DIY Hipster Bedroom

Lets face it, as much as I hate being like everyone else, the whole hipster thing is pretty cool. Especially when it comes to bedroom decor. Even before this kind of style was popular, I always wanted to litter my walls with photos and pictures and fairy lights. I'm still in the process of decorating, it's coming on very slowly though. This is a picture of the quote I currently have, it's a line from an Ed Sheeran song called Grade 8. I'm going to just give you guys some ideas on how you can transform your bedroom on a low budget!

• Fairy lights. You can string these around your room. Above the bed looks very pretty, or against a mirror. Multicoloured ones or regular ones, depending on your taste. These can be expensive, so I usually wait till after Christmas to buy them when they're no longer in season and on sale. 
• Photo wall. Anything from logo's, flags and magazine pictures, to concert tickets, posters, drawings, and your own photography. Sticky tack works great for the thicker, slightly heavier items. Clear tape works nicely for the magazine pictures and printed out photos. This is my favorite part because you can dig through that junk drawer of yours and find cool things to put up. If you don't have magazine pictures you want to rip out, you can always print things off of the computer. Pinterest is great for finding cool quotes and funky pictures to put up. 
• Cork/Pin board. You can pick a cheep one up at the dollar store or Staples. I painted mine black and hot glued different coloured buttons around the edges for a unique look. This is also a memory board, so letters, postcards, photos, and notes are the things to go on here.
• Paper lanterns. You can make your own or pick some up at the dollar store or Micheal's. 
• Random items like dream catchers are easy to make. Wind chimes or paper cranes on a string are also very cool.
• Vases with flowers. Real or fake, they still add colour and can make the room smell nice. Try spritzing perfume on the fake ones ever so often to give some scent to them.
• Shelving. Anything to put your knick knacks on, like books or figures.
• Nice bedding, curtains, pillows. I would pick some colours that you want, and carry it out through the whole room. I like my bedding a solid colour, then patterned pillows. 
• Wall quotes. Like mine in the picture above, I just cut them out of magazines. You can use stencils if you have them, but I think it looks better when they don't all match. Keep in mind that this does take a while if you want it to look good. It probably took me a good hour and a half to cut and put up. It's totally worth it though.
• Glow in the dark stickers. Those cool little stars you that you can stick to the ceiling are super fun. Just remember that they do glow quite bright, so if you like sleeping in the dark, I wouldn't recommend them.
• Hanging rack. This one's pretty self explanatory. 
• Mirrors. I have a giant one in my room that I like to decorate with posters and window paint I got at the craft store. It's also really cool if you take red lipstick and write something inspiring on your bathroom mirror to make you feel good in the morning.
• Photo sting. Hang some string across an area of your room, and use clothing pins to clip your photography to it. It looks extra cool if you hang fairy lights in between.
• Records. Take a trip to your local thrift store and search through their record bins. Pick some cool ones and try to re-vamp them. Buy some sticky jewels and colour them with sharpies to make them pretty. 

The whole idea of a hipster/tumblr looking room is it's full of memories and shows off your personality. It seems like lots of people are doing it, but no two rooms are the same. Everyone has different taste. It's so much fun to personalize everything, weather it's with your favorite quotes or showing off your vintage camera collection. My biggest recommendation would be to travel to a thrift store and see what you can find. Good luck and let me know how your decorating goes!

Stay Lovely,

Dixie xox

p.s I'm on Pinterst and have boards with more ideas if you want to check me out. http://pinterest.com/starkite/boards/