Bohemian Décor: The COMPLETE Guide for Your Entire Home.

The decoration of your home is incredibly important for ensuring that you feel comfortable, relaxed, and can recharge your batteries.

We often underestimate the impact of interior decoration on our health. A decor that reflects your personality can positively influence your life, making you happier, more optimistic, and reducing your stress. It’s also a joy to come home or invite friends over when we are proud of our decor.

The bohemian style showcases different colours, textures, and materials within a room to create a warm, artistic, and free-spirited atmosphere in your home.

In this guide, we will introduce you in detail, with illustrations, to the bohemian decoration style room by room.

1. Decorating a Bohemian Bedroom

The bedroom is the most intimate space in your home, and it’s also where you can let your creativity shine in decoration. Having a bedroom styled to your taste isn’t just about aesthetics; it can directly improve your sleep and reduce stress. Feeling comfortable in your bedroom is crucial for a good night's sleep and staying energetic throughout the day.

Wall Decoration for Your Bedroom

There are multiple ways to enhance your bedroom in a bohemian style. Let's start with the headboard. You can opt for an artistic or ethnic headboard instead of a basic wooden or upholstered one. Bohemian tapestries add a trendy touch and contribute to the ultimate boho look. Hanging wall tapestries is super easy and can instantly change the vibe of your room. Use bohemian, tribal, or ethnic tapestries, or ones with mandala prints for a unique look. Besides tapestries, you can simply decorate your walls with artificial plants, a bohemian painting, or a classic dreamcatcher to ensure sweet dreams at night.

Take inspiration from the decor shown below, featuring a mandala tapestry or a dreamcatcher.

Bohemian Bedding, Cushions, and Bedspreads

For your bed, simply combine an ethnic bedspread with boho-style cushions to achieve the perfect boho chic look. You could go for a subtle beige bedspread with colourful cushions styled in a tribal theme, or opt for a bolder approach with an ultra-colourful ethnic bedspread and more muted beige cushions that soften the look.

2. Decorating Your Bohemian Living Room

Just like with your bedroom, you don’t need a heap of boho accessories to achieve a bohemian living room. A few carefully chosen elements are enough to create a warm, artistic space that invites adventure. Let’s discover how to transform your living room into a uniquely bohemian chic space.

The Bohemian Rug is the Foundation of Your Boho Living Room

If you want to create a hippie chic atmosphere in your living room, the rug is undoubtedly one of the most important pieces. The style of your rug instantly sets the mood of the room. It’s simple; just choose a beautiful bohemian rug or one with an ethnic design, and you’ve already achieved 50% of the work towards a boho look in your living area. Check out these stunning rugs for inspiration when choosing your own.

Here’s a collection of bohemian rugs in muted colours for a more minimalist bohemian look that leans towards Scandinavian style.

Here are some examples of chic boho interiors featuring subtle bohemian rugs. They create a relaxing and minimalist vibe, while still referencing bohemian culture.

Now let’s look at some examples of more colourful bohemian rugs. This style tends more towards hippie chic. Below are some colourful patterns you can look for in your rug.

Here’s how it looks in real life. A beautiful colourful rug combined with other bohemian elements creates a look that invites relaxation and adventure.

At Boho Via, while we love the subtle bohemian look, we absolutely adore the more colourful style. If you’re interested, you’ll find a wide range of quality bohemian rugs on our site.

Accessories for a Successful Bohemian Sofa

If you're looking to buy a new sofa, then natural fabric sofas are ideal for achieving a bohemian look. However, it isn’t necessary to buy a new one. A simple beige sofa cover or a few bohemian cushions will do the trick. We love cushions because they’re economical and they immediately transform the vibe of your sofa. Take a look at these bohemian sofas for some inspiration on how to style them.

Choosing a Bohemian Coffee Table Near the Sofa

Opt for a coffee table in natural colour and design. A wooden coffee table is perfect for enhancing the bohemian vibe of your living room. Alternatively, you can just add a linen or cork fabric on top of it to give your coffee table an immediate hippie chic look. Check out our ideas for your coffee table.

Don’t Forget the Bohemian Wall Decor

The final touch for your living room is the wall decoration. There’s no need to repaint entirely; you can simply add a few bohemian elements to complete the look of your living room. Decorative accessories like an ethnic wall basket or a bohemian painting will work perfectly. Just like with your coffee table, choose natural accessories; for example, cork decorations are very trendy.

3. Bohemian Bathroom

To achieve a boho style bathroom, don’t hesitate to incorporate plants (real or artificial), natural fabrics (cotton, linen), and colourful ethnic-style shower curtains.

For a touch of nature, use plants that require a lot of water in your bathroom. The room's natural humidity will allow the plants to thrive, giving your bathroom a natural, authentic, and bohemian feel.

Combine the plants with colourful ethnic or tribal curtains and a bohemian bathroom rug, and you’re set. This will easily result in a uniquely bohemian chic bathroom that feels like a little slice of nature, making you want to linger in the shower all morning.

4. Bohemian Kitchen

A bohemian kitchen evokes a sense of relaxation and encourages innovation with bold and artistic decorations. The atmosphere of a boho chic kitchen is full of character and personality, offering warmth and freedom.

This design style emphasises personalisation with a mixture of colours that can be surprising, along with unusual textures and other elements.

The bohemian culture is, by nature, free and uninhibited, sending the message that you can move to the rhythm of the wind and music, without fear of following your instincts and heart.

Decorating your kitchen will help you enjoy cooking and be adventurous with bold and tasty flavour combinations. A bohemian-style kitchen can easily become the heart of a home. Here are some examples to inspire you and spark your creativity for a bohemian kitchen.

5. The Difference Between Bohemian and Bohemian Chic Styles

You may have heard the term bohemian chic, but we've noticed that most people don't know the difference between traditional bohemian style and bohemian chic style. While there are similarities, they remain distinct.

To summarise, the bohemian style originates from the hippie culture of the 70s. This is why you might sometimes hear the term hippie chic instead of bohemian. The bohemian style is characterised by natural elements and is very colourful. In your home, the bohemian style will be represented by a multitude of colours, textures, and materials, creating that bohemian hippie vibe that evokes travel and adds an artistic touch to your space.

The bohemian chic style, on the other hand, is a combination of Scandinavian style and bohemian style. Chic decoration is much more minimalist, featuring softer and paler colours (modern Scandinavian look) combined with colourful bohemian decorative elements or natural materials that contrast and add depth to the room.

See the difference for yourself: on the left is a traditional bohemian style, and on the right is a bohemian chic style that blends modern style with boho.