Bohemian Decor: The COMPLETE Guide for Your Entire Home.

The decorating of your home is very important for you to feel good in your space, relaxed, and to recharge your batteries.

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. And what a pleasure it is to come home or invite friends over when we are proud of our decor.

The bohemian style highlights various colours, textures, and materials within a room to create a warm, artistic, and free-spirited ambiance in your home.

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

1. Decorating a Bohemian Bedroom

The bedroom is the most intimate space in your home, and also the place where you can really express your creativity in decorating. Having a bedroom in a style you love is not just about aesthetics. It will directly improve your sleep and reduce your stress. Feeling welcome in your bedroom is crucial for a good night's sleep and for staying energised throughout the day.

Wall Decoration for Your Bedroom

There are many ways to enhance your bedroom in a bohemian style. Let's start with the headboard. You could opt for an artistic or ethnic headboard instead of a simple wooden or padded one. Bohemian tapestries are a trendy way to achieve the ultimate bohemian look. Hanging wall tapestries is extremely simple and will instantly change the look of your bedroom. Use bohemian, tribal, ethnic tapestries or those with mandala prints for a truly unique style. Besides tapestries, you can simply decorate your walls with artificial plants, a bohemian artwork, or a famous dreamcatcher to ensure sweet dreams.

Draw inspiration from the decorations below, featuring a mandala tapestry or a dreamcatcher.

The Bohemian Decor of Your Bed: Coverlets and Cushions.

For your bed, simply mix an ethnic coverlet with some bohemian-style cushions to give your bed a perfect boho chic look. You could choose a more subdued aesthetic with a beige coverlet and colourful tribal-style cushions. Alternatively, you could opt for something more daring with an ultra-colourful ethnic coverlet and more understated beige cushions with borders to soften the look.

2. Decorating Your Bohemian Living Room

Just like in your bedroom, you don't need a host of boho accessories and items to create a bohemian living room. A few elements are enough to make a warm, artistic living space that invites adventure. Join us to discover how to transform your living room into a uniquely chic bohemian style.

The Bohemian Rug as the Foundation of Your Boho Living Room

If you want to create a hippie chic atmosphere in your living room, the rug is undoubtedly the most important piece. The style of your rug immediately sets the tone for the room. Simply choose a beautiful bohemian rug or one with an ethnic design, and you've completed 50% of the work in achieving a boho look for your living room. Take a look at these stunning rugs for inspiration.

Here’s a collection of bohemian rugs in muted colours for a more refined bohemian look, leaning towards Scandinavian style.

Here are a few examples of chic bohemian interiors featuring subdued bohemian rugs. They offer a relaxing and uncluttered atmosphere, always reminiscent of bohemian culture.

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

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

At Boho Via, while we love the subdued bohemian look, we favour the more colourful styles even more. If you're interested, you’ll find a vast selection of quality bohemian rugs on our website.

Accessories for a Successful Bohemian Sofa

If you’re looking to buy a new sofa, then natural fabric sofas are perfect for achieving a successful bohemian look. However, it’s not necessary to buy a new one. A simple beige sofa cover or a few bohemian cushions will do just fine. We love cushions as they're economical and can instantly transform the atmosphere of your sofa. Have a look at these bohemian sofas and be inspired by how they are decorated.

A Bohemian Coffee Table by the Sofa

Opt for a coffee table in natural colours and materials. A wooden coffee table is perfect for enhancing the bohemian atmosphere of your living room. Alternatively, you can simply add a linen or cork cloth over it for an immediate hippie chic look for your coffee table. Check out our ideas for your coffee table.

Let’s Not Forget Bohemian Wall Decor

The final touch for your living room is 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 such as an ethnic wall basket or a bohemian painting will perfectly fit the bill. Just like with your coffee table, prioritise natural accessories; for instance, cork decorations are very trendy.

3. Bohemian Bathroom

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

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

Combine the plants with colourful ethnic or tribal curtains and a bohemian bathroom rug, and you're all set. You’ll easily create a bathroom with a unique bohemian chic atmosphere, mixing in nature that will tempt you to linger in the shower all morning.

4. Bohemian Kitchen

A bohemian kitchen evokes a sense of relaxation and encourages you to innovate with artistic decoration. The atmosphere of a boho chic kitchen is full of character and personality, featuring a warm and liberated vibe.

This type of design involves personalising the space with a mix of colours that can be surprising through the use of unusual textures and other elements.

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

Decorating your kitchen will help you enjoy cooking and innovate with bold and flavourful 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 bohemian kitchens.

5. The Difference Between Bohemian Style and Bohemian Chic Style

You’ve probably 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 the two have similarities, they remain distinct.

To put it simply, the bohemian style originates from the hippie culture of the 1970s. This is why the term hippie chic can sometimes be heard instead of bohemian. The bohemian style is composed of natural elements and is very vibrant. For your home, the bohemian style will be represented by a multitude of colours, textures, and materials, creating that bohemian hippie atmosphere reminiscent of travel and adding an artistic touch to the space.

On the other hand, the bohemian chic style is a combination of Scandinavian style and bohemian style. A chic decor is much more minimalist, featuring softer and paler colours (modern Scandinavian look) combined with colourful bohemian decorative elements or more natural materials that create contrast and intensity in the room.

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