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interlude - the maximalist weebcore room
Interrupting the usual monthly or bi monthly or more monthly updates with a post explaining my weebcore room.
As you may recall (not that anyone is reading this) from my previous posts, I hesitated to find a place for all the anime merch that I bought back in my itabag days and my figure/doll collecting days and also from supporting small artists. For the longest time they were just stored in boxes and shelves, gathering dust not displayed to their prettiest and being eyesores instead of beautiful works of art. I didn't really want a weeb living room or guestroom since that's where my mom would be the most and didn't really want to give her a chance to criticize my taste (although there is videogame fanart in the guestroom and small figures and pokemon fanart in the living room.) My craft room is already completely full of sewing related wall art and I don't want a lot of distraction in the office side of my craft room. The dining room had space on the walls and the tiny corner shelf but it was already displaying regular paintings and souvenirs, I wanted to keep that same vibe. So that left my bedroom as the place to hold all my merch.
All this time, I didn't want to make my bedroom the weebroom because I wanted a calming zen spa-like space without a lot of visual clutter so I can get to sleep quickly. I have severe insomnia so every little bit helps. But with no other options, I said fuck it, and decided to go full maximalist in my bedroom. Life is short after all, and I feel the clammy hand of death on my shoulder.
I'm so glad I did. Even if it's a lot of visual clutter, I tried to make it look aesthetic and I think I succeeded (considering I messed up a few times with hammering holes in the wall lol). Does it distract me from sleep? Possibly, but not that much to take it down.
I included as many of my favorite decor features from influencers and celebrities and general vibes as I could while working on the redecorating. Here are some of them!
1. Anna Sui's apartment. A fashion designer I already admire whose Asian influence is also seen in her apartment which is full of bold colors and floral/animal patterns on the walls and museum-like furniture and favorite knick knacks on display.
2. Ghibli core. This is common with anime weebs and art school students, they are generally cottagecore aesthetics (natural cozy colors with handcrafted trinkets and plants scattered around) but with strong anime merch presence such as figures and blankets and plushies. Obviously I love Ghibli movies and they define my life and I also love the look of Howl's cluttered bedroom, therefore I like this style so much.
3. gallery wall in general. I want my bedroom to look like a salon room or h all at the Louvre with beautiful vibrant paintings and sculptures everywhere and a decorated ceiling and adorned windows. But all with anime merch lol. I've been to the Louvre so I need to refer to my photos for inspo.
4. Rachel Maksy and anyone like her. She is more specifically hobbitcore and retro, but I do also love Lord of the Rings. As far as I know, the social media influencers of her ilk are not that much into anime or Japanese games, so that is the main difference. They are all very natural and historically accurate; there is none of the bright, super saturated, rainbow/tropical colors that many anime series have in their home.
I watched a lot of youtube and looked at a lot of instagram and pinterest accounts for inspo, but what the Ghiblicore rooms lack is that they mostly focus on Ghibli, which I don't have a lot of merch for, and there isn't a lot of variety of anime or games on display, it's very curated and tasteful. Whereas full-on wall to wall anime merch or game rooms are very functional, sleek, minimalist and Ikea-like, with white and beige backgrounds and plain furniture so the various colorful merch pops.
I want a mix of the two - lots of color and nature and textures everywhere, all related to a bunch of different anime and game merch all at once, no taste or curation, all tackiness. My walls are white and my carpet is light cream so I can't avoid the greige curse, at least not without hours of work and the risk of falling from a ladder, but I really like the gallery wall and figure displays adding the color. I added as many fake flowers and vines as I could for the nature aspect, maybe even some live plants eventually. The room is still quite Ikea-like since I have a lot of Ikea furniture because I can't find anything better without costing thousands of dollars, but I incorporated soft feminine touches and accents in the textures. The main purchases I made were some prints and merch I was already going to buy before redecorating, picture frames and related gallery stuff from Michaels and Daiso, shelves from Ross and Ikea, flowers from Michaels, and that's it. No new furniture or appliances. I tried to use coupons and be thrifty if I did have to buy new stuff, but mostly used what I already had.
Ideally, I will have a wallpaper or paint accent wall, or a diy mural even. I want colorful curtains (the only ones I have right now are cream/gold) and a vibrant fluffy moss rug although I do love my white shag rug so much. One day I will hang that pothos plant on the ceiling, but if I can squeeze in another houseplant and keep it alive, that would be awesome. I might need to get a bolder color of bedding as well. These all require big purchases (as well as effort) which I didn't want to do so that's why I listed them here so I can remember. Also the mannequin needs a cool outfit at all times, which is free to do and I will do that now. All in all, without having to invest a lot of money and effort, my weebcore room is basically finished!
As you may recall (not that anyone is reading this) from my previous posts, I hesitated to find a place for all the anime merch that I bought back in my itabag days and my figure/doll collecting days and also from supporting small artists. For the longest time they were just stored in boxes and shelves, gathering dust not displayed to their prettiest and being eyesores instead of beautiful works of art. I didn't really want a weeb living room or guestroom since that's where my mom would be the most and didn't really want to give her a chance to criticize my taste (although there is videogame fanart in the guestroom and small figures and pokemon fanart in the living room.) My craft room is already completely full of sewing related wall art and I don't want a lot of distraction in the office side of my craft room. The dining room had space on the walls and the tiny corner shelf but it was already displaying regular paintings and souvenirs, I wanted to keep that same vibe. So that left my bedroom as the place to hold all my merch.
All this time, I didn't want to make my bedroom the weebroom because I wanted a calming zen spa-like space without a lot of visual clutter so I can get to sleep quickly. I have severe insomnia so every little bit helps. But with no other options, I said fuck it, and decided to go full maximalist in my bedroom. Life is short after all, and I feel the clammy hand of death on my shoulder.
I'm so glad I did. Even if it's a lot of visual clutter, I tried to make it look aesthetic and I think I succeeded (considering I messed up a few times with hammering holes in the wall lol). Does it distract me from sleep? Possibly, but not that much to take it down.
I included as many of my favorite decor features from influencers and celebrities and general vibes as I could while working on the redecorating. Here are some of them!
1. Anna Sui's apartment. A fashion designer I already admire whose Asian influence is also seen in her apartment which is full of bold colors and floral/animal patterns on the walls and museum-like furniture and favorite knick knacks on display.
2. Ghibli core. This is common with anime weebs and art school students, they are generally cottagecore aesthetics (natural cozy colors with handcrafted trinkets and plants scattered around) but with strong anime merch presence such as figures and blankets and plushies. Obviously I love Ghibli movies and they define my life and I also love the look of Howl's cluttered bedroom, therefore I like this style so much.
3. gallery wall in general. I want my bedroom to look like a salon room or h all at the Louvre with beautiful vibrant paintings and sculptures everywhere and a decorated ceiling and adorned windows. But all with anime merch lol. I've been to the Louvre so I need to refer to my photos for inspo.
4. Rachel Maksy and anyone like her. She is more specifically hobbitcore and retro, but I do also love Lord of the Rings. As far as I know, the social media influencers of her ilk are not that much into anime or Japanese games, so that is the main difference. They are all very natural and historically accurate; there is none of the bright, super saturated, rainbow/tropical colors that many anime series have in their home.
I watched a lot of youtube and looked at a lot of instagram and pinterest accounts for inspo, but what the Ghiblicore rooms lack is that they mostly focus on Ghibli, which I don't have a lot of merch for, and there isn't a lot of variety of anime or games on display, it's very curated and tasteful. Whereas full-on wall to wall anime merch or game rooms are very functional, sleek, minimalist and Ikea-like, with white and beige backgrounds and plain furniture so the various colorful merch pops.
I want a mix of the two - lots of color and nature and textures everywhere, all related to a bunch of different anime and game merch all at once, no taste or curation, all tackiness. My walls are white and my carpet is light cream so I can't avoid the greige curse, at least not without hours of work and the risk of falling from a ladder, but I really like the gallery wall and figure displays adding the color. I added as many fake flowers and vines as I could for the nature aspect, maybe even some live plants eventually. The room is still quite Ikea-like since I have a lot of Ikea furniture because I can't find anything better without costing thousands of dollars, but I incorporated soft feminine touches and accents in the textures. The main purchases I made were some prints and merch I was already going to buy before redecorating, picture frames and related gallery stuff from Michaels and Daiso, shelves from Ross and Ikea, flowers from Michaels, and that's it. No new furniture or appliances. I tried to use coupons and be thrifty if I did have to buy new stuff, but mostly used what I already had.
Ideally, I will have a wallpaper or paint accent wall, or a diy mural even. I want colorful curtains (the only ones I have right now are cream/gold) and a vibrant fluffy moss rug although I do love my white shag rug so much. One day I will hang that pothos plant on the ceiling, but if I can squeeze in another houseplant and keep it alive, that would be awesome. I might need to get a bolder color of bedding as well. These all require big purchases (as well as effort) which I didn't want to do so that's why I listed them here so I can remember. Also the mannequin needs a cool outfit at all times, which is free to do and I will do that now. All in all, without having to invest a lot of money and effort, my weebcore room is basically finished!