Happy March reader, are you starting to get the spring cleaning or decorating bug yet? I know I have been, which brings me to one thing, Pintrest. Somehow, like many others I fell into a rabbit hole of vintage aesthetic photos and found something called Dark Academia. Now, I’m not going to talk about the fashion or ideals of this aesthetic, just the interior design style.
Vintage or dark academia rooms tend to be darker walls, with lots of wood, books and classical statues. Basically how I image an old Englishman named George Walker’s study to look. Even with the overwhelming rise in the minimalist style, many still prefer more traditional styles of artwork. This particular aesthetic tends to have art that reflects either a vintage style, darker colour palette, or classical statues. The furniture is wood, leather or old fabrics, with lots of big comfy armchairs to read your book in by a fireplace. Interestingly, this aesthetic seems to be bigger with teens and millennial, mostly becoming popular through social media. Why not move away from the all white abstracts and check out a darker and more warm toned style?
