Decorating
Styling: How to Integrate Your Passions and Hobbies into Your Home
Let your hobbies and interests become part of your décor with these stylish tips
How you decorate your home says much about your taste and personality, but nothing speaks louder than accessories that reveal hobbies and interests. Whether you have a passion for fashion, love your music or want to remember trips abroad, it’s nice to make personal pieces a part of your décor. Here are some creative ways to incorporate your passions into your home.
Stack for a record shop vibe
What better way to display your records than in an actual retail display cabinet? Introducing a retro piece of furniture like this adds an air of authenticity to your home. Keep your eyes peeled for closing-down sales for gems like this, or scour junk shops for old pieces of furniture that could be modified and upcycled.
What better way to display your records than in an actual retail display cabinet? Introducing a retro piece of furniture like this adds an air of authenticity to your home. Keep your eyes peeled for closing-down sales for gems like this, or scour junk shops for old pieces of furniture that could be modified and upcycled.
Inject colour with your favourite accessory
Are accessories your thing? Try making a feature of them. Drape your most colourful ties along a length of twine, hang hats on a rack, hook shoe heels on a picture rail or drip jewellery from nails in the wall. You’ll create a lovely display, get to see all your favourite pieces every day and find the item you want is instantly to hand whenever you decide to wear it.
Are accessories your thing? Try making a feature of them. Drape your most colourful ties along a length of twine, hang hats on a rack, hook shoe heels on a picture rail or drip jewellery from nails in the wall. You’ll create a lovely display, get to see all your favourite pieces every day and find the item you want is instantly to hand whenever you decide to wear it.
Big up your art books
Love glossy fashion and art books? Then don’t hide them away on a shelf – arrange them in low piles on a coffee table. Rotate them frequently so they are both easy to browse, and make an ever-changing display of images.
Love glossy fashion and art books? Then don’t hide them away on a shelf – arrange them in low piles on a coffee table. Rotate them frequently so they are both easy to browse, and make an ever-changing display of images.
Concentrate a collection
Do you have a collection of vintage pieces, such as ceramics, cameras, toys or radios? Give them the attention they deserve by mounting them on a wall. Decorate the background in an eye-catching paper, then either fix directly to the wall or add a series of shelves so the collection is spread across the entire space for a striking display.
Tour the whole of this inventive home
Do you have a collection of vintage pieces, such as ceramics, cameras, toys or radios? Give them the attention they deserve by mounting them on a wall. Decorate the background in an eye-catching paper, then either fix directly to the wall or add a series of shelves so the collection is spread across the entire space for a striking display.
Tour the whole of this inventive home
Build on a theme
If you have a few pieces on the same theme, such as these nautical trinkets, gather them together to create a vignette. Make sure there’s a balance of heights and different-sized products for a pleasing display.
If you have a few pieces on the same theme, such as these nautical trinkets, gather them together to create a vignette. Make sure there’s a balance of heights and different-sized products for a pleasing display.
Frame an iconic photograph
If photography is one of your passions, celebrate the art by investing in a print by a top photographer, such as Annie Leibovitz. Choose a large, modern frame and hang it in a prominent position so it inspires you every day. This print has been given a complementary setting of glossy, monochrome surfaces so it has top billing.
If photography is one of your passions, celebrate the art by investing in a print by a top photographer, such as Annie Leibovitz. Choose a large, modern frame and hang it in a prominent position so it inspires you every day. This print has been given a complementary setting of glossy, monochrome surfaces so it has top billing.
Hang a scarf
If you’re captivated by beautiful clothes, show off one of your pieces in a new way. This framed Hermès silk scarf brings a burst of colour to the room, as well as adding a sense of luxury. Or try framing a T-shirt that takes you back, or a special piece, such as a kimono, picked up while travelling.
Have you integrated a hobby or interest into your home? Share your ideas and photos in the Comments below.
If you’re captivated by beautiful clothes, show off one of your pieces in a new way. This framed Hermès silk scarf brings a burst of colour to the room, as well as adding a sense of luxury. Or try framing a T-shirt that takes you back, or a special piece, such as a kimono, picked up while travelling.
Have you integrated a hobby or interest into your home? Share your ideas and photos in the Comments below.
Don’t dismiss old concert posters. Simply give them a more grown-up look by popping them in large black frames and mingling them with other similarly framed prints. If you still have ticket stubs, pin them to a corkboard or stick them up with washi tape for a personal display.
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