Boho Chic Furniture & Decor Ideas
The recipe for the perfect boho style is a pinch of indie and a dash of gypsy, followed by a sprinkling of free-spirited nature and topped with lots of charm. Serve up a stunning bohemian design for your space that inspires you to both create and relax.
Boho Chic Design 101
Boho is both chic and adventurous with its distinct sense of style, which falls somewhere between flamboyant and earthy. A bohemian interior design reflects the lifestyle of a nature-lover who collects beautiful oddities. Eclectic decor and accessories tell tales of travels, while overstuffed vintage furniture says you are home.
Boho chic style draws on design influences from cultures around the world. It embraces earthy and natural accents, varying textures, and pops of exotic colors.
With your boho design, you and your home greet and give farewell in the form of namaste. You'll see your home the same way you see everyone around you, recognizing its beauty and potential while already adoring it for what it is.
Color Palette
Fill your space from top to bottom with bold and energetic colors. For an ultra-eclectic space, paint your walls turquoise or lime green, then pile on colorful furniture and accessories. Or, for a boho chic retreat, embrace white walls to make your colorful decor stand out. In either case, boho design is all about color — bright and beautiful color.
Boho Chic Design Elements
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Boho Chic Living Room Ideas
A boho living room features furniture draped in layers of textured textiles. Pile throw pillows on couches and floors to ensure comfort anywhere. Designed for friends passing through and the family that calls it home, a boho living room inspires conversations and brings out the artist in everyone.
Pile throw pillows on couches and floors to ensure comfort anywhere.
Boho Chic Living Room Essentials
Bright Furniture
Vibrant and vintage sofas fit perfectly in a boho home. Hints of Rococo in scrollwork on wooden arms add attention to detail. Plush fabrics - think velvet and sateen - make a beautifully bright canvas for the brushstrokes of other bold decor accents and accessories.
Eclectic Home Decor
Decorative candles, paisley shawls, potted plants, and glass vases pulled into artistic displays tell your guests who you are without having to say a word. Collections of curated chaos add interest and inspiration to your space.
Area Rugs
If you can't decide which style of rug you like most - Oriental, ikat, or jute - then you're in luck. Bohemian decor embraces the use of multiple rug styles in overlapping layers. Rugs in bold hues add a pop of color to muted floors.
Poufs & Floor Pillows
Keeping a nomadic style alive and well in your home is easy with movable ottomans, poufs, and floor pillows. Choose jewel tones like ruby red, sapphire blue, emerald green, and amethyst purple, and embrace metallic pops of gold and silver. Mix and match patterns and colors to feature boho vibes.
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Boho Chic Garden & Patio Decorating Ideas
Surround yourself with indoor comforts like pillows, throws, and cozy seating.
Your boho patio inspiration is rooted in your desire to connect with Mother Nature, so surround yourself with indoor comforts like pillows, throws, and cozy seating. Add a hammock and an outdoor rug to help create a seamless transition from indoors to outdoors. Finishing touches like lights, wind chimes, and dear friends ensure many days and nights of comfortable bliss.
Boho Chic Garden & Patio Essentials
Outdoor Rugs
Being barefoot is an intrinsic part of the boho lifestyle, so an outdoor rug can add comfort to your outdoor living space. You can also use it for extra seating for friends and family when you host picnics or late night barbecues on the patio.
Outdoor Lights
Lights hung from trees, umbrellas, and gazebos provide a relaxing ambiance to your outdoor living area. Small fairy lights, medium-sized Edison bulbs, cafe-style lights, and large lanterns are all game. They can be bright and colorful or subdued and white to give your patio an inviting boho glow.
Hammocks
Swinging chairs and hammocks tied up with macrame-style knots are boho indeed. A small throw pillow and a light throw blanket provide the perfect lounge spot to relax in the sun. There's nothing like being outdoors to inspire a sublime state of nirvana.
Wind Chimes
Not only are metal and wood wind chimes aesthetically pleasing, they also fill the air with meditative music. Wind chimes with colorful bits of glass dance in the sunlight and cast a prism of beautiful color to brighten your day.
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Boho Chic Bedroom Ideas
The bedroom design in every home should speak to the softer side of the resident; Bohemian style takes it to a new level. A canopy bed diffuses light to a dreamy quality, whether it's candlelight or natural daylight. Comfortable textiles and soft textures dance with over-the-top colors. Sensual red, playful pink, and calming cream create a fusion that is perfect for sleeping, meditating, and relaxing.
The bedroom design in every home should speak to the softer side of the resident.
Boho Chic Bedroom Essentials
Pattern Play
Many interior decorating styles stick to two or three patterns. However, true to its uncompromising nature and unconventional roots, bohemian incorporates as many patterns as you dare to use. Aztec, Moroccan, paisley, and patchwork patterns find natural harmony in your boho chic bedroom.
Moroccan Lanterns
These lanterns feature ornate metal work and brilliantly colored glass. Whether hung from the ceiling or set on a nightstand or dresser, the soft incandescence from Moroccan lanterns sets the scene for peaceful sleep.
Bed Canopy
Wrap your bed in comfort. A canopy in white or signature bohemian colors can make every night feel like a fairytale. A canopy is the perfect eye-catching accessory for a cozy yet stylish feel. Add string lights for luminous warmth.
Souvenirs
Trinkets from your adventures - whether a backpacking trip in Europe or a trip to your favorite vintage shop - will help to fill your space with sentimentality. Place these baubles and treasures on shelves, dressers, and nightstands to bring your travels to your space.
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Jennie finds joy in creating beautiful spaces. She lives in an eclectically decorated house in downtown Salt Lake with her super cool husband, deaf mini Aussie, and the oldest lab-chow ever. She is a DIY-er, crocheter, organizer, and gardener.
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