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How to Decorate A Room in Nerd Chic Style

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Nerd chic is also known as Geek chick. It is a hot style right now that mixes glamour with geek. The best way to pull off this look is to find vintage styles or retro styles that are very traditional and classic; obscure and a bit kitsch ar best. It is quite easy to find this type of furniture on ebay or Craigslist. Half the time it can be had for free.

The most important part of nerd chic is choosing nerdy art. You can poke through websites like etsy.com and find the proper geeky prints and paintings. The types of art we are talking about here are girls riding on a five person bikes, silhouettes of royalty over maps on which they leave, subway maps with pictures of local attractions Old movie posters, how-to posters and pictures of children crying with large eyes painted on velvet are ideas. You should also make sure that these pieces of art are displayed in frames that are displayed in complimentary colors. Scrolled picture frames in that tacky gold and white laminate are just right as well.

Antique figurines are also a big part of this aesthetic. Go for matching salt and pepper shakes. The more they have to do with video games the better. For instance, a matching Mr. and Mrs. Pacman salt and pepper shaker set would be amazing. A perfect nerd display would be a display of key rings or even a display of antique vacuum cleaner parts.

Another nerdy touch is to put a canopy in an odd place in the house. Many fans of this style have a canopy of some type put up in the living room. It can be a solid color or a reference to an exotic Asian culture. Just make sure that you do not make it into a fire hazard by placing candles too near to it.

You can really show off your geek side in the kitchen. You can do things like use a pizza cutter that has a handle shaped like the body of Star Trek’s spaceship Enterprise. You can use Star Wars light saber chopsticks or serve up cocktails in ice cube trays made in the shape of Pi symbols.

There is an endless supply of geeky fridge magnets, knick knacks, lamps and fabrics online on the big sites that can help keep your place decorated in wonderful and cheap nerd chic ways.

Decorating Your Home With Orange Accents

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The color orange has a lot of nice qualities to it. It is feminine, youthful and is said to help cheer people up. It is good in rooms that require that you relax and focus at the same time. In 2011, orange is also a very haute color that has been seen making a comeback on the runways and in furniture and fabric design.
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ou do not have to paint your entire home orange in order to be fashionable however painting the occasional accent wall a bright juicy hue will help it be more in style. The key is to not overdue it as too much orange might look a bit too playful or immature.

One simple and effective way to use the color orange is to replace your bathroom or kitchen drawer knobs with orange ceramic or plastic drawer pulls. You can also get beautiful orange pulls that look like blossoms from anthropolgie.

You can also add orange accents by displaying food and collectibles on orange trays. You can buy plastic orange trays at any dollar store but sometimes you can also find orange painted wood trays on retro websites or at garage sales. Orange placemats and orange tablecloths also give your kitchen a bit of a citrus punch as do cutlery with clear or solid plastic orange handles.

It is quite easy to give your kitchen a splash of orange by getting a brand new flashy orange kettle from Le Cruyeset.This steel kettle is dark orange and the base and graduates up to a flowery tangerine color. Orange mixing bowls and plates made out of ceramic also can brighten up a kitchen.

A single orange vase placed in your room can make this color your focal point. The nicest vases are tall, elegant and made of glass. You can get great handmade orange single vases made out of milk glass at Pier 1. Bar that you can make your own orange vase by spray painting jars or bottles a bright orange.

For a burst of real orange try making a floral display out of a grouping of orange roses or orange bougainvillea. You can also make a lovely floral centerpiece out of oranges or blood oranges. Pile the oranges in pyramid shape and stick the flowers between the edges of the fruit to create a display.

Finally a single gold fish in a clear bowl can add a bright point of orange to a place devoid of color.

Remember that if you do not want to actually paint the walls you can always use lighting by replacing your white light bulbs with orange or red ones to create a citrus like glow.