The boho look is chic meets comfort. It is vintage meets contemporary. It is luxury meets au natural. In short, it is your personal style artfully showcased throughout your home. Boho Home is a roadmap for decorating your home with freedom and designing ways to get the most from it, always with an eye toward beauty and a life filled with family, friends and joy. In Boho Home, you’ll find inspiration from film, nature, crafts, food and music. It all leads to a beautiful home that looks like it came together with little effort and is all very much your own!
Introduction • Bo-he-mi-an (n.) A person, such as an artist, writer or creative, who lives and acts free of regard for conventional rules and practices; a wanderer, a vagabond, a free spirit, an open-minded thinker
The Bohemians to Boho Chic • Necessity has always been the mother of invention—and it was creativity born of need that inspired the original bohemians.
Once Upon a Time • When economic crisis starkly divided the people of France into haves and have-nots during the French Revolution of 1848, the creative class of writers, artists and musicians lost the support of well-to-do benefactors and found themselves plunged into poverty. The struggle was real.
Destination Inspiration
Shopping Vintage
BOX OFFICE BOHO • Movies inspire, entertain and educate. These films, with their focus on color, travel, art, music and design, are the ultimate in bohemian binge-watching. Imagine your own home as magical as these surroundings and start decorating!
Market Philosophy
INSPIRATION BOARDS • If you have ever tried to describe the home interior or furnishing and decor of your dreams to a friend, you may have noticed how hard it is to find the right words. This is also true even when you are trying to clarify your ideas in your own head.
Get the Look • There are so many ways to express the Boho aesthetic. Explore a few of them.
Beachy Boho • Waves, water birds, salt air and sea spray inspire the sea-loving soul of this look—which can be embraced whether you live along the shore or just dream about it.
BASKET WEAVING 101 • A big element of the boho home is using natural materials to create texture, dimension and a chic vibe. Here we break down what some of the terms describing woven, basket-like materials mean.
Bohemian Rhapsody • This Bohemian trend is definitely for the “more is more” personality.
Boho Romance • Romantics have a folk-artsy style with nomadic influences of wanderlust, mysticism and adventure.
MODERN BOHO • It might seem a contradiction in terms, but there is a sophisticated meet-up of Scandinavian chic and contemporary bohemian.
Organic Bohemian • Going organic in design is all about embracing what is natural, nontoxic (e.g., low-VOC paints) and seductively neutral.
Unity in Design Diversity • What unifies boho’s variations on a theme is a passion for individuality, personal choice and self-expression. If it feels good, decorate with it.
BOHO in Focus • The beauty of boho is the way an eclectic collection of treasures and style comes together to create a magical, meaningful interior.
Color Theory • Q&A with certified color consultant Debra Spindler Pinals
Roll With It
Make Scents of Your Style • Creating a visually vibrant interior is one element of bohemian decor, but taste, touch, sound and even scent all play a part in the holistic design.
Awesome Essential Oils
Mindful Living
Boho Au Natural • Boho chic is inspired by found items, layering and making the everyday item beautiful. Finding items out in nature is a perfect place to start.
Staying Wild • Bringing in the outdoors is a plus in any type of decor. Boho chic homes make use of all kinds of...
