How To Decorate Your Room: Dark Academia Style

If you haven’t come across it yet, Dark Academia is an aesthetic that revolves around literature, academics, mystery and arts. It is heavily inspired by European architecture, history, Greek Arts, Gothic and Dark elements.

Although the aesthetic sounds intense and dark to some, it’s harmless and creative. In fact, it’s based on a passion for learning. This growing subculture has taken the internet by storm and there are many online communities that revolve around dark academia.

As the name suggests, the color scheme for this aesthetic comprises — dark and moody colors. So the goal is to bring in a lot of neutral to dark tones in the room and create a moody vibe. The bedding can be kept bulky with a lot of layers of sheets, duvet and blankets. Preferably a bouncy big mattress.

The aesthetic — dark academia — at the end of the day revolves around academics and learning. So books are an obvious part of the décor. You can bring in old and new books and stack them all up, keep them everywhere around the room to bring in that academic feel.

For furniture, it is important to stick to the moody mystery vibe. Any light tone furniture can mess up the aesthetic we are going for. So it is important to use rusty, dark wood furniture for the décor. You can thrift some old vintage furniture with engravings. Or possibly reuse some old pieces lying around. You can add a mirror with a golden frame for that vintage look.

Mystery, as I said earlier, is core to this aesthetic. So try to fill up the room with some handpicked trinkets and accessories that have a story attached to them. Small mysterious pieces of décor can really add to the personality of the room.

Try adding Greek sculptures as they are very popular in this culture/aesthetic. You can thrift such sculptures, it’s even better if you find broken/chipped ones. If that is not a possibility, there are many such items available in online stores. One such store I found online is greekartshop.com

You can add plants, but not all sorts of plants may go with this aesthetic. The ones I can think of that look the best are creepers. You can just place them on books, near windows or random corners. You can even add your art supplies or music instruments as part of the décor.