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i wana redo my room. 13/f gothic and my mom hates goths but im gothic. so i cant do gothic well nothing she would think would be but any advice on what colors for walls and everything else.
so how could i make it look like a gothic room but not black walls.
i like purple black white red and pokadots or anything
i hate pink blue green (link)
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A vibrant purple would look great on the walls - like the purple of Dita von Teese's wedding dress - and shouldn't be too dark/OTT for your mum to object to, as it would be easy to 'lighten up' with different furnishings/accessories. I am not sure what your budget is or what your current furnishings are like, but a black wrought iron bedframe is sooo cool and gothic, and a really neat and cheap way to add light and a bit of gothic fantasy to the room is to get plain fairy lights, you know like the christmas kind but not the multicoloured ones, and wind them around the bedframe. Looks really cool at night :)
Also nothing is more gothic than a four-poster bed, but a cool way to get the same effect is to buy a black mosquito net and hang it over your bed, they should be pretty easy to find.
A few splashes of red and white would also brighten up the purple, so if you have a desk or side table, maybe brighten it up with a black vase filled with fake red roses, and a framed photo of a cool black and white print. White candles here and there would also look really cool, and you can pick up some pretty cool old candelabras from second hand stores.
Have a look at vintage shops, auction houses and second hand stores for accessories! Old strings of pearls can be draped over mirrors or cast on the top of desks for a really romantic goth look, ooh and if you can find a wrought iron bust or an old dressmaker's dummy, they make cool sculptural pieces of art, especially if you dress them in a cool red/black/white/polkadotted corset top and a strand of pearls.
There's so much you could do! If you have any more specific questions please contact me, I hope I helped!
*EDIT* With a silver bunk bed, you already have a four poster :) You could buy a couple of lengths of cheap black chiffon from a fabric store, and drape them like curtains from underneath the top bunk, so they obscure the bottom bunk, and hold them to the side with some tie-backs. Get some contrasting red fabric to cover the underside of the bunk, and attach some red fabric roses, tres romantic and makes the bunk bed not so kiddy! If you sleep on the top bunk, cover the bottom bunk in black fabric, a white faux fur throw and some nice red and black cushions, and voila! It's a great gothic chillout space.
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that helps alot thanks any more advice for i have a silver metal bunkbed i already have white rope lights
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