I want to redecorate my room, but I need ideas. I want something new and different. Any advice?
Question:I like medieval, renaissance, and fantasy.
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Wow, very nice blend of themes. You've probably got your work cut out for you, but I believe you could pull it off.
1. Without a doubt you'll need books. Something to show off your collection, at least. Get some sort of bookshelving unit and paint it dark grey. Take rectangular sponges and dip them in lighter grey paint and make a stone pattern on the bookshelf. Attack small hooks on the top ends of the bookcase and put in face torches.
2. Have shelves up around the room on the walls. Superglue silk with tassles or fringe to the shelves so they hang down. Decorate the top with candles, scrolls, swords, knives, or some kind of memorabilia that you feel the need to put on display.
3. 4 poster beds are a must for your type of decoration. You can buy them pretty cheap from old furniture stores, antique stores, used furniture stores, etc., or you can even build them onto your own bed. While a canopy would be ideal, you may want to set up a pulley system that will allow you to pull on a tassled rope and move a side of sheer canopy cloth away. Red, black, blue, and purple are colors that you would most likely want to pick.
4. You can find bedsets pretty much anywhere online. A few that I would recommend for your theme from one site I always shop from would be:
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Those are only some of the great things from that site.
5. You can paint mountains and certain scenes from your favorite books or movies on your walls. It'll make everything seem more interesting. Glow in the dark is very good, so are black lights.
6. Put up fake torches around the room. You can hang shackles from the walls and ceiling, as well.
7. If you get furniture, you're better off buying victorian styled pieces. Tables are easy; smash cheap plates with pretty designs and files the edges, then paste them like a mosaic onto the table and coat with a laquer.
Hope this helps!
A wall mural might be the answer. They have lots of different scenes that can go up on one wall of your room. We did my son's room with a golf mural and went with a golf theme. Just type in "Wall Murals" and you will get some sites that sell them.
Then why don't you get some washable paints and make some floor to ceiling murals on your walls with you as the main character?
i saw on the diy channel that they got red satin fabric and hung it on the ceiling like a canopy and just added romatic artwork, a realy nice siver serving tray on the bed filled with fruit and on the dresser where grapes w/ wine glasses. it was really cool...try checking out the diy website
OMG.I think I just found a website that may give you some really good ideas. Check out the pics.
http://www.marbleslawn.com/medievalhome.
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