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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 With Nautical Style Knot Decor

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Decorating Items With Nautical Style Rope
One of the easiest ways to give a room a nautical flare is to decorate with rope. Objects made out of rope can also help recycle old vases and lamps that seem like they could never have a second life.

One nifty idea is to take bright white nylon, blue nylon or yellow nylon rope and wind it around the base of a lamp. You simply use a caulk gun to glue the rope as you coil it around and around the lamp until it is completely covered.

You can also dress up an ordinary pillow by taking a handworked clothesline and sewing it to a pillow. You buy white nylon rope and then make it into a series of slip knots. The next step is to hot glue it onto a pillow or pillow case and then give it some hand top stitching to make sure that it is secure. Pillows that are navy or cherry red look with this type of “braiding” attached as trim.

You can also give tablecloths and lampshades this type of treatment as well. Simply make the slip-knot trim out of rope and then glue it to the top and bottom edges of the lampshades.

Yet another way to decorate your home with nautical style rope is to make a Sisal-Lattice Bulletin board. This is a board that is covered with diamond lattice into which you can stick photographs, cards, reminders or whatever is necessary.

The best type of board for making this type of bulletin board is homasote board which can be ordered online if you can’t find it in stores. You then cover it with fabric and sisal rope that is spraypainted gold. This sisal rope is hammered into the fabric covered homasote board with brass upholstery nails.

Another rope project is a Sailor Knot Trinket Box. This is a twine-edged box that stows cufflinks and other odds and ends. It is a very male looking storage box because the handle is made from knotted twine that is affixed to the top of a simple wood box that is stained in the color of your choice. You can then also paste the rope in a design on top and on the edge of the box. For an added bit of kick you can also line the inside of box with a bright red or blue gingham fabric.
If it has a rim, you can line it with rope. Try using your creativity and imagination to attach rope to the rims of garbage cans, jars, pencil holders and whatever else you think could use a bit of a hint of the Maritimes in your décor.