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Decorations For Your Board Game Room
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items You want to decorate your board game room! You are deep into the hobby… friends and family often come over to play, and you find yourself hosting board game night and teaching the games on a regular basis. You want to impress everyone with your savvy room design, make your loved ones smile and get excited to visit the room. If your board game room is totally awesome, they will come over more often to play with you! Just call it an investment in your well-being and sense of community. :) Here are some fun board game room decor ideas you can steal. Big ideas, and little itty bitty nuggets of tabletop nerdiness for your entertainment. Some of the links associated with this list may be affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase something by following my link, at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
There are lots of 3D printed board game components in the cool Etsy shop. The ship reminds me of playing Battleship as a kid. Totally my favorite. The train is pretty cool too, but any of these would look cool on the board game shelf!
Giant Components
If your board game room has almost NO wall space … you can install the Displate magnets to the wall, and switch out the poster whenever you want. So you can collect some metal posters too! If you haven't spent all your money on games… The posters here are really unique!
Metal Posters (from Displate)
From afar, these curtains look very subtle and a little elegant. A little closer, and you see all the dice. Nerdy in disguise. Also, there are lots of colors available if you wanted something more punchy.
Dice Curtains
Another small detail… small opportunity… to wave your board game nerd flag. In lots of different colors!
D20 Light Switch Cover
Okay, here's a really cool game table. The legs are smaller, (less bumping knees on chonky legs) it's on wheels (easy to move around) it folds (for easy storage) and it has all the drink holders and component trays built in. It's not overly expensive and it looks awesome! If you're in the market for a ‘real’ board gaming table, check this one out!
Fancy (and affordable) Folding Game Table
I think it's funny… if you have all your horror games in a section, add the blood drips.
Blood Drips on the Shelf
Honestly, I would totally put this by the front door. I love the interactive aspect of this… like I would sneak in a word when no one is watching, on the way out the door in the morning. The sneaky back and forth would be so fun. Anyways, it would look awesome in the game room too!
Interactive Scrabble Wall Art
Fun pillows with meeple on them! You can get one for each family member in their favorite color meeple. Or these make cute group gifts for your gaming group.
Cute Meeple Pillows
Choose how many coasters, and choose your favorite games. Not from a list… from your head! They will engrave the box art on the wood coasters. Pretty cool.
Laser Engraved Coasters (Any game!)
Some people have a candy dish in their living room… well you have a dish of random board game components instead. I think this is hilarious. And there is a shop on Etsy where you can buy a random assortment of components for a decoration like this.
The 'Candy' Dish
You can visit this shop and download cool posters for free. You then need to spend some cash to print them yourself… but at least you can decorate right away instead of waiting for it to arrive. There are some pretty funny ones here!
Free Poster Downloads
Handmade by an artist in San Diego, this hex stained glass art reminds me of the tiles from Catan or DorfRomantik. A little pricey, but def an elevated way to decorate your game room. But you need to hang it in the window for full effect!
Handmade Hex Stained Glass
Replace any cabinet handles or knobs with some of these! Mix and match the colors based on the coloryou love to play. Or coordinate the colors to the wood tones of the furniture. The love is in the details!
Favorite Color Meeple Ceramic Knobs
This looks like modern wall art, but it is actually a playable maze. So when Sam is taking 20 minutes thinking about his turn, you can get up and trace the path on this labyrinth. This is expensive, and it comes from Turkey. But I just think it's absolutely perfect for a board game room. Gamers love a good puzzle :) And this is very fancy.
Metal Labyrinth
So you have a crappy board game table? Cover it up with a cool play mat :) These come in a gazillion different sizes. Cover your ugly table, and make it easier for your friends to pick up their cards and components. These look great!
Weathered Oak Play Mat
okay, hear me out. You sacrifice a bit of one kallax square. Put the blue light on the outside surface of the shelf, and the red light on the other side (inside the square). It will look cool, give some nice mood lighting, and give the impression that playing board games is like entering a different reality. Like a fantasy world, or another dimension. Or… maybe my imagination is just getting away from me :)
Pair of Portal Lights
This is fun! You order one at a time, and you can choose the pip combination you want. Maybe the numbers carry significance for you. I like these because board game rooms can look busy with all the boxes and colors everywhere. These add some calmness and a rustic vibe.
Large Wood Domino Wall Art
I've never met a board game nerd who doesn't love Mario. They are totally adjacent interests, and I will dance-fight anyone who disagrees. This is a really cute tissue box, and it will look great on the kallax. Pass Mary a tissue when she starts whining about losing.
Tissue Box
You are finished decorating your board game room when the giant meeple is placed on the shelf. I like these ones because there are more muted colors available if you want to tone things down a bit.
Mega Meeple - 3D Printed
This is perfect if you have an oddly shaped opening of wall space that just NEEDS to be decorated. This sign is 4" x 16." It's totally cool, and oddly shaped. Kinda like me.
Vintage Tin Sign
One side has the red dragon and the other side has the one of dots. I love the cool grunge style of these graphics!
Awesome Mahjong Throw Pillow
When the game winds down and everyone is settling into a conversation… dim the lights and turn on the strip lights you have installed around the board game shelves. You will look like a total boss. Everyone will be wowed and amazed while you put away the game.
LED Strip Lights with Remote
These are the little touches that make your friends swoon with admiration of your dedication to the hobby. It doesn't even matter if the flowers are real.
Dice Vase
These fit perfectly inside of a kallax cube. And there are a lot of different baskets that fit well, but these ones are top notch style. Made from felt and wood, trendy, come in 8 muted colors, and a little pricier. You put all those wallet and small box games in a basket so they aren't spilling out all over the place. Also, they are coming from Ukraine, so please be patient!
Felt Storage Baskets with Wooden Handles
A little accoutrement to add to your shelf… just to make it a little different. A touch of interest that you don't see in many board game rooms.
IKEA KALLAX Arch Corner Inserts
This isn't your board game room (hopefully) but the board game decor can spill over to the bathroom… Decorate with Azul!? With your monogrammed initial on the shower curtain and the towels. Your gamer friends will appreciate this and be totally jealous over your commitment.
Monogrammed Azul Bathroom Decor
A total celebration of all the older games that made this hobby possible. Careful not to drop any components on the floor. You'll never find them! Also, you could technically lay on the floor and play games down there :)
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