Boho Interior Design: Bohemian Chic Living

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

Boho is characterised by warmth, liveliness and a certain carefreeness. The colour scheme combines earthy tones with rather bold colours, while the furnishings feature modern furniture alongside vintage finds.

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

Boho furnishing ideas

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

What does Boho stand for?

Boho furnishings: colours, furniture & materials

Even if you can mix and match everything in the boho style, the furnishings and interior design should ultimately result in a harmonious whole. We've put together some tips for your boho interior design style here:

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 primarily from natural materials, often rattan or wicker, as well as textiles made from 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.

Expert tip: For the supposedly imperfect boho style, colours and materials need to be carefully coordinated. A mood board will help you keep an overview.

Boho wall paints and tips for wall design

Intense colours are often used for the bohemian style. At MissPompadour, you can choose from a range of matching colours. We offer bright and clear colour shades in the colour qualities The Valuable Wall Paint and The Functional Wall Paint.
The Valuable Wall Paint is a particularly ecological, sustainable colour 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.

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 over the world go wonderfully with this interior design style.

You can also mix different styles of 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 for bohemian-style furniture, followed by linen, leather, rattan and wood. All these natural materials also support the earthy colour scheme. When it comes to textiles, you can use woollen blankets, furs, leather and linen - they are close to nature and convey a sense of cosiness. You can also opt for lamps made from natural materials such as wood, wicker, raffia or hay when it comes to lighting. The style is rounded off with plants - and there's no 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 give your home a boho look:

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

Difference between boho chic and hippie chic

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

Boho-style furnishings with an ethnic influence

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

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

Make sure you create decorative islands and only use the boho style in moderation. The majority of the furniture and furnishings should be kept rather "calm" so that the surroundings don't look too chaotic.

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

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