Monday, February 15, 2010

Time To Spice Up The Batcave


It’s hardly a secret that Lolitas like to be in surroundings that are as beautiful and luxurious as the dresses they wear, and dream of having that perfectly decorated room. A lot of girls let their sense of fashion influence how they decorate their homes: Some like the Sweet princess style; some the Classic romance and others prefer the Gothic elegance.
Regardless of your personal style, there seems to be a rising trend in blogging about interior designs and I’ve decided to jump on the bandwagon. I’ve always loved decorating my room and have it be a little piece of my inner world realized. This post is going to be a list of ideas to what you can do to prettify that palace of yours without you having to refurnish and paint the whole place.
My own style is somewhat of a mix of fairies meet romantic princess meets… something Victorian. So here is a list of things I have done or would like to do with my room.

Fairy lights: Decorate your mirror, your bed, your closet, your something with them. They’re so cute and usually fairly cheap. They come in many different colours and different shapes, so choose something that will go with the rest of your ideas.

Picture from WeHeartIt

Canopy: If possible, you can hang a canopy over your bed. There are several different types of canopies. You could go with the mosquito net type – white and simple, or if you can find a store that has more colours. I used to have one in dark purple with velvet trims. Now I have the simple white one. I’ll share a picture of it.


Yes, I have stuffed animals on my bed like a five year old. Yes, I like Harry Potter. Yes, that’s a collage of crazy pictures with my friend and me.

Another way to do a cute canopy over your bed is like described in this link. It’ll require a lot more work than the first suggestion, but I do think it looks really cute and you have more options with the fabric. I really wanted to do this a few years ago when I was completely crazy with Harry Potter, but I never got around to it.

Pillows: Lots of them! Pillows in different shapes and sizes, colours and fabrics are such a nice way to add a little extra something to your room. Put some on your bed and/or on your chair. You can make them yourself even if you aren’t the great sewing wizard. Or you can keep your eye open for some next time you go shopping. H&M have some really cute ones up on their online shop at the moment. I really like this one:

If you’re making some pillow covers yourself and you’re from Denmark, then Stof & Stil has lots of really nice new spring fabrics at the moment; plenty of those vintage looking fabrics with big flowers. Love them.

Silhouette: Follow the tutorial Lolita Charm has up here and make a cute silhouette picture of yourself to decorate your walls with. I tried doing this last weekend, but I did it a little differently, because I didn’t have any black paper, so I just did that part in Photoshop and printed it out. Then instead of decorating the silhouette, I spent some time on the frame for it.

I just painted some scrapbook paper with acrylic paint and bedazzled it with some jewels I had lying around from a past unfinished project, then I glued it to the silhouette and bippity boppity boo! All done. :3

Fairy wings:
Picture from Costumes Fairy

If you like fairies (who doesn’t?) and want to add a bit of their beautiful world to your room, why not put a pair of beautiful wings on your wall? Once again something you may be able to find in the stores and online, but if you want to it a bit more personal, why not make them yourself? With the proper materials it is actually very easy.
The lovely Emilie Autumn did a tutorial on how to make a pair of fairy wings here.
This is something I’ve wanted to do myself for so long and I have all of the materials for it except for one thing. I have not been able to find a wire that is strong enough anywhere! Once I do, you can be sure a pair of spiffy wings is going up on one of my walls.

Masks: If you’re as fascinated with masquerades as I am, then you’ll probably be into putting a fancy mask up on your wall or on display elsewhere. Once again something you can make yourself if you’re the crafty type of gal, or find in the stores around New Year’s and Halloween (and Fastelavn in DK). Or you can find some pretty ones online. I recommend Carta Alta that is the manufacturer of a lot of the masks you can find in other stores. However, it is much cheaper buying them directly from Carta Alta. I bought this beauty (plus one in purple for a friend):


Frames & collages:
Keep an eye open for cute frames for your walls or buy some plain ones and decorate them. Then display pictures of your loved ones in them or perhaps some quaint vintage photos or postcards. You could also make a spiffy collage with pictures of you and your friends/loved ones or maybe some fashion related? Perhaps a collection of all your favourite Lolita images?
Also try to stop by DeviantART and look at some of the prints offered by your favourite artists there.

Storage: Find a bunch of cute boxes to store your clutter in: Perhaps some cute hat boxes for all your hair accessories. How about a box for your gloves? What about displaying some of your favourite jewelry on a tiny mannequin? Show off your beautiful rings on one these shoe ring holders.
Picture from Elegance by Elena

Garlands: Put up some garlands of artificial flowers and ivy to decorate your mirror. You can also use them on your bed if it has a frame or headboard that would accommodate that. I put up two garlands around my mirror recently.

These types of garlands are a little difficult to come by where I live and also a bit expensive. So I decided to hunt for some online and I ended up buying them from this store: GT Decorations. I liked their selection and they were one of the cheapest I looked at.

I love the frosted effect on the purple flowers. My mom walked in and said it looked like something out of a fairy tale and that she felt like she should be going “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?”. Mission accomplished then ;)

That’s all for this time, hope there was something you could use, and I’d love to hear your decorating tips.

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