What do you think of these wall graphics?

[aychamo_aycono]

Hey guys,

My girlfriend and I both into mid-century modern furniture. She's been wanting to get these bird stickers and put them on the wall of our apartment, but I'm not sure if they would look good, or if they look too gay.

These are the two walls we are thinking of putting them on. And the stickers are obviously in the last picture (last picture isn't my apartment.)

What do you think?

[Millie]

LOL, are those Blik wall stickers? I have some of those birds on one of the walls in my office. They're very cool looking.

BE 100% SURE to get the removable variety if you're going to buy some. There are two kinds: standard (nonremovable) and removable. You'll want the removable stickers for obvious reasons, in case you change your mind about placement or design.

Also, be prepared to wait if you order them off the Blik website. They take a long time to show up. I think I was on an 8-week wait list for mine.

Also, I have that same nightstand in the pic of your bed. It's from DWR, right?

EDIT: If you're worried about the birds looking too girly, you can always get them in a different color. They don't have to be all pastel/aquamarine like that.

[kollos]

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[Tuco]

Get four birds and photoshop the Beatle's heads on them.

[Chips]

I think you should learn how to make your bed mister!

[UnchainedAcolyte]

Personally I think it would add a nice touch, but I like Millie's idea about the color. Not that the pastel/aquamarine wouldn't work.

[kollos]

whats wrong with the bed?

[Grave]

I like it. I'd get the birds in blue or brown (varying shades).

[Ham n Cheese]

Am I looking at an IKEA catalog insert? Why such a tiny TV when it's clear you want your place to look "ballin"

[Dice Rex]

Can I make a suggestion about your bedroom? I think the reason you are asking is because you think you need some color? Rather than decals on the wall, get some color through your duvet, stain your bed, and hang something large horizontally on the wall. I have never been a fan of black with brown.

looking through ebay, I was thinking something like these:

[Millie]

Originally Posted by Ham n Cheese

Am I looking at an IKEA catalog insert? Why such a tiny TV when it's clear you want your place to look "ballin"

IKEA has taken a lot of the coolness factor out of midcentury-modern design, and that's a real shame. But authentic midcentury modernism is very cool, and has little (if anything) to do with IKEA's knockoffs and imitations. A lot of modernist design philosophy is minimalist. That's why you won't see oversized couches or excess clutter on the walls in DWR catalogs, in modernist magazine spreads, and in modernist homes. It's about saying more with less.

That said, one of the traps you can easily fall into with modernist design is "genericness." You don't want your place to look like every other modernist place, and it's all too easy to do so. I would suggest mixing and matching some furniture from other eras into a modernist layout. Modernism doesn't have to mean copying looks verbatim from DWR catalogs. You can throw some antique wooden tables or leather chairs into the mix. In fact, many of the coolest-looking modernist houses I've seen have elegantly blended furniture eras and styles in an interesting way. Don't be afraid to color outside the lines, as it were.

Also, remember that a lot of the midcentury modern furniture pieces that have become so iconic (the tulip chairs, the Saarinen tables, the Eames chairs, the Barcelona chairs, etc.) were designed for small, low-ceilinged, modernist houses in the 1950s and 1960s. They can seem very small and awkward in larger living spaces. They will give the effect of a "toy" furniture collection if placed in wide-open rooms with high ceilings. Be mindful of that when decorating. I think your layout, Aychamo, looks very cool. So you probably won't have that problem. But keep it in mind, nonetheless.

Finally, just an interesting suggestion -- take it for what you will. Since you're such a huge Beatles fan, why not take some stylistic cues from the Beatles album covers? For instance, maybe hang a Sgt. Pepper's poster on one wall, and then have bird decals in psychedelic Sgt. Pepper's colors "flying" out of the poster and all over the wall? Integrate the posters and art; don't isolate them. That poster of the four Beatles in your living room has a lot of browns and earth tones; maybe pair it up with birds in those colors on an adjacent wall?

[Eomer]

Yeah Millie, I think you're going to have to come north and decorate my place for me.

[Dice Rex]

Millie, dont you think the bird decals look too "doctor's office"-ish?

[Millie]

Originally Posted by Dice Rex

Millie, dont you think the bird decals look too "doctor's office"-ish?

Not really. I think it's the colors in that example photo that are giving you that impression. Like I said, the bird decals can't just stand out from the rest of your design. They need to complement the other design elements in order to really work effectively.

The birds in my office are in different shades of grey and blue, and are juxtaposed with a big beachscape/seascape photo by this guy:

Andreas Gursky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Similar to the one pictured here.

[Tuco]

Originally Posted by Millie

IKEA has taken a lot of the coolness factor out of midcentury-modern design, and that's a real shame. But authentic midcentury modernism is very cool, and has little (if anything) to do with IKEA's knockoffs and imitations. A lot of modernist design philosophy is minimalist. That's why you won't see oversized couches or excess clutter on the walls in DWR catalogs, in modernist magazine spreads, and in modernist homes. It's about saying more with less.

That said, one of the traps you can easily fall into with modernist design is "genericness." You don't want your place to look like every other modernist place, and it's all too easy to do so. I would suggest mixing and matching some furniture from other eras into a modernist layout. Modernism doesn't have to mean copying looks verbatim from DWR catalogs. You can throw some antique wooden tables or leather chairs into the mix. In fact, many of the coolest-looking modernist houses I've seen have elegantly blended furniture eras and styles in an interesting way. Don't be afraid to color outside the lines, as it were.

Also, remember that a lot of the midcentury modern furniture pieces that have become so iconic (the tulip chairs, the Saarinen tables, the Eames chairs, the Barcelona chairs, etc.) were designed for small, low-ceilinged, modernist houses in the 1950s and 1960s. They can seem very small and awkward in larger living spaces. They will give the effect of a "toy" furniture collection if placed in wide-open rooms with high ceilings. Be mindful of that when decorating. I think your layout, Aychamo, looks very cool. So you probably won't have that problem. But keep it in mind, nonetheless.

Finally, just an interesting suggestion -- take it for what you will. Since you're such a huge Beatles fan, why not take some stylistic cues from the Beatles album covers? For instance, maybe hang a Sgt. Pepper's poster on one wall, and then have bird decals in psychedelic Sgt. Pepper's colors "flying" out of the poster and all over the wall? Integrate the posters and art; don't isolate them. That poster of the four Beatles in your living room has a lot of browns and earth tones; maybe pair it up with birds in those colors on an adjacent wall?

edit: hold on I'm not done making this an FoHSS thread.

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