Boho Interior Design: Bohemian Chic Living

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Boho is an unconventional interior design style with a broad colour scheme that has no fixed rules and where there are no limits to your creativity. It is an individual style of furnishing - improvised-imperfect describes this style best.

Boho is characterised by warmth, liveliness and a certain carefree attitude. In the colour scheme, earthy tones are combined with rather strong colours, and in the furnishings, modern furniture is juxtaposed with vintage finds.

Boho style is a deliberate contrast to the current, very perfectionist style of furnishing with cool, minimalist lines. Because it combines modern nonchalance with the cosiness of a bygone era.

Boho interior design ideas

Want to get some inspiration and ideas for your boho chic? Here you will find some ideas for matching furniture and wall paints for designing your home in bohemian style

What does Boho stand for?

Boho furnishings: colours, furniture & materials

Even though you can mix everything in the Boho style, the furnishings and room design should ultimately result in a harmonious whole. Here we have put together some tips for your boho interior style:

1. Mix colours and patterns
Use fabrics that are batiked or printed with paisley patterns or Indian motifs. Use bold colours on the walls and combine them with patterned curtains and colourful upholstered furniture.

2. Natural materials & plants
Naturalness is important for the Boho style. Therefore, use furniture made of natural materials, often rattan or wicker, and also textiles made of natural materials such as leather, linen or wool.

3.Fringes
Blankets, cushions or macramé wall hangings - everything can have fringes and tassels in boho style.

4. Old meets new
Combine furniture and accessories - old with new, vintage with modern, used wood with glass. You can find a nice selection of Boho-style furniture in theporta Stilwelt.

Expert tip: For the supposedly imperfect Boho style, colours and materials need to be coordinated particularly carefully. A mood board helps you to keep track of everything

Boho wall paints and wall design tips

Intense colours are often used for the Bohemian style. At MissPompadour you can choose from a range of matching colours. You will find bright and clear colour shades in The Valuable Wall Paint and The Functional Wall Paint.
The Valuable Wall Paint is a particularly ecological, sustainable paint that is perfect for all living spaces. The Functional Wall Paint is very robust and washable, making it ideal for areas subject to wear and tear.

Expert tip: To achieve an ideal combination of colours, it is worth installing the MissPompadour app. In the "Wall Preview" function, you can see the effect of the colours directly in the room.

Boho Chic Style Fabrics and Materials

When furnishing in bohemian style, you can combine fabrics, patterns and materials - animal and plant patterns with ornaments and large flowers as well as patchwork, batik, ethnic and folklore patterns. Exotic accessories and patterns from all countries go wonderfully well with this style of furnishing.

You can also mix different styles when it comes to furniture. If a piece of furniture doesn't match at first glance, simply give it a new coat of paint with our colours.

Natural furnishings in Boho Style

Rattan is undoubtedly the most common material used for Bohemian-style furniture, followed by linen, leather, rattan and wood. All these natural materials also support the earthy colour scheme. For textiles, you can use woollen blankets, furs, leather and linen - they are close to nature and convey cosiness. When it comes to lighting, you can also opt for lamps made of natural materials such as wood, wicker, raffia or hay. The style is rounded off with plants - and you don't need to skimp here: Plants convey even more cosiness and also fit perfectly into the earthy colour scheme

With a few changes, you can easily transform your home into a boho look:

• Add a rattan headboard to the bed and a bedspread with fringes, for example, and you can quickly give your bedroom a new style.
• Decorate the living room in boho style with cushions and a large ethnic rug. A few plants as accessories underline the natural character of your interior style.
• In your kitchen, you can add colour accents by painting individual areas in a beautiful green and using lamps made of natural materials such as rattan, wood or hay.

Difference between boho chic and hippie chic

Boho and hippie chic are similar, especially when it comes to the mix of colours, the unconventional and the combination of different patterns. However, hippie style is a lot more colourful and less earthy than boho chic

Boho-style furnishings with an ethno-style influence

Add variety to your boho style with accessories such as cushions with bright zigzag patterns, whimsical figures, woven lamps or a hand-woven rug

You can also use our colours to accentuate your wall design or furniture. Green, mustard yellow, medium blue or red are particularly suitable for this.

Make sure you create so-called deco islands and use the Boho style only in moderation. The majority of the furniture and furnishings should be kept rather "quiet" so that the environment does not appear too chaotic.

Expert tip: Boho style thrives on inspiration, which you can find everywhere. If you come across a certain colour shade that you like, you can use the "pipette" function in the MissPompadour app to immediately find out what colour it is. The app also shows you which colour from the MissPompadour range corresponds to this colour shade.

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