Comment if you agree and let’s get this video seen by the right people!

@vandomka8464

4 ай бұрын

you're putting this video out at the right time! i follow lots of interior design youtubers and the topic of dark academia is really starting to pick up all of a sudden (maybe because home libraries are getting popular?) and you can tell none of the people tackling the topic had made enough research to even realise that originally da was really just a donna tartt fandom cosplaying as an aesthetic

@vaderladyl

3 ай бұрын

Same as Light Academia, that is just Academia@@vandomka8464

@cind_h_er5717

3 ай бұрын

Just paused the video a third of the way through to let you know that it's great. I've been thinking this as well. I've also subscribed, and look forward to watching your other content.

Living in the uk and having visited many stately homes, your interpretation on dark academia is definitely more accurate than the black on black. It’s about dark wood in the furniture not so much dark walls.

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

I am so happy you said that!!! I’ve been really worried about posting this video because I thought people would be mean 😅😅😅

@gato-nero

4 ай бұрын

I have to agree with you; I’ve always thought Dark Academia was just about the stately English penchant for dark wood lined rooms with dark furniture and lots of books and other academic decor such as paintings, sculptures, dried plants, taxidermy, medical and navigational instruments, etc.. Before I had heard of DA I called my aesthetic Old English Natural History, but after seeing this video, I may go back to calling it that. I have spent years collecting and refining the decor in my home, but none of it has any kind of dark literary undertone as referred to in this video. Neither are my walls painted a dark colour; they’re actually buttercream. I think I’ll stop calling it Dark Academia and change the name of my style to Old English Academia/Natural History.

@elinamakela8435

3 ай бұрын

​@@gato-nero Light academia? 😊

@vaderladyl

3 ай бұрын

It is just one Academia. You either use light or dark colors for the walls and that is pretty much the difference, the important part is that indeed it uses medium/darker shades of furniture.@@gato-nero

@amayastrata4629

3 ай бұрын

I agree. Larger rooms can take dark coloured walls but I have never seen black. Dark reds mostly seem to be the norm. My son’s room has a blue black wall which is a classic colour but the rest is white and he has dark wood bookshelves and bed. It looks sort of classic even though there’s the addition of his games consoles in there as well, not mentioning his mess. Our dining room used to be a very dark red which I loved. However, our rooms aren’t really large enough to cope with it very well so we have gone much lighter. We still have dark wood though as it’s inherited so not going anywhere.

My boyfriend saw some vintage decor on fb marketplace and asked "love, is this that dark macadamia look you like?" 😂

@justlanchen

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@lucasgm5784

7 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

The problem with dark academia is that many people confuses this concept with old gothic style. It is not to make your house as Addams Family's house, it is just to make it like as a library or museum with a "british touch".

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

They do! I actually looked into this as well, there is an aesthetic called darkest Academia, another name for it being Gothic academia, but Gothic is referring to architecture not interior 🙈

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

I’m so glad you understand

@LouciferFlump

3 ай бұрын

Some people like The Addams Family look.

@anastinco

2 ай бұрын

@@LouciferFlump I like that too. It is very fancy, isn't?

@josecat436

Ай бұрын

None of those black pics look like the Addam’s house. The Addam’s have victorian red and pink walls and accents.

I couldn’t agree more! Dead Poet’s Society is what comes to mind when I think of DA.

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

Exactly!! Dead poets society and kill Your darlings were the first two movies linked to the dark academia Aesthetic as well !! So you are on the right track!

@bigbob3772

3 ай бұрын

Try His Dark Materials.@@justlanchen

When I think of dark academia, I think of the offices of my religious studies professors filled with old books in Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, etc with light colored walls with deep wood tones and ornate decor. I also think of how I imagine the homes of the rich Ivy League kids coming from generational wealth would be decorated. Ornate, European style with a Victorian flair.

@madnessintomagic

3 ай бұрын

That’s just…. rich. academia. It already existed. Dark academia is a new aesthetic, separate from the book.

Thank You! ❤ I have loved this style even before it had a name. I used to describe it as "Stately-old-money-manor-house-library." Or "Think Oxford or Cambridge"...all of the wood was dark, but nothing was painted black! There is comfort, and an elegance to it ...not creepy! An emphasis on education of the finer things in life, and surrounding oneself with all of those.... You've got it!

@haggisa

3 ай бұрын

Creepy decor can be elegant. 😊

@vaderladyl

3 ай бұрын

It was always called Academia or Librarian, if you will, but it wasn't done as an aesthetic but as a by product of academic people having a place to have their library and things related to academics. My father was an academic and this is how his room looked, back in 1970, definitely not as an aesthetic.

@johnnyritenbaugh1214

3 ай бұрын

It's really just Edwardian or Victorian in darker hues. "Dark Academia" is just the TikTok and influencer version of the classic style.😅

@vaderladyl

3 ай бұрын

@@johnnyritenbaugh1214 Yeah pretty much

@billytheripper4

Ай бұрын

It only came into being in 2010 apparently 🙄

"black does not a dark academia room make" hahaha thank you! This is such a great video. I also agree with your point about "patience." It really is going to take time to accumulate the pieces in order to have that authentic feel. I mean, you could go out and buy a bunch of stuff at a thrift store one weekend... but it isn't going to be like, "these pieces speak to my soul and express who I am as a person," which is something that I'm personally looking for! I'm not sure I'd describe my interior style as "dark academia" but it is literature inspired and I have books everywhere... plus a penchant for vintage furniture... so yeah, it probably is pretty close! I never feel like it's "finished," though!

I couldn’t agree more. Having worked in academia for 35 years, I don't remember a single case of a room with a black-on-black decor. Your tasteful suggestions reflect the Dark Academia mindset really well. Thank you.

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

that is amazing! I'm so glad you liked what I had to say 🫶

@vaderladyl

3 ай бұрын

Exactly, this is how I always saw Academia. To me it is not even dark or light.

Thank you!! Finally I have found someone who is real. Someone who agrees that spending $$ isn't what makes good design ❤

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!🥹🥹🫶🫶

When I was little, my grandfather created a space that gives me the kind of vibes your talking about, but it wasn't for decor. My childhood home had an inglenook that nobody in the family ever used due to the fact that it wasn't close enough to the rest of the house, only got indirect light at best, and the fireplace hearth took up about a third of the space. Then my grandfather decided it would be perfect as his own personal study. He put in a simple small office desk under the window, then on the desk he had all the things he needed, desk lamp-the kind with a swivel arm, along with his calligraphy brushes, ink stones, ink sticks, other stationary he needed, along with the envelopes for air mail since he was always writing back home to relatives and old friends. He also had a wooden coat tree that had multiple hooks and could spin, just at the mouth of the nook along the wall. The walls themselves, he put up maps of all kinds- world, europe, asia, the US, local, also he taped up a few prints of a lovely landscape that originally from calendars. Instead of bookshelves, he used old wooden endtables since these were already in the garage and he kept all kinds of reference books and dictionaries and newspapers on them. An old beanbag chair wound up in the space and was put right infront of the fireplace, along with old blankets. Once he took it over, everyone just started to go into the space. Either to actually use the books, or to just hang out, everyone just naturally started using the space. He never said anything, but I think he was kind of annoyed because he made the nook into a study specifically because no one wanted to be there before.

@stargazerbird

3 ай бұрын

That sounds wonderful.

@dawnsstar5918

2 ай бұрын

Lol, my father use to readi in the basement, where he had hundreds of books on homemade bookshelves. It was dark, dusty, with a bunch of unusual items on display, blue prints he would make on his own..... I looked at some of those books when I got older. I then knew why he read there and not in the living room. My religious mother would have never approved at least half of them, lol.

Thank you so much for this, I so agree with everything you said. I've always felt like the black on black rooms give more of a witchy/gothic aesthetic rather than DA itself. Of course, with the right pieces it could still be "academia". But yeah, I'm happy you brought this up, hopefully a lot of people see it.

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing!

There are very few black rooms in UK- You are correct! You have been doing this a very long time!!! You did one of the first really comprehensive explorations ever** thank you btw***

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for saying that 🫶🫶 I was unsure anyone would agree with me but I’m happy I’m on the right track

I agree as well. Whenever I look for DA inspiration, I ignore those designs because they do not resonate DA for me. You explained it perfectly. Plus the design tips you gave are great!

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

so happy you liked it!!

Black walls are part of the darkest academia or gothic academia, you're right. As someone who's goth and loves reading i love both🖤

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

Yes! You are absolutely right!

while your interpretation of dark academia is probably correct, i much prefer the black on black gothic look- it probably should not be given the dark academia label though- it is more gothic victorian.

I couldn’t agree more ☕️🕯️📚 I have always loved this esthetic look before I even heard of dark academia.

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

Same here!

Brilliant, stylish, and spot on. I absolutely love how you go to source of "The Secret History" for room descriptions.

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly!🙏🏼

Love this video! It's always felt a bit of a low key 90's revival to me. There was a trend of neoromanticism back then, dark wood, eggshell walls, gilt frames, angelic/parochial imagery, and marble reproductions were the thing. Lots of antiques that would have felt western/prairie-ish in the 70s and 80s got a new life in the 90s. Makes some sense to me that Donna Tartt would like these things!

middle schooler here! im obsessed with dark academia and my friends call me weird for it but oh well! i’ve always had the corresponding “personality” for dark academia before i knew it existed! now that i have discovered it, it seems like a whole new world. one of my favorite youtubers here, i use you as an absolute guide. thank you very much.

Thank you, Lanchen! I always decorated in the "academia" aesthetic before it was an internet aesthetic. I would get annoyed when I saw people do more of a Victorian-horror, or something similar (which is pretty though not historically accurate) and call it "dark academia". So, when I saw you made this video, I said out loud "Finally! Someone had to say it"!

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO READ! thank you for saying this

I think that the aesthetic has been disconnected from the deep meaning of the dark academia, as you said. Amd i think that's the reason why people defined the light coloured aesthetic as light academia. They base the definition on the colours, while in fact, it's based on the lifestyle (dark, murder, mistery, drama)... I think you are 100% right. I read in an article that dark walls were actually a way to camouflage the effetct of fumes from coal and wood burner in Victorian times

@stargazerbird

3 ай бұрын

Good catch on hiding the dirt. I have a log fire and it’s true. Ceilings especially get blackened quickly. I am always painting.

@vaderladyl

3 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the same happening to Boho. Some people viewed a few pics on Instagram and now they think that is what Boho is, when in realty it is so much more.

I put low watt bulbs (appliance 15,25,40) in my lamps all over the house, even in the kitchen! It changed the atmosphere in the house. At first my husband objected to the low lights, but soon he began to like the cozy calming atmosphere too. Then we got a big dark buffet from a charity shop to go with our big dark thick legged dining table. We put two candelabras on the table. Last night was our first dinner with the low light lamps and candelabras. It was so special and memorable. We sat there for a long time enjoying the atmosphere when the candles started melting all over! You do have to watch those candles!!🙄

Nice job defining this style and helping people differentiate. 👏 Terms which once described niche styles have become blanket phrases.

@justlanchen

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for appreciating this video. I’m really trying to save the dark academia interiors over here if I can

Great video! Of course, dark academia is an aesthetic, but it is, first and foremost, an attitude toward knowledge.

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

EXACTLY

I really like the dark academia aesthetic the way you describe it, more recently, I've seen these black on black rooms and wondered "where is the academia in this dark academia room?"

This is probably the best DA video yet. The candle holder is called a chamber stick i think. I also like my bridge arm floor lamp for reading. You can get LED bulbs at home depot that have four or five settings from blue to orange light. I have a cat so no candles or expensive leather furniture for me. I have lots of books though :) Some day I’ll get the 4 poster bed.

You've made good points. And hats off for thinking for yourself and not merely following

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!🫶🫶🫶🥹

Your color palette just started describing the colors I've already chosen for my house. So happy to have a different perspective on the "Dark Academia" theme to draw inspiration from, because this is exactly what I've been looking for!

@justlanchen

3 ай бұрын

I’m so happy to help 🫶🥰

This is THE video on dark academia!!! Thank you so much for making this! I have been thinking the same thing as you lately, that so many designers and interior decorators just don't understand what DA is about and I'm really glad you made this video!

I couldn't agree more! Actually, I have always loved this style, even before I knew it has a name. My dad was a lawyer and he used to take me to work with him from a very young age. His office, and his colleagues' offices, were very "DA", and I find the style very comforting. His den at home had also the same style... and even our LR had touches of it, like piles of books everywhere! I'm decorating my home office/craft room/guest room in this style now and it feels very "homey" to me. I went with a beautiful, deep green on 3 of the walls. Thank you for a great video.

I have been living in DA my entire life ; so ,long before it ever had a title . Antiques , jumbled together in the same dark wood tone , on an old threadbare Persian carpet. Chandeliers & classic antique lights strewn about , empty vases & old urns pulled in from the garden & books . Lots of hardcover books .

@justlanchen

3 ай бұрын

love all these ideas!!!

@cheriegoesrock

2 ай бұрын

That sounds beautiful!

Fantastic video. I am moving house later this year and looking for good advise for DA style for my future apartment. Very helpful and good point about the over-emphasis on black on black - you really show how various color combinations can create beautiful DA spaces.

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

Yay! I am so glad that you found this helpful! Good luck with your future Makeover🫶

Love love love ALL your Dark Academia videos. Would love to see more D.A. diy projects either on a budget or using Dollar Tree items. ❤❤❤

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!! yes I've shared many DA DIYs in my makeover videos 🥰

My husband thanks you for your emphasis on not needing to blackout the walls of our game room! I can't find a purple I like so maybe just a light neutral, Wenge accent. Since it's for boardgames, I'm thinking of it like a dining room in terms of layout of feng shui. I can't believe how much of my vision you described after I did months of thinking and looking. I guess I'm basic :p

Thank you so much for saying what I’ve been thinking for the past few years. I’m not sure when this aesthetic deviation started but I’m assuming maybe someone took the word “dark” and interpreted it literally. Dark academia for me was always about ambiance and sensory experiences. DA evokes a certain mood that other genres don’t because it encompasses the feeling of the passage of time and the culmination of many lifetimes merging into one.

@geologick

4 ай бұрын

I think it was indeed the result of commercial enterprises getting involved, like Lanchen mentioned--they have a fundamental misunderstanding of what makes DA, but they spoke with authority and the weight of their brand behind them, so people new to the aesthetic just assumed they were the correct ones...when their research likely amounted to nothing more than a 10 minute google search and a handful of AI-generated images.

@vaderladyl

3 ай бұрын

I bet it was someone on Instagram.

i have pretty much always gravitated towards inspirations that could now be linked to dark academia, i started to feel a bit meh about the whole aesthetic lately (probably burn out from seeing it over and over again) but the description of the office reminded me of a visit i made in an orthodox church in romania where the outside of the building was simple subdued almost geometric and white and the inside was the most vivid and bright roar of colors i've experienced in a religious setting. The big celestial vault looming on the roof over us really stole my breath. I'm not religious, was raised catholic, but the visit of this church really made sense to me within my understanding of the dogma : be humble to the people around you don't strive in showing you worth because your true wealth is within you and if you let it speak it'll be much louder than anything you wear on the outside. I don't fully resonate with this part of the christian faith, but viisiting this church really helped it make sense

A brilliant breakdown of the Dark Academia style. Thank you. 😀

@justlanchen

3 ай бұрын

🫶🫶🥹🥹

I’m planning on moving next year, and you really nailed this in the best way possible. I’ve been eyeing a burgundy velvet couch as my color focal point, along with a library space in the room. One step and idea at a time. I love my current Pinterest board. Lots of dark wood tones. 🫶🏽 LOVE the wall of words.

I’m in a DA room right now. Off-white walls, Edwardian and Victorian era artwork everywhere. A figural owl lamp. Brown furniture, including an 19th Century washstand with my great, great grandmother’s tatting on it. A collarbox with celluloid collars still in it. And books. Lots of books. Some of them very, very old (eg. “Good Manners,” copyright 1903) White walls, but Dark Academia.

Thanks so much for this video! I bought my first home a few months ago and am now getting started on designing the DA home library of my dreams. I've liked this aesthetic my whole life and this has been really helpful in specifically identifying a lot of the types of items that I'm hoping to include in my library and throughout my home at large.

I have seen some amazing "standing candelabra" style lights done with combining the base of a standing lamp with the body of a chandelier. Thank you for this video!

Been preparing renovating a room into a english victorian office and your videos both on DA and the victorian era have been very helpful.

Great analogy thanks so much , between lots of videos about Dark academia , you define so well !

THANK YOU for making this!

On the subject of bookcases if you’re lucky you’ll find barrister style bookcases that close. Found one thrifting last year and it’s a huge conversation piece that acts as a bar

Design styles evolve over time. The beginning may be pristine; but it eventually reaches it's over-done peak before it another takes it's place. I get your idea from the book and like it--but those people who like black on black will do that color palette. They seem to care about the color-drenching more than they do about authenticity. And that's OK for them.

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

that makes total sense. aesthetics definitely evolve!

Thank you very much for this video. I absolutely agree.

Thank you! This is exactly the aesthetic i think of when referring to dark academia, so hard to find this inspo online

You nailed it.

I love the dark academia style. I’ve been decorating my home in that style for years without realizing what it was called. 😅.

When we bought our house a few years ago part of the reason we chose it was for the built in bookshelves in one of the rooms, and because my wife knew I wanted a study (I was away for work and the market at the time dictated she make the decision without me). Now, I'm not particularly up on all the trends. I'm at a point where I just do what I like. I only learnt about this dark academia aesthetic by occasionally listening to some of the playlists labeled as such. While watching your video I was pleasantly surprised to find that I have achieved many of your suggestions organically and quite accidentally. I just wanted a room that fostered learning and was an escape from technology where I could put stuff I thought was cool, without imposing them on the rest of my family.

THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF DECOR ANYTHING GOES AS LONGEST IT LOOKS GOOD"

FINALLY SOMEONE ADDRESSING THIS

A color I've really been vibing with is called Emerging Taupe, by Sherwin-Williams. It looks like a pastel brown on the paint chip, which sounds a bit grody when you say it out loud; but on the wall, it's a moody lavender-leaning mauve that's both light and airy but calming and warm at the same time. I used it for my bedroom, and everything looks good with it! I've gone a more soft, romantic femme direction with pastels but the brown tones could also be taken in a more masculine direction with greens and blues. Overall just a lovely and versatile base color that acts as a neutral without being millennial beige or white. Highly recommend.

Excellent video. I also use electronic taper candles - lots of wood panels and exposed beams in my house and I am very mindful about open flames. I love your Bryronesque outfit.

Really enjoy your videos. The presentation is on point. Thanks!

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

I think the interior designs with the black or super dark decor is more Gothic/Vampire style than Dark Academia. Somehow they seem to have been lumped together. I love the dark on dark, but my style leans toward that. I also believe that when you hear Academia you see scholarly things throughout like-insects in frames, books, maps, sketches, paintings, candles and heavy furniture. So i think people with dark taste just blended to ascetics together to come up with this new terminology. If this makes sense😊

@darkreverie7027

4 ай бұрын

i call it gothic academia which is my style preference

@gwenaguilar7049

4 ай бұрын

@@darkreverie7027 I like that term. Suits it perfectly

I fully agree with you on this! I always thought of the old English mansions and universities. They aren't black on black. And well maybe Northern France like normandy has that vibe going in their old mansions/ chateau's. I did feel the same about all those black on black DA aesthetic mood boards. Thank you for saying this!

Ooh, The Secret History is a brilliant book.

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

it is 😭

Great video, very well put together

Like everything artistic.. one word. EVOLUTION

I agree. A dark forest green ftw!! Mahogany bookshelves. European oak parquetry floor.

Some William Morris style wallpaper looks nice for that style. I use my steps as a bookshelf. mostly the paperbacks or smaller books. They stack on top of each other in rows on each step. the nicer hardbacks and really old ones go on my best shelves. I also love finding nests out on walks or dead bugs or feathers and putting them in bell jars. I have an old Victrola I thrifted (was VERY excited when I found that). An old velvet sofa that I thrifted, my boyfriends great grandmothers turn of the century piano. loads of antique teacups and pots.. almost all of my decor was thrifted. including butterfly collections, taxidermy. an old classroom skeleton. RUGS though....a good rug is much harder to find.. at least in my opinion.. I need more rugs! I like the led candle idea. I love sconces but dont want to deal with a drippy wax mess. Some of the stuff Ive had was newer to begin with, and I slowly replaced items with thrifted antiques and vintage finds over the last fifteen years. One last thing I would suggest, though probably someone has, would be old trunks and antique suitcases. look great as an end or coffee table and awesome storage. Ok, Ill stop now. :)

Excellent video! I literally clicked on this from an Interior Designer expounding on her ‘Black on Black’ idea of Dark Academia. It was not in keeping with the DA aesthetic of Bernadette Banner (KZread Clothing Historian and Period Sewer) that I had previously admired. Thank you for sharing the real (and much more interesting) origins of this style.

FINALLY someone mentions wallpaper! I don't understand why all these "influencers" keep making walls either white or a solid color but think it gets a pass because they have books everywhere and vintage items on the shelves. True vintage decor had lots of colors, textures, and patterns and it's so obvious when someone is just doing an aesthetic verses the real thing. They'll do a boring paint job on one "accent" wall (or more if your lucky), then they just slap a dark academia/maximalist label on it. Painting your room with one color doesn't make it maximalist! It stresses me out. It's like no one knows how to design rooms anymore. Use rugs! Use trims! Use tile! Use drapes, designs, and textures! Use proper lighting! Use anything but white, please! Be intentional

I totally agree about the modern looking rooms being pushed as DA. I've seen a few videos on those and thought they looked like hotel spaces. I wanted DA, but a personalized version. I live in an old home with dark woodwork and I chose a deep green to make the beautiful wood pop! My home is a mix of DA with eclectic maximalism. I love classic art, but I also love the unexpected piece here and there. Since my home is old, I wanted to bring it into the new millenia with tropical floral draperies. I'm also a tropical plant collector, so it reflects my personal interest. The curated look is definitely my style, I have things that were handed down in my family from the late 1800's to some Greek style Vestal Virgin lamps that were my parents. I've thrifted pieces and found things in consignment shops. My Grandpa was my inspiration for quirky DA. He had a passion for learning EVERYTHING! Old, new, taboo, he was interested in it all. A space you can get lost in all day long was my goal. I think in time it will be like Grandpa's study.

I have to agree with you. The dark walls to me it gives it more like gothic vibe which I love, but I do like my walls on the lighter side. With the antique dark wood furniture, and wall decor I feel like every pice stands out better when there’s a contrast.

Great as always.

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

Think many people feel this way and a new aesthetic has been created to address this... Light Academia. ❤

This was very helpful, thank you. I’m not a DA reader, but my personal style has tended towards what you call DA in the past and I noticed that people who used to refer to it my home as “MasterpieceTheatre” started calling it DA instead. (I use color but not black or very dark ones.). Currently I am reinventing my way to a new look that takes this style but mixes elements of others.

This is great!

Hi there, you are so correct in what you say. Well done. From an owner of a victorian house. I have many things you list. Thank you.

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

🥹🥹🥹🫶🫶🫶🫶

You started the video and Im already subscribed ive been ranting about this for ages

Very nice channel; great selection and explanations

Wow, I’ve never really been exposed to DA to know it had a interior design style & didn’t have any idea what the term even referred to, so randomly finding this video was quite enlightening in several ways. Knowing no more about DA than I got from your explanation here, I imagine someone asked a designer to create a DA aesthetic in their home & the designer, not wanting to admit they didn’t know what it was assumed the “dark” meant black & didn’t look into it any further than that. One copied another & here we are, lol. I do like the sound of what you are describing (except for the student dormitory example 😜), it sounds rich & warm & cozy but I need to look into it further to really understand it. Thanks for this introduction to DA for this total newby!

Would you do a Green Academia decor video? The botanical, planty version of dark academia

@smaxrob

3 ай бұрын

Even though I'd never do that style for myself, I do love looking at what you're describing! I would totally watch a video on that 👏🏼

I agree with you but I also think that black on black can sometimes be used beautifully to achieve the look, just not the way I've seen most people use it. It needs to be delicately balanced like you pointed out with the Harry Potter common room. I am a fan of the macabre and dark literature so I like black, but I also like colour. I think you nailed it :)

The room you are sitting in is great "Dark Academia". I have a room that's my library and "cabinet of curiosities". For me, both your room and mine are fantastic (though much different) versions of Dark Academia.

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

I love that! same thing but tell different stories 🥰

@1005corvuscorax

4 ай бұрын

@@justlanchen Upon first watch, I was focused on the aesthetics, decor, and "FEEL" of DA in a literal sense (A+ with Honours!) On second watch, I noticed something amazing. 1:21-1:55 The words you used in these 30-something seconds perfectly reflects the images in video you used of someone falling out of control while still remaining in the overwhelming (sometimes desperately so) pile of academia. I love all of your vids, I really do. But those 34 seconds in this vid? THAT is art.

These are the colors that I'd go with

very interesting, thank you! am trying to figure out curtains. any insight on right color for curtains would be great.

Ooooh!!!! The RIGHT way. Got it.

Yes, this is it! I love Dark Academia but that whole black-on-black theme is usually far too Gothic or Victorian, which is NOT my vibe. Thanks for the clarification!

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more 🫶

@user-bp2xq5iv4j

4 ай бұрын

PS--loved "Secret History" @@justlanchen

Finally someone getting the decor on point. Thank you!!!! I totally agree with you....painting your entire home black with black accessories, bed , curtains etc...in my opinion is Gothic not dark academia!!

@justlanchen

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for saying this 😭😭🫶

This is a great example of how other people conceptualize ideals of life but only know how to view them in a literary concept and not realistically. I enjoy how you are bringing it to an actual tangible reality and not basing it off of what would be considered “instagramable”.

@msL154

3 ай бұрын

Yes, it’s great to be an academic but we need to know how to apply it to real life.

@msL154

3 ай бұрын

We need to keep another thing in mind about dark academia, is how the objects and furniture came into existence in general. And why they take up space in a room. Remember, people who actually live this life are mostly on expeditions and acquire. Like a archeologist or an anthropologist… and so on. Maybe a rare book seller.

This is an inspring video. Thank you 👌🏻 I had great time while watching with my evening bourbon 🥃

@justlanchen

2 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it, bourbon in hand. Couldn’t get more DA than that

@justlanchen You should consider writing to Architectural Digest and these other publications and expressing your well reasoned opinion on this subject matter. I fully agree with you that their version of the DA aesthetic misses the mark by such a wide margin. They seem to have confused the DA concept with that of a modern interpretation of a dark gothic/victorian horror aesthetic. Your version of DA accurately reflects what the authors of "The Secret History," "Ninth House," and "Dead Poets Society" portrayed in their works. Whilst AD's version seems to be based on an idea dreamt up by Marilyn Manson's interior decorator.

@justlanchen

4 ай бұрын

RIGHT! I really hope this somehow this gets seen by the right people, so those companies update their blogs/videos 😭

@ewlong1031

4 ай бұрын

@justlanchen I will happily forward it to the Architectural Digest KZread channel. Can you tag them in this so they automatically see it? I honestly don't know how any of that works.

I’m sat for this conversation because it’s exactly not the color black and everything to do with literature in an academic setting 😍

I really like your mauve velvet chair

Thank you for this post. I redid my office/family room and I originally wanted what I thought was a “DARK ACADEMIA” room. But… after watching so many DIY KZread videos, I thought it was a BLACK on Black room and DARK. I knew I couldn’t get that Dark room in my room so I abandoned it. I honestly really wanted a little more “masculine room”. I used, medium/dark blue paints and leather chairs with darker furniture… Darker wood tones for furniture and wood trim. After watching this video… I think I did end up with Dark Academia. Well… I didn’t go with really antique looking furniture…so maybe it would be called “Modern Dark Academia”. Thanks for posting this.

When I think of DA, I think of The Picture of Dorian Gray and This Side of Paradise and The Beautiful And The Damned. Like.... Dorian and Amory definitely lived Authenticity DA lives... Eta- and the Clue board game! 👏🏼 Your so spot on!! 🎉

Amazing Video!!!!!! ❤

To me, dark academia looks like C. S. Lewis study in "Shadowlands ", or the New York apartment in "84 Charing Cross Road". Anthony Hopkins was in both films.

The floral rugs you’re thinking of are the Aubusson - or Aubusson Savonnerie ones! (ps ~ not a correction, merely a supplement 🙂

Was gonna go with a green damask wallpaper for mine, and then saw how expensive it is, when the only part of the room I'm working on you'll see it in is a bit above the doorway and the bit above a desk at the other end of the room since I was planning floor to ceiling bookcases on the left and right. (its a walk in closet)

Amazing. Thank you for making this! I've been trying to look at dark academia photos on Pinterest and none are what I'm looking for.

Great ideas. Also just realizing that my historic Victorian home basically is this. It's great.

@justlanchen

2 ай бұрын

Yes! a very similar vibe!

I did a dark academia shoot at the biscuit lofts in dtla. Saltburn was soo-ooooo-oooo Acadamia.

Thank u Loved ur video

Thank you! I feel like this is my aesthetic but I have white walls and I like it that way. I think it's the decor that makes a dark academia space, not dark walls.