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Playful Decor to Put a Home in Good Humor
Something's funny around here. These cheeky decor, art and architectural elements can't help but bring a smile
Design can seem so serious sometimes. So many rules, so many Danish names to memorize. But really, there is only one rule: Your home should reflect your personality. Comfort, beauty, personality. That's all you really have to know.
Which is why I love design that incorporates humor. Playfulness should by all means be a part of our homes. Pretty goes only so far, after all.
Here are 11 pretty good ways to get some chuckles (and possibly even enjoy your home more).
Which is why I love design that incorporates humor. Playfulness should by all means be a part of our homes. Pretty goes only so far, after all.
Here are 11 pretty good ways to get some chuckles (and possibly even enjoy your home more).
A playful art-inspired nursery gives a nod to Magritte's bowler paintings.
Wall decals can turn your life into a cartoon panel.
Hidden humor: head-in-the-sand wallpaper. Design-y, funny, subtle.
Art
OK, so personally this is not a painting I would go for, but I appreciate its pop art humor.
OK, so personally this is not a painting I would go for, but I appreciate its pop art humor.
It looks like a painting by an old Dutch Master. It's really a photograph of a woman with a plastic bag on her head. Love it.
Potty Humor
"Wash behind your ears." Mom's admonition, enshrined in tile. Bathrooms are an easy place to be funny in — they're small, they're personal and they are secret.
"Wash behind your ears." Mom's admonition, enshrined in tile. Bathrooms are an easy place to be funny in — they're small, they're personal and they are secret.
Bathroom humor is as old as the dinosaurs.
Funny Bones
A plywood peephole wall is a playful take on the wooden banister. You can tell this family is fun.
A plywood peephole wall is a playful take on the wooden banister. You can tell this family is fun.
Take an architectural element, maybe one that annoys you (like the step everyone is always tripping over) and bring attention to it in a humorous way.
If your pet is really part of your family, he or she should get his own entrance, no?
Find more ways to lighten up your home design here and here.
Find more ways to lighten up your home design here and here.
Jonathan Adler is the father of antidepressive design, and his funny Vices jars have become winking icons.