Don’t Miss this Summer Eclectic House Tour with Unique Colorful Global Home Decor Ideas

Welcome to our summer eclectic home tour and blog hop where you’ll find lots of inspiration for global home decor ideas!

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Summer Home Tour with Global Home Decor

Welcome to my summer eclectic home tour!  This is the first official home tour of our Iwakuni, Japan rental home. If this is your first time here, we are a military family stationed in Japan. We just moved from the beautiful island of Okinawa where we lived right on the ocean in a concrete bright and sunny home!

Now we get to experience true Japanese living in a traditional styled home with tatami mats, rice paper screens, fish oven (yep, that’s a thing!), and lots of natural wood and other materials.

I’m thrilled to be participating in an Eclectic Home Tour blog hop hosted by my good friend Jess from Domicile 37. There are some amazingly talented bloggers sharing their homes every day this week!  Scroll down to find the lineup.

Konichiwa!  Please come in (dozo!).

Global Home Decorating Ideas in the Entry

• Display an eclectic art gallery with global art, wall hangings, and items you’ve picked up traveling.

Here is our entry.  True to Japanese fashion, there is plenty of shoe storage.   I’ve used the open wall space to display some of our paintings and art from travels and a few pieces from Minted.

When you come into the foyer, the stairs are on the left with a powder room underneath the stairs.   The stair wall was the perfect place to store/display our hats.

• Use vertical wall space to store and display a collection of hats.

Straight ahead is a French door to the living area and fusuma (Japanese panels that slide to define a space) to the tatami room (our dining room).

Global Decorating Ideas for the Living Room

• Use textiles to bring in global style with rugs, pillow covers, throws, soft wall hangings, and curtains.

Our house is small and reminds me of a charming cottage.  I’ve really enjoyed infusing it with global eclectic flair unified by blue hues in every room.  Perfect for summer decor!

You can read more about the house in these stories but I love that I was able to infuse our global -eclectic style with a faux fireplace area and plenty of wall decor in our rental with lots of restrictions.

1. The Easy Way to Bring Hygge Decor into Your Space
2. My Home Style: Mix and Match 
3. TV Stand Decorating Ideas 

• Corral global decor finds in a pretty dish like I did with japanese floats for a simple approach to eclectic-global decorating!

The decor will probably stay pretty consistent a couple of years we will be here but I do enjoy changing around vignettes and textiles to reflect the season.   I placed our Japanese glass floats and sea glass on the coffee table with a mix of bright floral, geometric, and global pillows on the sofa for the warmer months.

Dining Room Global Decorating Ideas

called tatami or washitsu in our Japanese rental home

• Use a piece of imported furniture for storage in the dining room. Global dining chairs can be paired with a traditional table for a global vibe.
• Incorporate plants in global storage containers like terracotta or chinoiserie styles.
• Display small collections of global items even if you use them. I did this with hand fans, napkin holders, chopsticks, and table linens on our Chinese eterege.

Find more ideas and DIYs in these recent stories with our dining room.

1. Inspired by DIY:  Wes Anderson Dining Room
2. Wicked Inspired Tablescape
3. British Colonial Vignette

This room has gone through a few changes in the 6 months we have lived here.   I really wanted the decor to flow with the Japanese architectural elements in the space; tatami mats, shoji doors, and wood trim.  

I absolutely LOVE the direction it’s going.   Just a few more tweaks and then it will be time for a complete before and after room reveal!

Global Decorating Ideas in the Kitchen

• Use peel and stick wallpaper, art, and plants for global style.

Once you walk through the French door, the kitchen is behind the living area.   Thanks to the New Room New Refresh challenge last January, our little kitchen has quite a bit of personality with removable wallpaper, wall storage, and art.

There’s a little opening and windowpane that divides the kitchen from the living space.  Straight ahead is my office nook and piano studio. I used the ledge to display a leaf in a sea glass bottle for a touch of tropical flair.

These are all the main spaces downstairs.  Upstairs consists of one western bedroom, 2 tatami rooms, and a water closet.  I’m super close to finishing the kids’ bedrooms (in the 2 tatami rooms) but for today’s tour, I’ll share our master bedroom.

Master Bedroom Global Decorating Ideas

• Use baskets from different countries as wall art.
• Try a mix and match of pillow textiles on your bed.
• Hang a tassel or other small global ornamnets on cabinet and door knobs/pulls.

Don’t miss the fun global DIYs in these bedroom stories.

1. Thrifted Basket Art Wall
2. $100 Room Makeover
3. Modern Eclectic Bedroom 

The bright colors in our room are perfect for summer with the addition of a pineapple pillow. We were also lucky to have a second large garden window for more plants. The room is very small, I have to crab walk to get around the bed, but it has plenty of storage with large closets made to hold tatami bedding.

And that wraps global decorating ideas in our summer home tour. Thanks so much for stopping by!! Please enjoy the other tours below.  My friend Erica’s gorgeous home at Designing Vibes is next!

Domicile 37 | Whimsical Blue Living | The Striped House | Bright Green Door

Cassie Bustamante | Jest Cafe | The Rath Project | Emmerson & Fifteen

Natasha’s Home | Up To Date Interiors | Designing Vibes | PMQ for Two

Jessica Brigham | This is Our Bliss | CAD Interiors | French & French Interiors | Maker of Home

Make sure to check out my summer page full of DIYs, decorating tips, and printables for the season.

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