If your actual travel plans are on hold, you can soothe your wanderlust with a few home décor change-ups or additions.
Whether you’re wishing you were at a wilderness cabin, the beach or an exotic passport destination, designers and retailers are offering clever ways to bring the world into your quarantined home space.
Can't stroll the real streets of Italy? You can clad floors or walls in a kitchen, bath or family room with a surfacing that evokes that feel. Italy’s ABK offers the Nuovi Mondi capsule collection of large-format ceramic tiles digitally printed with painterly landscapes and whimsical illusory elements like tightrope walkers, bicyclists and playful children. Termed ``ceramic wallpaper,’’ its scenes include cityscapes of Rome, Venice and Milan.
Another Italian tile maker, Refin, offers Risseu, a collection of porcelain stoneware tiles inspired by Genoa’s historic, cobbled courtyards and city gardens.
Alessandra Wood, founder of the online interior-design platform Modsy, says you can evoke the feel of your
“Look for pieces that have a subtle tropical vibe via foliage, like palms, as well as natural raw wood or rattan textures, and fun global prints,’’ she says. ``Incorporate prints and objects that depict shells and sea life.”
Lamps Plus, Lightology and Burke Déco r have table lamps with resin bases crafted like pieces of coral.
Missing your
“Beach destinations have long been an inspiration for my design style,” says interior designer Jeffrey Alan Marks in Santa Monica, California. “My
He’s recreated the vibe with a pendant fixture that’s part of his Point Dume collection for Progress Lighting; tiers of blue-toned, galvanized metal are inspired by lapping waves and the industrial materials found on the pier.
Get a few of CB2’s polished sandstone and agate stone doorknobs, or Wayfair’s knobs made of ocean-washed pebbles gathered in New England, and every time you open a cabinet you’ll be reminded of shoreline walks. Or opt for a set of Two’s Company’s remarkably realistic sea-glass plates, fashioned in the shape of oyster and clam shells, at Burke Décor.
New York textile design studio Eskaye l has a new pattern called Out East; founder Shanan Campanaro’s
At Serena & Lily, they’ve got photo prints of soothing, beachy scenes from various artists. At Murals Wallpaper, you’ll find vistas of the Canadian Rockies, Scottish Highlands, Iceland and even Mount Everest, should you be pining for the mountains.
Color is another easy, subtle way to call to mind a vacation destination, Wood says.
“Think about the bold pops of
If a sophisticated hotel is more what you long for, Wood has suggestions.
“Chic hotels have a few key components: luxurious materials, sleek furniture and restrained styling. If you’re feeling bold, start with a saturated wall
CB2 has the exotic yet urbane Kinzie credenza designed by Mermelada Estudio, with swaths of hand-applied bronze and gold metallic paint on mindi wood, a type of white cedar.
Got a million destination photos on your phone or computer? Consider making a coffee table book — perhaps as a gift for a wistful fellow
Parabo will also turn a
Want something more painterly? Various artists on Etsy.com will transform your travel photo into a wall-worthy acrylic or
If armchair travel is the way we’ll be going for awhile, keeping that last great adventure fresh in mind may be only a décor order away.
Kim Cook, The Associated Press