Decorating your home with posters: the complete guide
The complete guide to decorating your home with posters: choose the right style for your interior (Scandinavian, bohemian, industrial, classic, contemporary), select by room (living room, bedroom, kitchen, office, bathroom), compose a wall and avoid common mistakes.
Key points
- 18 posters in the Living room posters collection, all in the table below.
- From 19,79 € in A4, up to 69,37 € in A0, 5 sizes for each poster.
- Printed in Europe on demand, free delivery from 59 €.
The table
The 20 posters at a glance
There was a time when posters lived on construction hoardings. They announced a show, praised an aperitif, celebrated an overnight train journey. Then they vanished behind screens. Today they are back on our walls, and they tell a different story: who we are, what moves us, where we come from.
This guide gathers everything we have learned while helping more than 1,000 customers: how to choose a style, how to adapt it room by room, how to compose a wall, and how to avoid mistakes.
Why decorating with posters is the sign of a grown-up interior
A modern decor full of brand-new furniture and plastic plants always feels like an airport hotel. A decor that mixes posters, secondhand furniture and objects with a story feels like a real home. That is the difference between a room that simply furnishes an apartment and a room that tells a life. Posters are the most accessible way to make that shift.
At Brunelia, we sell retro-style posters to enthusiasts who want to transform their home without redoing everything. Here is how to compose a coherent vintage decor, room by room, with 1 or 2 posters doing the work.
Choosing the retro style that suits your interior
5 styles dominate. Scandinavian (light walls, pale wood, washed linen). Bohemian (Berber rug, terracotta, layering). Industrial (brick, black metal, aged leather). Art Deco (gold, velvet, ornament). Minimalist (black and white, deliberate emptiness). Identify your dominant style before buying a poster, otherwise you will be buying backwards.
Choosing the poster by room
The subject should speak to how the room is used. Kitchen : Provence posters, wines, gourmet scenes, fruit and flowers. Living room : city or travel posters. Bedroom : Belle Époque posters, calming landscapes, gentle botanicals. Office : sports posters, Bauhaus, subtle motivation. Entryway : city or architecture posters to set the tone as soon as the door opens.
Which size to choose for your room
Small room (under 12 m²): A3 or A4 at most. Medium room (12 to 25 m²): A2 or A1 depending on the wall. Large room (over 25 m²): A1 or A0 made to order. A poster that is too big overwhelms, a poster that is too small disappears. The rule: the poster should take up 30 to 60% of the width of the furniture it hangs above (sofa, sideboard, bed). To go further on sizes, see our A4 A3 A2 A1 size guide.
How many posters in a room without overdoing it
A single large poster for minimalist and industrial styles. 2 to 3 posters that work together for Scandinavian and Art Deco. 5 to 9 posters in a gallery wall for bohemian. The trap: piling up posters in a style that cannot handle clutter. To compose a gallery wall without mistakes, see our guide to frame layouts.
The classic pitfalls of a poster decor gone wrong
Mixing styles without coherence (Art Deco + Scandinavian). Buying on impulse without thinking about the wall. Framing too quickly, in a basic IKEA frame. Better a bare wall for 3 months than one badly dressed right away. To explore room by room, see our guides to a vintage living room, vintage bedroom and vintage kitchen.
Our selection for decorating: Glamorous woman in a black dress and gold jewelry poster, Pétanque game at the Vallon des Auffes in Marseille poster, Lyon bouchon poster, checkered tablecloth and wine pitcher. Also discover our collection.
To explore 50 concrete ideas room by room, see our guide to 50 decor ideas by room.
Also in the Journal: 50 ideas by room, framing a poster, which size to choose.
See also: history of the advertising poster.
Build this wall
3 posters from this article, at true scale
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Frequently asked questions
You often ask us
How do you choose the right retro style for your home?
5 styles dominate: Scandinavian, bohemian, industrial, Art Deco, minimalist. Identify your dominant style before buying by looking at your existing furniture and materials.
Which poster should you choose for each room of the house?
Kitchen: Provence, wines, gourmet scenes. Living room: cities or travel. Bedroom: Belle Époque, calming landscapes, botanicals. Office: sports, Bauhaus. Entryway: cities or architecture to set the tone from the door.
Which poster size for which room size?
Small room (under 12 m²): A3 or A4. Medium room (12-25 m²): A2 or A1 depending on the wall. Large room (over 25 m²): A1 or A0. The poster should take up 30 to 60% of the width of the furniture it hangs above.
How many posters in a room without overdoing it?
Just 1 large-format poster for minimalist and industrial styles. 2 to 3 for Scandinavian and Art Deco. 5 to 9 for a bohemian gallery wall. Adapt to the style you choose.
Can you mix several vintage styles in the same room?
Not easily. Better to have one clear dominant style (Scandinavian OR bohemian). Mixing Art Deco + Scandinavian cancels out both. Bohemian handles more mixing because its code is layering.
What budget should you plan for decorating a room with posters?
Add up the current price of the posters in the sizes you choose and the cost of frames bought separately. For a set, start with the number of spots available on your wall. Prices from framers and shops vary: compare their offers or ask for a quote before setting your budget.
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