.  Feng shui nursery decorating can give your child a healthy and relaxing space to grow and develop.

When decorating your nursery according to the principles of feng shui, furniture placement and arrangement must also be considered.  The crib should be placed so that the baby can see when a person walks into the room.   The head of the crib should be against a wall and the baby’s feet should not be pointing straight out the doorway.  In general, furniture for the nursery should be light in both weight and color.  Sharp objects should be moved away from the crib and a comfortable chair should be placed in the corner of the room.  All of these room decorating ideas are meant to provide a feeling of comfort, safety and relaxation and create a peaceful energy in the nursery.

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Try these feng shui decorating ideas and make your baby’s first room a relaxing and peaceful place.

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1. Lighting Ideas. Because teen bedrooms are a place for doing homework and studying for tests, they need to have good bright overhead lighting.  But what about when the studying is done? Fun, hip lighting is a great teen bedroom decorating idea!  Try stylish chandeliers, lava lamps, Indian lanterns, black-lights or lamps with colorful shades and cool designs.  Candles are also a great lighting idea.

2. Stylish Storage. Teenagers have a lot to store in their rooms and a room that isn’t neat and organized is no fun to hang out in.  Try stylish storage solutions for schoolwork, books, pens, magazines, sports gear etc! To keep your teen bedroom organized, it is important to have as many storage solutions as possible.  Purchasing a bed with extra storage can be a big help! Painting plain wall shelves with colorful paint can add tons of style while providing essential storage space.

4. Get an awesome chair. There are some really cool chairs out there that can turn your room into a place you really want to hang out in (not just study and sleep in).  Hanging chairs (that are kind of like swings) are really comfortable places to chill or to read.  Put a decorative pillow on the chair to add some style.

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3. A Flying Desk. A good desk is really important for teen bedrooms.  But why get a huge clunky one when a “flying desk” (or suspended desk) takes up so much less room? Suspended desks make cleaning a lot easier, as there is less furniture that needs to be moved around.  They are comfortable to sit at and come in stylish designs.  You can even make your own flying desk  if you are feeling like a good DIY project!

5. Cool Memo Board. If you’re a teen, you’ve got a lot of things to remember: homework assignments, extra-curricular activities, dates with friends and exams!  Keep everything chic and organized with a cool memo board.  Some memo boards are magnetic and you can just stick your notes on them or “write” yourself notes with magnetic words/letters! You can also try decorating your own bulletin board with fabric, paint, ribbons, tape and other accessories to make one that fits your style and needs.

6. Area Rug. Nothing makes a room feel homey like an area rug.  With endless shapes, designs and colors you can find an area rug to fit any decorating theme.  Many inexpensive rugs can be purchased to make your room feel like an awesome comfy space.

Looking for more teen bedroom decorating ideas? Check out our last post on wall decorating!

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What to do: This idea is similar to hanging art on your wall, only cheaper!  Posters often only cost around $1-$20 and you can buy beautiful ones online or in stores.  Just buy a poster that looks like artwork and put it in a nice frame.  You instantly add decor and personality to your walls.

Wall Decorating Idea #4: Hanging Plates

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Wall Decorating Idea #3: Fabric Panels

One of the main principles behind modern decor is minimalism. Decorating your bedroom in black and white is an easy way to give it a sleek, contemporary look and feel that is clean and put together. Wouldn’t you like to sleep in a neatly designed, stress-free bedroom?

Start with the walls. When decorating your bedroom, start with the walls. You don’t have to paint all your walls either black or white. You can paint some walls black and others white, play around with wall decals, or use wallpaper.  You might want to use a combination or paint, decals and wallpaper like in the picture on the left.  Black walls are great for creating contrast- anything stands out on a black wall! A striped wall can also look amazing in a bedroom.

Bedroom Furniture. Each piece of furniture must be taken into account if you are going to have a complete black and white look. You can paint all your furniture in either all-black, all-white or a black-and-white pattern if the furniture is against a solid color wall. Remember to keep things neat and not too busy. Make sure to pay attention to the furniture’s details and don’t forget the bed frame, window frames, headboard etc.

Accessories and Bedding: This is the fun part! There are so many black and white room decorating ideas for your bedding, lighting, rugs and walls! Black chandeliers are super glam in a black and white bedroom. Area rugs come in all types of designs and fabrics. For the walls, you can hang black and white pictures and place them in a colorful frame for contrast (or vice-versa). Black and white curtains will look amazing in your bedroom. Just make sure that most of your bedroom accessories are black and white only and don’t contain other colors.

Black and White Bedroom Accent Colors

Accent colors: Last but not least come the accent colors. The reason I mentioned this last is because it is very important not to overdo it. You want most of your room to be black and white and you can pick one or two main accent colors to highlight specific areas of your room. Anything in color will stand out in a black and white bedroom! Some great areas to accent are your bed, via a colorful comforter or an area on the walls with a beautiful painting. You might even consider painting an entire wall or part of a wall a bright color to create a dramatic look.

What else is left to do? Nothing but get ready to enjoy a peaceful night’s sleep in your chic and elegant beautiful bedroom! Click here for more black and white room decorating ideas.

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