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Things I Would Buy for a Bold Romantic Home
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items I'm a maximalist at heart when it comes to home decor. Though I've already created a list for my dream home, I've always admired people who are daring enough to use bold colours in rooms that scream of personality. Here are my interior design dreams ...
Sections
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For the Kitchen
For the Living Room
For the Bedroom
For the Bathroom
Inspiration
For the Kitchen
Though I'm a sucker for a good English cottage or French country kitchen, bold and industrial choices in a kitchen will always have my modern heart.
I've always adored those deep blue kitchens, but if I had to do a bold, maximalist kitchen: sage green kitchen cabinets would be my choice. This green, with more of an olive tone, is just perfect, and I've added monochromatic tones that match it if y...
Jojoba AF-460 | Benjamin Moore
Though this leads to more of a muted look, I think these tiles would make the perfect backsplash!
Nature Organica Lovina White Honed Marble Mosaic Tile
I can't help but love this for a kitchen floor. It's just so earthy and well balanced.
Parma Cruz Cotto Brown 5x8 Terracotta Look Matte Porcelain Tile
For the Living Room
I've always been a little terrified to delve into the southwestern design as a colour palette, but blending it with Moroccan tones (which I LOVE) to create a vibrant space would be dream. ✨
Doing a limewash style wall with this tandoori colour (which is getting me hungry thinking about Indian and Middle Eastern food 👀) would be just so dramatic and calming and lovely.
Tandoori CSP-1105 | Benjamin Moore
I just really love this tutorial (which you can see on my other list) and think it's the easiest way to interpret how to limewash a wall. For the living room, I'm thinking I'd have to add that tandoori paint to the base and then use one of their brown limewash colours over it.
Meghan's Limewash Paint Wall Tutorial
These blackout curtains (or even a set in a beautiful brick red, a deeeeeep brick red) will set off that limewash burnt terracotta look on the walls and bring focus to the deep rich blue of the couch. It pulls from the brick red found in the beautifu...
Extra Wide Pinch Pleated Blackout Curtains
The floor lamp I have in my living room is almost identical to this (though don't have the original link because we bought it from Costco years ago) and I'm telling you, it's just… it's the best. You can choose between having one, two, or all three l...
Orren Ellis 72" Tree Floor Lamp & Reviews
Having these beauts around a mantle or even a fireplace would be just lovely. You can place them around the room to add more light and they're chic, adding a bit of modern flair to an otherwise southwestern/Moroccan inspired room.
Farmhouse Black Wall Sconces (Set of 2)
I think this just speaks for itself. This is just some great textured art that could be the focal point of a gallery wall (since I'm such the fan of those) and create such great conversation without being too dramatic (since everything else is so bol...
Terracotta Minimalist Wall Art
I'm a fan of macrame, and I think if the blue couch were against a wall, this would look LOVELY against that tandoori wall colour and give that subtle pizzazz as if it were a fine art print.
Dip-Dyed Macrame Wall Hanging
Many times I see the blue walls with an orange (or rustic leather) sofa in it. This would… kinda reverse that look and allow for yellows, oranges, reds and teal to accent the sofa in homey southwestern vibes that tie back to that deep limewash wall. ...
Everly Quinn Adaam Velvet Upholstered Modular Sectional Sofa with Tufted Seat Cushions and Storage Ottoman
I'M. IN. LOVE. WITH. THE. CITIZENRY. PILLOWS. 😩 It's seriously not fair how they could just take the money from me and throw them all in the car and I'd happily ride home not having looked at how much I'd spent at ALL. I think these pillows (and the...
The Citizenry | Sonrisa Pillow
This is another pillow that just… UGH. And it feeeeeelsss like an heirloom, like something to be passed down through generations. I'm just utterly in LOVE with their pillows and this pattern is magnificent. Home decor should have an inviting feeling ...
The Citizenry | Yara Kilim Pillow
One of the things I've noticed in the last ten years is that I need two things in a living room: an ottoman (or at least a— nah, I need an ottoman 😂) and an end table. I don't need storage under the table (it'll just collect junk that I won't unders...
Wade Logan® Amy-Jayne End Table
All the colours that I would want to pull into the room are right in this rug. I love it.
Terracotta Boho Area Rug (5 x 7)
For the Bedroom
The place that we go for peace after a long and productive day 😌
This would, hands down, make an AWESOME headboard! 🤩
Macrame Wall Hanging, Large Boho Wall Decor
Not only is this absolutely stunning, I think this would also work in a hallway or entryway.
Macrame Leaf Wall Hanging, Boho Decor
For the Bathroom
If I had a half bath in this dramatic home, this is the home decor and interior look I'd strive for.
Peel & Paper is my favourite place for peel and stick wallpaper (though you can also make it more permanent.) This is my fave because you can actually CUSTOMIZE their wallpapers with colour schemes that work for you. Included (should you wanna go...
Peel & Paper | Afina - Fruits, Flowers & Leaves Wallpaper
Using that same theme of blue from the living room, I'd mute it more (just like how the kitchen is muted) and use this tile as wainscoting for the lower half of the walls.
Affinity Tile Coco Blue Night 2-in x 6-in Glossy Porcelain Subway Wall Tile
Go and watch the video on the website. I just LOVE LOVE LOVEEEE how versatile this tile is with this sort of pattern, my favourite being the airplane origami style that can be done with the darker brown tips.
Klyda Wood Taupe 12.6 in. x 14.5 in. Matte Hexagon Porcelain Floor and Wall Tile (10.51 sq. ft. / Case)
If I ever decided to take this bathroom into a full bath, this is exactly what I'd do: I'd probably take that wainscoting tile into the shower area and add this soaking tub into the shower area. It'd have a nice neutral look while at the same time calming like the ocean, and the beautiful Klyda tile that I'd use on the floor would be matched in the earthy stone of the tub. 🥰🛁
Birch Lane | Native Trails Native Stone Freestanding Soaking Cement Bathtub
Inspiration
These spaces take maximalism and the use of bold colour choices to the max, and I'm utterly in love. 🤩
Reece Smith's home tour (which you can find on Instagram at @littleedwardian) was what really got me into maximalist design. No joke. As the inspiration for my downward spiral into all things decadent home decor, their home had to be on my list.
A Moody Edwardian Home in London
This is hands down one of my absolute favourite home tours from Apartment Therapy. I adore how the colour scheme blends and flows throughout her home, and the jazziness of her kitchen cabinets is just 🤩🤌🏾
House Tours: A Stylish 600 Sq Ft Apartment in Brooklyn, New York