Bohemian Decor: The COMPLETE Guide for Your Entire Home.

The decoration of your home is very important for helping you feel at home, relaxed, and for recharging your energy.

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

The bohemian style emphasizes different colors, textures, and materials within a room to create a warm, artistic, and free-spirited atmosphere for your space.

In this guide, we will present in detail, along with illustrations, the bohemian decoration style room by room.

1. Bohemian Bedroom Decor

The bedroom is the most intimate space in your home, and it’s where you can really let your creativity shine when decorating. Having a bedroom styled to your taste isn’t just about appearance; it directly improves your sleep and reduces your stress. Feeling comfortable in your bedroom is essential to getting good rest and staying energetic throughout the day.

Boho Chic Bedroom Ideas

Wall Decor for Your Bedroom

There are several ways to beautify your bedroom in a bohemian style. Let’s start with the headboard. You can opt for an artistic or ethnic headboard instead of a simple wooden or upholstered one. Bohemian tapestries are a trendy way to provide an ultimate boho look. Hanging wall tapestries is super easy and will instantly transform the look of your room. Use bohemian, tribal, ethnic tapestries, or ones with mandala prints for a unique style. Apart from tapestries, you can simply decorate your walls with artificial plants, a bohemian painting, or a famous dream catcher to ensure sweet nights and wonderful dreams.

Get inspired by the decor below, featuring a mandala tapestry or a dream catcher.

Bohemian Wall Decoration with Dream Catcher and Mandala Tapestry

Bohemian Style Bedding, Pillows, and Bedspreads

For your bed, simply combine an ethnic bedspread with bohemian-style pillows to achieve the perfect boho chic look. You could keep it subtle with a beige bedspread and colorful tribal-style pillows. Or be bolder with an ultra-colored ethnic bedspread and more neutral beige pillows with patterns to soften the overall look.

Various Bohemian Bedding, Pillows, and Bedspread

2. Bohemian Living Room Decor

Just like in your bedroom, you don’t need a ton of accessories and boho elements to create a bohemian living room. A few key pieces are enough to create a warm, artistic space that invites relaxation. Join us as we explore 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 vibe in your living room, the rug is without a doubt the most crucial element. The style of your rug instantly sets the tone for the room. Simply choose a beautiful bohemian rug or one with an ethnic design, and you’ll have achieved 50% of the work needed for a boho look in your living room. Take a look at these beautiful rugs for inspiration in selecting yours.

Here is a collection of bohemian rugs in muted colors for a more streamlined bohemian look that leans toward Scandinavian style.

Bohemian Rug Ideas

Some examples of boho chic interiors featuring subdued bohemian rugs. This creates a relaxing, clean atmosphere while still capturing the essence of bohemian culture.

Bohemian Living Room with Subtle Boho Rug

Now let’s look at some examples of more colorful bohemian rugs. This style tends more toward hippie chic. Here are a few colorful patterns to consider when selecting your rug.

Colorful Bohemian Rug Patterns

This is what it looks like in a real setting. A beautiful colorful rug combined with other bohemian elements creates a look that invites relaxation and a sense of adventure.

Living Room with Colorful Bohemian Rug

At Life of Bohemia, while we appreciate the subdued bohemian look, we love the more colorful styles even more. If you’re interested, you will find a plethora of quality bohemian rugs on our site.

Accessories for a Successful Bohemian Sofa

If you’re looking to buy a new sofa, then sofas made of natural fabric are perfect for achieving a bohemian look. However, you don’t need to buy a new one. A simple cover in a beige color or a few bohemian pillows will do the trick. We love pillows because they’re economical and they instantly change the ambiance of your sofa. Check out these bohemian sofas for inspiration on how to decorate yours.

Bohemian Pillow on Couch in Living Room

A Bohemian Coffee Table Near the Sofa

Choose a coffee table with a natural color and design. A wooden coffee table is perfect for enhancing the bohemian ambiance of your living room. Alternatively, you can simply add a linen or cork cloth on top to give your coffee table an instant hippie chic vibe. Take a look at our ideas for your coffee table.

Boho Chic Wooden Coffee Table

Let’s Not Forget Bohemian Wall Decor

The final touch for your living room is wall decoration. You don’t need to paint the walls 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 fit in perfectly. As with your coffee table, prioritize natural accessories; for example, cork decorations are very trendy.

Wall Decorations for Living Room

3. Bohemian Bathroom

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

For a touch of nature, use plants that thrive on a lot of water in your bathroom. The room’s natural humidity will help the plants flourish and give your bathroom a natural, authentic, and bohemian vibe.

Combine the plants with colorful ethnic or tribal-style curtains and a bohemian bath mat, and you’ll easily create a bathroom with a unique bohemian chic atmosphere with a natural touch that will make you want to stay in the shower all morning.

Chic Bohemian Bathroom

4. Bohemian Kitchen

A bohemian kitchen evokes a sense of relaxation and encourages you to innovate with very artistic decor. The ambiance of a boho chic kitchen is full of character and personality, with a warm and free-spirited feel.

This type of design involves personalizing the interior with a mix of colors that can be surprising through the use of unusual textures and different elements.

The bohemian culture is, by nature, free and uninhibited, sending the message that you can go with the flow and follow your instincts and heart.

Decorating your kitchen will enhance your enjoyment of cooking and allow you to experiment with bold and flavorful combinations. A bohemian-style kitchen can easily become the focal point of a home. Here are some examples to inspire you and give you ideas for a bohemian kitchen.

Two Boho Chic Kitchens

5. The Difference Between Bohemian and Bohemian Chic Styles

You have probably heard the term bohemian chic, but we’ve noticed that most people do not know the difference between traditional bohemian style and bohemian chic style. While both have similarities, they are distinct.

In short, the bohemian style stems from the hippie culture of the 1970s. That’s why you might sometimes hear the term hippie chic instead of bohemian. The bohemian style is characterized by natural elements and is very colorful. In your home, the bohemian style will be represented by a multitude of colors, textures, and different materials, creating that bohemian hippie atmosphere reminiscent of travel and giving an artistic feel to the space.

The bohemian chic style, on the other hand, is a combination of Scandinavian style and bohemian style. A chic decor is much more streamlined, featuring softer and paler colors (modern Scandinavian look) combined with colorful bohemian decorative elements or more natural materials that contrast and add intensity 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 merges modern style with boho.

Difference Between Bohemian and Bohemian Chic Decor