Do you live in a bohemian household?

[mousiemousie]

What are its characteristics if so?

[mousiemousie]

bohemian is more a way of being than something to mix up with shabby chic decorating influences though

agree velvet helps a lot. esp purple velvet

[boboggglimpopo]

I have boho friends - house is just right, they waft , kids wear layered clothes, books, music, candles, revamped furniture - all perfect till you find out that he is banker. Can a banker be bohemian or is that a no go construct?

[lulumama]

not boho....have a purple dining room...but no velvet.........so that clears that up!! will continue to be contrived shabby chic!!

[moondog]

I think a banker can only pretend to be Boho.

My sister epitomises boho.
Lived in a tumbledown Mediaeval alpine wreck of a castle with loads of kids,oodles of wine,trillions of books,all going gently to seed about her as she lay in bed reading and sipping tea.

She has now moved to the Caribbean which i don't think is Boho at all....

[mousiemousie]

off to read Just William for a bit of light relief now

Will lie dirty and naked on purple velvet drinking wine holding an indoor sparkler whilst I read

[moondog]

lol

[Cappuccino]

we both work in the arts; we like world cinema

we have lots of books

but I do flylady and we watch CSI

where does that leave us?

[Twiglett]

no, no cod .. I think if you recall I have a bohemian attitude to potty training because I allowed DS to wee in the garden .. I don't have a bohemian attitude to molluscum.. I am an irresponsible evil cow with regards to molluscum

[moondog]

CSI doesn't sound very Boho..whatever it is.
TV programme??

TV not boho at all.

To be fully authenicated as boho household,must have no tv (or a small b/w one)

[lulumama]

DEFINITELY not Boho then.....ooooh.learning a lot today!!

[Cappuccino]

oh bugger boho then

if it means no telly

[Mercy]

Moondog, I've always thought of you as rather boho tbh (had no idea about the right wing leanings though ).

[moondog]

Oh I am Boho (only house is clean and read Telegraph not Grauniad)

[moondog]

Hmm,maybe I'm not.
Doubt that one can be Boho living in a new house.

Oh,the shame!
Exposed as the shallow fraud I am!

[Tinker]

I think we need a Venn diagram here = lots of cross-over between hippy, overgrown students, shabby chic (which may or may not be contrived), dirty and Graun readers.

Agree that cats not essential. Can you have lots of books but not have got round to actually reading them?

[moondog]

you are right Tinker.
We need a working model

[moondog]

Boho women often fairly plump with generous breasts and slightly grubbby bra straps...

[lulumama]

clean bra straps....yep! definitely definitely not boho...Venn diagram a good idea...!

[LadyMacbeth]

'Boho women often fairly plump with generous breasts and slightly grubbby bra straps...'

Apart from Sienna Miller eh Moondog

(Because she really is the real deal)

[boboggglimpopo]

My french dss has just defined bohemian as "living day to day following your passions".

Sounds good to me.

[Mercy]

Moondog, you are boho definitely!

You can be the role model imo.

[Tinker]

Oh, I like that definition. Rules me out though

But I do have grubby bra straps...[hopeful emoticon]

[Bucketsofburntdinosaurs]

There's got to be a literary/arty connection - you can't be Bohemian if you are a systems analyst. Probably not even if you are arty but your dp is a systems analyst (the geekiness seeps in and strangles the creativity.)
Bohemians are not allowed to do any sport, just lots of sex (or none at all.) No jocks, no nerds, no princesses.

[Bucketsofburntdinosaurs]

Unless you are the exiled Princess Brunhilde of Bohemia.

[beckybrastraps]

My house is a mess
We have lots of books
We are fairly academic, but NOT in the Arts
I am a bit on the plump side

But my bra straps are PRISTINE.