GROOVY PEACE SIGNS

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Remember the days when groovy peace signs and bedding sets were the bedroom decor of choice preferred by flower children and unwashed hippies? My parents vaguely recall those days of protest and mistrust of anyone over thirty. I heard them discussing with some of their friends that they believed before last fall’s election that the tense political atmosphere almost seemed to be repeating itself but sadly they seemed to be overlooking the positive side of the 60s, namely the cool and colorful home decorations.

As for me, I can only say that I noticed a large increase in requests for decorating with hippie peace signs, tie dye and psychedelic flowers. After one or two such projects, I began to realize the limitations of posters and started looking for alternative art forms that might dish up some prospects for groovy peace signs that were more interesting and that would do to use as decorations in a teenage girl’s bedroom to be more specific.

In my search, I found lots of cool peace signs in forms that you would never dream of. But I like LARGE graphics and displays so two of my favorites were a peace sign shower curtain that had the emblem centered between a heart and a smiley face and a beaded peace sign beaded curtain that could be used as everything from a wall hanging or a room divider to a closet door. Both designs were big, but in neutral colors that would not detract from the wild colors in your tie dyed peace sign comforter set.

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BOHEMIAN BEDROOM DECORATING IDEAS

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One of the best bohemian bedroom decorating ideas that I have experimented with in quite some time came to me recently quite by chance. Sometimes to move forward, it pays to hop in the old time machine and take a trip to the past. For that reason, I am known to skim over the people in old pictures in order to look at their surroundings much to the chagrin of my mother who wants my interest in old family photos to be about wanting to learn more about our kin rather than picking up tips on how they decorated their homes.

On my last visit home, I was looking through some pictures that were taken in a hippie style restaurant, cafe or coffeehouse back in the early 70s or late 60s. Looking beyond the stringy haired flower children wearing round Beatle style glasses, I was actually trying to pick up some tips from the wall and ceiling decorations that were used.

The pictures of the room decorations and bohemian decor were fuzzy and the colors had faded or bled to the point that details were difficult to pinpoint. But the photos were clear enough for me to know that I wanted to document what decorations that the proprietor had used to achieve his or her version of the soft, dreamy atmosphere that is the foundation of all bohemian bedroom decorating ideas.

To do this, I had to pick apart as many areas of the room that I could see and from what I could tell recycling was alive and well in the heyday of hippie décor. Threadbare oriental rugs were cut apart and used to make huge, throw pillows and as upholstery fabric. One of the most unique bohemian bedroom decorating ideas that I took from this vintage photo was how they used a large oriental area rug to camouflage flaws in the ceilings and walls.


I’m not for sure how they attached the rug to the ceiling but I would imagine that a staple gun could do the trick. I would start by centering the rug on the ceiling and start stapling from one side to the other letting the center of the rug hang loosely. Then, I would put a staple into the center of each medallion in the center to give the decoration a puffed or stuffed appearance that would, under the right circumstances, make the rug seem to be floating.

Now you see why I consider this to be one of the most creative bohemian bedroom decorating ideas; by recycling damaged rugs you can achieve the ultimate in bohemian bedroom style for a very cheap price.

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