My Dark Academia Library // Thrift Haul & Style with Me
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- My Dark Academia Library // Thrift Haul & Style with Me
Picking back up in the upstairs hallway, we are catching you up on the work we've done and talking design! Our 1930's home features a dreamy built in bookshelf that spans a wall, come along as I style it with a whimsical dark academia feel with subtle nods to Alice in Wonderland. We're styling this space with things I've recently thrifted, so enjoy a quick thrift haul before we put the items to use. We will continue to work on this space and collect unique items that fit the vision, but for now see how far it's come!
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The back board of the bookcase would look better in a deep golden color because the stark white doesn't fit in with the Manor House style. Manor House is the very same as this newly renamed academia style. Stark white is a farmhouse style.
Trinket boxes or jewelry boxes. Alice was always opening boxes that weren’t hers and eating away 😂
Yess!! Love this idea and they stack well on books! 👏🏻
You did a very nice job styling everything. I love the prints in the frames you have.
I love those frames. And the prints. And all those beautiful books. I love old books! I like your style too!
I see I’ve watched this video before, and I commented. I love your style and I love that you thrift for your treasures!
I love all kinds of sconces but I usually put clear candle cups in them instead of candles, particularly the small ones like you showed in this video - usually put LED tea lights in them these days but sometimes I like real tea light candles as well - I’ve never seen you use them or even mention them so it’s just a thought ! I have found a lot of them thrifting but also Hobby Lobby has them - or at least used to - I have a stash, so haven’t had to buy any for a while
wonderland ideas: maybe a sweet vintage medicine bottle with 'drink me' label, a pretty mirror for alice through the looking glass, a marble chess set, a brass mouse (door mouse!) you could print some of your favorite illustrations and put them in frames. or frame a queen of hearts card, vintage pansies print or antique seed packet. and a caterpillar! maybe a brass one?
Love these ideas!! I was also thinking little tea stained vintage tags with drink me on the bottles! Could be a fun DIY too!! 😍
Some great ideas 😂
Tea set, vintage hat, yard croquet set…
Yes, that's what I was thinking as well ❤
@@jamiemcgrew849 yes! A vintage croquet set would look great and are pretty easy to find.
Even though this is more light academia, it's still pretty...just not dark enough for my personal aesthetic. Thanks for taking the time to show your process
A pocket watch with a chain on a holder would look great in the glass cloche
Very pretty! I do think you need the rabbit bust, to go with your theme.
I, too, am an Alice in Wonderland fanatic. In the public domain, you can find photos of the little girl who inspired Lewis Carroll to write the book. The images are hauntingly lovely. ❤
Oh! I have to look that up and find out more about that!
You have an amazing collection of books. As a book lover, I wish I had a large space like that to display them. Instead they are stacked on tables, under tables, as tables... in baskets. Everywhere and anywhere. I loved, loved, loved the gold framed print of the girl on the outside of the bookshelf! Looked so high end, and something most people don't have the guts to do. Its out of the box and wonderful! All the gold frames and brass ,and art and statues of animals is perfection, The twigs on the top shelf are icing on the cake!!!! Love the textural quality it gave the whole scene. I bookmarked this to revisit often. And the music at the end just set the ambience magically! You are quite a visionary!
Wow, thank you so much for your kind words Liane! I actually love the look of books stacked about, it’s so cozy and cottage like! I agree about the frame, I love the look!! 😍
I love the way you styled the swans!
Subscribed last week and so glad I did. So many good ideas just in this video alone. Just want to tell you I envy your bookcases. My forever dream has always been a bookcase wall. And your little niches are so cute! You really scored with those law books! You know you are young when you move a dresser with the drawers still in it. 😊 Thanks so much. Can't wait to watch all your other videos!
Ooo! The painting of the little girl simply needs a white rabbit poking around from behind the tree. Perfect nod to Alice in Wonderland.
Niche with Alice portrait. If it is lifted you can arrange candles like a memorial nicge
Chess pieces and chess board for a “non girly” AIW theme. Antique magnifying glasses, spectacles & monocles. Also woodland creatures & small intricate framed mirrors. You can add mirrors to some of the blank frames you thrifted.
The lamp needs an incandescent light bulb for a soft glow.
Oyster shells would be the perfect nod to the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter" that is quoted by Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. You could either placed some loosely on top of your book stacks OR a framed natural science book print of some oysters. 🦪❤
Love this idea! I like subtle nods to things. ❤
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Wow it looks amazing ~ I love Alice in Wonderland too!! I love old clocks and I think you definitely need to include a clock, maybe a rabbit... or black cat too... would look fab with your old books 🖤🖤
Beautiful!! I would find a high backed upholstered chair to place in the corner where the lamp is. Like an area to cozy up with a book….. maybe a side table instead of the large wooden piece and a reading lamp…. ??? ❤
Something to add a nod to the Cheshire Cat, and a hookah pipe for the caterpillar.
One option for your ceilings is to put bead board paneling right over it. I have seen this in person before and it looks beautiful. Even a tin or faux tin ceiling would be pretty.
framing is always so hard to me Thanks for the tips
Oh yeah, it’s always a different adventure with each frame but there’s always a way! Glad I could help! ☺️
I threw an Alice in Wonderful party for a friend of mine and ended up making paper roses out of vintage book pages and painted some of the petals red. Other items could be old paint brushes, black velvet ribbon, playing cards or items with different suits represented.
Love love love this idea!
I love that you went with lighter walls which aligns closely with the aesthetic origins in “the secret history”
Thanks for sharing an accurate dark academia room 😭😭
We definitely have the same interpretation of the aesthetic! You get it!! 🙌
we do!! it makes me so happy to see haha 🫶 @@KrystaMeeker
I would like the Alice in Wonderland picture hung on the wall with a velvet ribbon.
For sure a top hat, an old card deck and some white and red roses.
I'd classify this as "Light" academia, but beautiful nonetheless! I love how you got that print mounted, thats a great idea.
Roses; white and red. A deck of cards or the emblems for each suit, but especially hearts. A vintage picture of a flamingo. A rabbit warren (painting). Small vintage medicine bottles. Mushrooms. A hookah. A pepper shaker. Paintbrushes 🖌️ with red paint dried on one upside down in a bottle. A topiary with roses (half red, half white) you could DIY this.
Antique chess pieces and Antique playing cards is very Alice in Wonderland
Beautiful styling. I personally would like to see a darker more "moody" wall color, at least on the wall surrounding the built-in bookshelves (but on the bookshelves themselves), but the styling is perfect. There's nothing like old case law books, is there, LOL! I got my law degree in 1984 before computers and online research became available, so I spent hours in law libraries in my home city digging through case book just like those you have on your shelves - each case was a decision handed down by a high court, either a Federal Court of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court, or state Appeals Courts and Supreme Courts - literally interpreting the laws passed by Congress and State Legislatures. Our Courthouse, built in 1929, had a grand old fashioned library and just walking into it, the feeling I got was of such gravis, I could feel the generations of prior attorneys there doing research for their cases, the power of effort and thought and determination to find just the right line of legal analysis to win for your client. There were also great law libraries at two different universities that I bounced between that I spent a lot of time in doing research. Ah, memories, LOL! The printed art work you used is also gorgeous and the frames you used are great! Love love love all around!
So rich and warm! I loved the second frame for the rabbit. The owl…wow! 😍 And the gold rabbit under the cloche…loved how that turned out!
When you asked, “To hang or not to hang…” I was thinking hang only because all of the other art in the area was not hung, but then you hung the large, oh so gorgeous, print above the chest and that seemed to balance it out.
My Dad collected old encyclopedias and when my Mom was getting rid of a beautiful black and gold set of Britannica’s from 1920, I felt like I didn’t have space for them and gave them away. Boy, am I kicking myself for that now. 🤦🏻♀️ That was quite a steal getting those law books for $2.50!
Oh man, I’m sure they were beautiful! Without a place for them I can see why you would have passed. They are pretty and interesting to flip through! 😍
Thank you for explaining your thought proces and where you got everything! super helpful on how to replicate
If u add vintage games you could put a deck of cards with the Queen of ❤s displayed (antique the edges) 😊
Dried roses for the red queen😊
I was thinking this too!
It looks freakin fantastic! I actually loved the artwork hung in the center off the shelf - I keep seeing it everywhere to and I love it!
Thank yooou!! I agree, it’s so pretty and looks high end to me. I will be keeping an eye out for some frames I can do this with and stack! 😍
Love how it turned out. I appreciated all the details you shared.
Love the horse 🎠
I think it looks fantastic 24:22 24:22 especially the masterful display of all the wonderful books. I would humbly suggest adding a few pieces of china as a nod to Alice’s tea party and painting the back wall of the bookcase and little alcove a contrasting color like a dusty pink to draw the eye in even more to all the wonderful things you have collected. Great job !
Top hats for the Mad Hatter. I think Top Hats is fun for a boys room and blends with Alice in Wonderland and yet focuses more on the mad hatter.
Old playing cards would be fun to add as a collection to your theme.
Top hat box ,white gloves ditch the lights and a bust in the arch
Nice decoration
The bookcase looks gorgeous. My late husband was a book collector. I now have thousands.
One thing I will say is, please cut 1" x 12" or 1" x 9", depending on the depth of your shelves, piece of wood the full height of each shelf. Place it in the center of each shelf where you now have a 1"x1" stick. This is to support the weight of the books, which will cause the shelves to sage in the center.
Such a beautiful bookshelf! I love vintage things and old homes so I really love your channel. I haven't found too many channels that focus on old houses and vintage decor. I think the wallpaper would be so awesome if u decide to invest in that. It is a higher cost, but adds so much depth. I look forward to seeing more of your home updates.
Wow, that was such an enchanting presentation at the end!💝 The music with the slow moving of the camera and the whole layout of the timeless objects (all masterpieces of art even if some are just copies) transported me over a century back. You have some sensitivity and talent that you can turn into a service and product business. The service would be to do similar arrangements and installations, or curations, or even complete decorating in the style in other people’s homes, and the products would be all the beautiful and unique vintage findings you hunt for and collect to be sold in an exquisite antique shop, wether online or in a physical shop, or both. 🥂
I think you did a wonderful job. It's lovely.
I am not a fan of light colored walls but I love all of your decor and the placement of everything.
Great work!!
Love everything you did. I love this style with all the books and vintage things in between . This is exactly the way I style my shelves.
Thank you Kathy!! ☺️
Checker pattern, pops of red or red and white roses, nautical and forest paintings, a crown, and silver trays or candy dishes
Love everything! You have such a great eye for putting things together! ❤
Love the bookcase! Thanks so much for sharing your artwork tips.💯
The bureau top is so beautifully styled. I love the framed print, the florals, the open book, and especially the candlestick.
Absolutely lovely! All of the prints and frames were beautiful, especially the large print above the dresser. The branches on the top shelf worked wonderfully for the whole dark academia esthetic. Just loving the whole look. Thank you for sharing this charming video. Blessings - Judith 🎵🎭
I absolutely love the way you decorate! So nice !
I 💗ur creative ideas …taking a whimsical story and display it in a classy way 😊
Love your style so much! This space is fabulous! Now, to incorporate some (light) academia into my space along the same lines. Thanks so much for the inspiration and the great video. ❤
Beautiful! I’m a bit obsessed with Alice, so I loved that you had that theme. I have 181 copies of the book. You would not believe how many have been published. I’m collecting frames and art to do an Alice gallery wall up my stairs. I want it to say Alice, without it actually being Alice. I would definitely add some mushrooms around as well. Maybe a few tea cups. I found this amazing one that has the card suits on the inside. It’s a vintage fortune teller cup.
Everything looks lovely.
You did a lovely job of styling the upstairs landing.
I love your work and how you choose decor to stage with. Very tasteful.
Oh my stars I love love love your book shelfs..they are perfectly set.
Bookshelf is beautifully done!
You made sure everything was just right. It really shows when you care for something. TYFS
I enjoy your decorating. I like the framed pictures without glare from glass. I’m so glad to see & find a young lady decorating in this Antique style. You are a beautiful Trio! 🤍. Janet
The top shelf just makes the bookshelf. I love the large picture over the chest.
Looks great! What a find with those law books!!
Paint that bookcase a dark moody blue/green/black and all that decor will come alive even more. But that’s me. I like dark and moody rooms.
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Absolutely beautiful!!! Styling vignettes make me so happy. You did a fantastic job. ❤❤❤
Absolutely LOVE the print and frame ( the large one that had the skull print) replaced with the flowers. Looks like it’s always been in that frame. Stunning!!😊
I'm so jealous of all your finds! It gave me the urge to go thrift hunting but I just finished decorating my small home and have zero space 😅
Love how you did all of this. Great job.
my dining room is alice. in addition to the usual antique bottles, wooden boxes, clocks, & silver tea pieces, i have a small bookcase that houses my wonderland & looking glass book collection. i hung a massive moody painting of a flamingo above the book case, only a few inches down from the ceiling. it makes it feel like the ceiling is much higher, which i think fits the 'down the rabbit hole' narrative. i'm still on the hunt for the perfect vintage chess painting for the opposite wall. & i go back & forth between wanting a rabbit with a monocle & not. my style is similar to yours, but with a lot of weird thrown in.
Absolutely gorgeous.. ilove all the textures,mirrors behind your duck and frames of all shapes .. I just love it💜
I just love your bookshelves! I have to watch it over and over to take it all in! So lovely!
I think you should paint the little alcove to look the the door that Alice goes through.
So pretty. I would love a library room in my home but do not have the space. So I have been adding some light academia to my livingroom by decorating a small cabinet, table and mantel. Most of my items are thrifted finds. I love how it is turning out and really love some of the vintage classics I have acquired like Jane Eyre, Pride and Predjudice, Les Miserables.. all my favorite works.
Wow. That is all just beautiful! I collect those swan planters. Love your black ones.
I love love love how it turned out girl!!! The Alice in wonderland theme is seriously so dreamy!! 💗💗💗
Thank you!! ❤️
I have been collecting vintage Alice in wonderland and love it so much. I had planned a nursery around it but had all boys . But doing my library in dark academia and Alice and guest bathroom.
chess pieces, pepper or baby pig related, mirrors, fake tarts, playing cards, lizard, dollhouse, gloves
Love the law books on top shelf - totally changed the look of the book shelf. Love it all :)
Beautiful styling! I love your moody Flare❤
You should paint the walls and the bookshelves a dark moody color- maybe wallpaper the back of the shelving.
Just beautiful! Loved the review with the music. It was like being in the garden with Alice. To many great items to name favorites.
I have the same bird print in the same frame. I get so many compliments, as it is such a sweet print.
I'm speechless! spectacular!!!
Beautiful work! Thank you for the Etsy Prints tip. That is so helpful.
Absolutely gorgeous! ❤️👍
Absolutely stunning work. STUNNING!!!
A funky top hat for the Mad Hatter of course. 😊
Wonderful video. Absolutely loved how you decorated the shelves. Thanks for print recommendation.
Thank you Rosemary!!
Love that big rabbit print. Everything turned out looking AMAZING!
Add a Red Velvet chair with an ottoman that opens in the corner next to the lamp, and add some red roses on a vase on the credenza. A vintage plate with some faux cookies and an antique doily next to it
Impressed! Absolutely beautiful.
Beautifully done space!! Spot on for the theme. I LOVE ALICE!! I'm a bit obsessed with collecting for an Alice / Paris victorian dark theme for my future craft space, as of now a closet space. I have collected very similar items! Exactly my vibe with the brass bunny, cloches, vintage swans, floral paintings,.. AHHH..LOVE IT!! I have a gallery wall, with butterfly/botanical mushroom prints. A wonderful framed hand painted picture of a bunny I thrifted. Treasure!!🐰🖤 Maybe a small ship or painting. She sailed in the movie. I have a small glass block with an etched ship. One of my fav finds! Maybe a man with a top hat on, or a vintage flash card with the word hat on it. I really enjoyed watching your process. OBSESSED with your style. I too have a love for vintage and antique things. Excited to start mine when it comes time to expand into my own space. TYFS!!🖤🖤🖤
I love with the way you styled it❤
I’m glad you added teapots too! ❤ it all came out great
Thank yooou! You know I had to add my teapots. 🥹❤️
I sure enjoyed this styling video !!! What a steal on those antique law books !!! I'm so drawn to Dark Academia ! I know it was a lot to assemble so many interesting items ... but you rocked it.
I love how you styled your bookcase with pictures, art, etc. it looks so good. I have so many books that I need to store and my bookcases are so small that I don’t have much style - just storage but you’ve inspired me to try in small ways, at least.
Absolutely stunning!!! I sooooo love your style!
You just gave me so much inspiration! Thank you!
Watching this for inspiration on decor for my new home! Looooove your style!
The shelves look beautiful. I love all the prints!
The shelf looks amazing! I,love how you style the books!!
New. Love your style. Those law books were awesome. I’ve just started collecting. Thanks.
Love it everything looks beautiful. Love your style you have a good eye.
Love the vintage/antique art prints! ❤ I have a mix of this Victorian kind of style with a lighter touch, as well.