Creative Ways to Pull Off Bohemian Decor

Blue patterned accents elevate the living room of Scalamandré President Chad Stark's New York apartment, which was crafted with the help of interior designer Sasha Bikoff.

An eclectic guest bedroom features bold purple tones along with a woven screen from Burundi that serves as a headboard. Additional layers of pattern—a bedcover made of West African kente cloth and a floor mat from Indonesia—add contrast.

From the black and white checkered floor and pastel blue walls to the floral upholstered chairs and 19th century porcelain garden stool, this living room is full of design statements.

In author 's Hamptons home, decorated by , the master bedroom's splashes of purple are complemented by a more neutral grass cloth wall covering by . The custom rug is by .

Turquoise walls infuse energy into the living room of a Manhattan townhouse. Quadrille fabric curtains as well as a sofa and club chair from , covered in wool fabric, finish the design.

At interior designer Kathryn M. Ireland's compound in Santa Monica, the built-in stucco sectional in the outdoor lounge is topped with cushions in a custom outdoor fabric. The table is from her French Finds collection, and the chairs are by .

In the dining room of Rela and Don Gleason’s home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, the table and armoire were designed by Rela and made by local artisans. The chairs have custom leather slipcovers, and the goatskin-and-iron ceiling fixture was inspired by lighting at the Leon Trotsky museum in Mexico City.

In Christina Juarez' apartment, the walls and vintage sofa in the home office are covered in an fabric from . The vintage chair and pillows are in a ikat, the elephant stool is by , the side table is by , and the rug is by . An Oberto Gili photograph, anchors artworks by Oscar de la Renta (top left) and Donald Robertson (top center).

A pass-through space between the kitchen and bedroom of Siddharth Kasliwal's farmhouse in Jaipur is used as a living area. The chair is in mango wood and rope, the accountant’s desk is from the 19th century, and the antique dining table and cabinet were purchased in Rajasthan.

When a young couple with a New York City apartment needed to match her love of exuberant color and pattern with his more restrained aesthetic, acclaimed designer Alex Papachristidis came to the rescue, covering the entry walls in a blue Cole & Son paper that is sophisticated yet still makes a splash. The side table is from Argentina, a vintage settee is upholstered in a Holland & Sherry leather and the Renoir portrait is a family heirloom.

In the entry hall of a grand New York apartment, the settee is covered in a Rose Cumming fabric, the late-18th-century Philadelphia table is a family heirloom, and the hand-painted yellow floral wallpaper is by San Patrignano.

The relaxed kitchen in a Uruguayan country home has a pendant light made of leather, the ceiling beam is an old railroad track found in a nearby field and the flooring is tinted cement tile.

A hairstylist in São Paulo turned to designer Fabrizio Rollo to conjure a duplex apartment that is sumptuous and colorful, starting with this hallway full to the brim with character. A Maison Jansen–style table is flanked by a pair of antique Directoire armchairs and the garden stool is by Rollo.

In a rustic farmhouse in Los Angeles, the screened porch has custom concrete sofas that are topped with Brenda Antin pillows. The 1990 Mats Theselius chair is Swedish, the 1953 Bigfoot cocktail table is by Paul Frank, and the wall is clad in reclaimed farmhouse boards.

Inside the same room, the antique Swedish sofa and Baroque chair, are upholstered in Robert Kime fabrics, the armchair is 18th-century French and a vintage Persian Soumak rug from Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar rests on a sea-grass rug from ABC Carpet & Home.

At an 1870s carriage house in New York, the custom beds in a guest room are dressed with spreads from Chelsea Textiles, the chair is from Avantgarden, and the late-17th-century table is French; the curtains are of a Les Indiennes cotton, and the rug is a vintage Indian dhurrie.

In the captain's bedroom of the same home, a custom mattress by Charles H. Beckley is covered in a C&C Milano linen, the light fixture is by Circa Lighting, and the vintage dhurrie is from Mark Shillen Gallery.

The living area in the barn now serves as guest quarters at actress Amanda Seyfried’s weekend retreat in the Catskills region of New York. The sofa is by , the wool rug is by Restoration Hardware, the flooring is reclaimed oak, and the wall is painted in Benjamin Moore’s White Dove; the photograph is by Sarah Bailey.

In Seyfried's master bedroom, the bed is by Restoration Hardware, the bench is from , and the rug is from ; the pendant light is by &tradition, and the beadboard walls are painted in Ammonite by Farrow & Ball.