wear your book nerd on your sleeve 5 Bookish Ways To Decorate Your Dorm Room Second semester is nigh, and if you’re anything like me, you’re dreading returning to that dusty old dorm you lived in for the first half of the year. New classes and professors will help change up these next few months of school, but what about your room? Are you bored of that massive Harry Potter poster above your bed yet? Have you read a few dozen new novels since you first decorated, and now you want to express that in your book-nerd aesthetic? Here are five easy bookish ways to spice up your room. A lot of students these days are styling their dorm rooms by hanging photos (usually Polaroids) of their friends and families up on their wall using clotheslines. While covering your room in pictures of the people you care about can be great, this is also a wonderful opportunity to add a bookish feel to your space. Hang pictures of your favorite Shadowhunter runes, drawings of your favorite characters, memes from your favorite fandoms…the list goes on.

One of the most aesthetically pleasing places on the Internet right now is Bookstagram. If you love books but you haven’t yet checked out this phenomenon, what are you waiting for? wall decor ideas amazonBookstagram is an arts-and-crafts fest waiting to happen, so printing out a bunch of your favorite pictures to create a collage is only logical. christmas door decorations schoolIf you want to make it fancy, try putting it in a frame.disney home decor cheap This option might be a bit controversial, but it’s totally worth it if you can stomach destroying (an extra copy of!) one of your favorite novels. christmas coffee table decoration ideas

For my birthday one year, a friend cut out the inside of her copy of City of Bones and glued the remaining pages together to create a hollow book box. christmas coffee table decoration ideasIt remains one of my favorite presents to date, and can be used to hold pencils, jewelry, makeup—you name it. decorating ideas for your christmas tableSo if you don’t mind gutting one of your favorite novels, I highly recommend giving this a try. One simple way to add color to your dorm room is to print out book quotes in a variety of fonts and colors and tape them to your walls. You can stick them anywhere—to mirrors, your desk, your shelves and drawers…the possibilities are endless. Sometimes sharing your love of books with your roommate isn’t enough—you want the whole world to know who you are and what you’re passionate about.

If this is you, I recommend printing out double-sided pictures of your favorite books and characters. All you need to do is stick them to your windows and BOOM—your room is bookish on the outside as well as the inside. Shop all Books for Teens > Previous Post: History Is All You Left Me Author Adam Silvera Talks Second Books and More with Nicola Yoon Next Post: Your 2017 YA Pre-Order Guide Follow B&N Teen BlogLast month, we introduced you to a Jasmine-inspired room, and who better to follow up the crown princess of Agrabah than her comrade in voluminous (and long…very long) hair and adventurous spirit–Rapunzel! Her room (or whole tower if you will) is vibrant, artsy, whimsical, and we would absolutely love to bunk with her and Pascal. We chose homey pieces that emulate her sunny space, love for artfully decorated walls, and her penchant for nature. We also had to incorporate all of the bright splashes of color seen in her room and personal style. If you’re looking to get tangled in a new room makeover, take a look at these items we found for you.

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I don’t know about you but I love scrolling through instagram for inspiration. I think it’s actually become my top place for getting ideas on the go, there’s so many creative people, photographers, artists and gorgeous design to discover. Plus I check the #areyoufauxreal and #abigailaherncolour hashtags every morning to get to peek at all your pads too! It’s always so cool and uplifting to see other champions of faux plants and flowers, or converts to the dark side. Keep it up guys, I can’t thank you enough for the daily shots of inspiration. At the end of last year I took a look through my own instagram to see which posts you guys all liked best. Turns out they were nearly all of my living room space! It got me thinking about which pics work best on instagram, and how these can translate into IRL decorating tips too. So without further ado here’s my top posts and tips… and a lot of Maud’s tummy later too. This was the single most liked instagram pic of 2016.

I think it just shows that it doesn’t take much to transform a space. Here the vintage drum I use as a coffee table is styled with just two stack of books, two plants (I like to use varying sizes and curvy, interesting shapes), a t-light and scented candle. Plants add instant life to any shot – I think there’s hardly a single pic on my instagram that doesn’t have a fern, succulent or cacti or two. They add texture, colour, vitality… quite simply they’re a decorator’s best friend. I don’t think of them as an afterthought but an integral part of all my rooms, I honestly couldn’t do without them. Go big for maximum impact. Who knows, your banana tree could become an instagram star! I’ll bet you know this trick from your own instagram feeds. You know all those overhead shots of gorgeous dining tables, or recipes with food artfully strewn just so? The photog techy term for it is called a flat-lay where you shoot down from above, and it makes everything so much cooler.

The same applies to rooms – I’m constantly shooting over my balcony to get a bird’s eye view of the living room. Even if your room is never going to be seen from this angle, it really helps pull the whole space together if you have it in the back of your mind. How do the shapes play together? Are there enough curves to counteract straight lines, what’s the flow through the room, how’s the furniture lay out, are there any gaps? Even try sketching out a floorplan if that helps you nail a tricky space. Oh and for your instagram shot try shooting your favourite styled coffee table from above. It makes all the difference! This shot of the “living space” I’d created at the the front of our store was one of the top posts of the whole year. I’d stuck to a really strong colour palette of black, white and neutrals, lifted with shots of green and metallic golds. This is absolutely a trick I use all the time in my pad – it makes for a soothing, sophisticated vibe (and a great instagram pic!).

I happen to love chandeliers all over my pad, but if there’s any place to really go big with your lighting it’s the living room. A statement-worthy chandelier will always make your space look a million bucks. Just remember to set it on dimmers and bring in side lamps as major supporting players too. They create magical pools of light and the most flattering glow… perfectly camera-ready. OK yes you need to load up on snuggly-cosy textiles in your living room, but the ultimate cosy factor is always a furry friend or two! Every room needs an M in my humble opinion – we all know they’re the real stars of my instagram. Especially Miss Maud, she has the sweetest snoozing poses so I can never resist snapping away. I did try, because obviously my instagram would get a bit same-y with just five zillion pics of Maud’s tummy… Promise not to take more pics of Maud snoozing on the sofa but it’s the tummy that gets me every time! A photo posted by Abigail Ahern (@abigailahern) on Sep 27, 2016 at 6:43am PDT