DIY Dark Academia Home Decor/English Library Decor Projects
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Get ready to bring the magic of Dark Academia into your home with this DIY decor tutorial! Whether you're looking to create a cozy study nook or add a touch of sophistication to your living room, this video has got you covered. From bookshelf styling to vintage-inspired lighting, I'll show you how to create a Dark Academia inspired space on a budget. So grab your materials, and let's start crafting! #DarkAcademia #DIYHomeDecor #CozyStudyNook"
In this video, I use thrift store finds and simple items from around the house to create Dark Academia/library decor. These DIY projects include a botanical butterfly display (with downloadable butterfly patterns), an apothecary jar collection (with downloadable vintage labels), a clock picture frame, a vintage plate picture frame, an upcycled glass globe turned cloche, a mouse light, a vintage library art print (with link to download image)and a book nook made from a thrift store clock. The book nook projects include creating tiny books, plants, and frames, and a miniature Oriental rug. All these items will look great in a library or other academia themed displays.
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You are without a doubt the most creative and original DIYer on TH-cam. I am enthralled by your videos…..let me just say that as I’m watching them I find my jaw dropping all the time!! Thank you for sharing your talents.
Wow, thank you! Deb, you are so so sweet! I really appreciate those kind words! 😊
Well said love her😊
I agree wholeheartedly.
I agree
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 agreed!
Hands down, the book nook, clock house with miniature furniture is my absolute favorite. You never fail to amaze me Sherry, your creativity knows no boundaries.
As an avid (or is that rabid?) dollhouse lover, I just loved your book nook. You used several techniques that I use, too. I would add a desk blotter--black photo triangle corners make great corners--or small triangles of paper with a gold ink line glued to the blotter look nice. I have made ink wells with a dark blue glass bead and a feather, too. A few envelopes, too! Earring posts make great nails to impale bills on and the little backings hold business cards. I save the tiny pictures from the hundreds of extra address labels that my SO receives and make "cards" for all occasions, pictures, and tiny garlands, too.
Kathy, thank you for sharing these ideas! I am going to add a desk blotter and earring post with bills (tomorrow)!
Remember how excited we got when our parents took us to the park, and we ran as fast as we could to the playground? This is a crafter's playground! So much fun!!! And I can see the family resemblance--beautiful! Now, I'm tired....😁
I love that you used personal vintage photos for your projects. It just lends a more authentic touch to the aesthetic.
Adding the pictures of your great grandparents is such a lovely touch. I have quite a few pictures of both my husband's and my ancestors that we use as wall decor.
We are both lucky to have some photos of our ancestors. I am actually the oldest child of the oldest child of the oldest child, so I actually have a few memories of my great-grandparents. My great-grandmother lived into her nineties. Sadly, my younger brother does not remember them.
What fun ideas you had!! I love the clock you put your great grand parent's picture in and the doll house vignette!!! The mouse light too.
Such imaginative and beautiful pieces!
The butterfly project is beautiful...😊 the frame and picture is gorgeous...😊 the clocks you craft with are sensational...your great grandparent's are in a beautiful place to be remembered 😊 the cloche is awesome...😊
I LOVE cloches! Anything that's put in them is automatically kicked up several notches. And that photo of your grandmother on the plate is everything. I adore the 3D aspect of it.
Thank you so much! I totally agree! Why were we only using cloches to cover cheese for all these years?!😜
Oh my goodness! There were so many wonderful ideas in this video. That mouse lamp is darling and the book nook completely charmed me. Your printed rug is one of the most creative ideas I have seen. And I love what you did with the photos of your grandparents.
All of the projects are inspired and their stagings are beguiling. I especially love your choice of the print "Maid reading a book" and the frame you used for it.
Thank you! 😊 There are so many beautiful vintage art prints available for free. (We just have to find them!)
I loved everything but especially the frame, thanks. Your creativity seems endless!!!
Sherry, you are amazingly creative.
Once again, you outdid yourself.
I can't pick a favorite cause I love each one. Thank you so much for sharing your heart and talent with us all.
The book nook is absolutely INCREDIBLE!! ❤️
Wow!! I’m So impressed with the time and creativity that went into these projects. You’re extremely gifted!
It was magical when you opened the door to the doll house library/sitting room. Your stash just keeps on giving. Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring.
Oh thank you, Ellen! You are so welcome. I am so glad you enjoyed today’s video!
Oh my gosh Sherry, I just love the artist and you especially the picture of your grandmother. You’re so creative. I’m so glad I found you. I look so forward to every one of your videos.
Thank you so much! Janine, that is so very kind of you to say! My great-grandmother sure had a lot of hair on her tiny head!
I absolutely love Dark Academia décor, I am redecorating my living room in that aesthetic.
I hope you’ll post pictures to the Canterbury Cottage Facebook page because I would love to see it. I’m sure other viewers would love to see it, too! I am working on my library area (which I’m going to show in next week’s video).
I have boxes of dollhouse furniture…now I just need to find the perfect piece to transform! Loved this one Sherry!
Thanks so much, Melissa! Hope you find the perfect container! I love book nooks. They are such a nice alternative to having a big dollhouse (for those of us that love miniatures.)
I just love everything. Especially the "book nook." I'm a book lover as well! And the little colored lamp! Wow!
Thank you, Jackie! I agree-the little lamp is the best part!
The clock book nook is absolutely wonderful! You did a fantastic job on each project!
Well you knocked it out of the ballpark! I love this❤️ I may need a mouse too but instead of a butterfly I’d give him a kite 🪁 I just started on my next project too, wish me luck!
I love the idea of a kite! 😀
I was thinking of a piece of cheese. ☺️
I was thinking an umbrella.
Oh my goodness, you are a genius, so talented! I love English libraries and that whole ambience. Your embellishments and decorating ideas were phenomenal. That book nook was my fav and I’ll bet you had a good time making it too. To have an authentic picture of your ancestors made it even more special. I would make sure somewhere there is a label of who they are so the next generation will have a record of who they were. Nothing worse than having old photos and not knowing the family tree. Beautiful job!
Thank you! That’s so true about labeling the pictures. I have a family photo album full of vintage photos, and I have no ideas who most of the people are!
I love how you glued the cameo onto your great-grandmother's photo. Such a cool idea! That book nook is just incredible. So much detail!
Every time I see you bring out a clock, I get excited! I just loooove what you do with clocks! Sherry, you are absolutely delightful, and your videos never cease to amaze me.
Love the book page butterfly craft. Your use of old family photos are extra fancy.
Oh thank you! I love that I have copies of those old photos sitting out where I can see them everyday!
Wow you absolutely outdid yourself with that book Nook! Bravo!
Thank you, Jo-Anne. Making miniatures is so much fun!
Oh Sherry as a retired Librarian this really excites me. I miss my library although not an old library, (it was a school Library). I only have room in my little cottage for a couple of book shelves, but feel I could incorporate some of these ideas on those shelves. I especially like the Book Nook Clock an I have stuff I could steal from my Dolls House to create one of these.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful creations with us. xx
Good afternoon, Sherry! Yaaaay!!! So excited for this installment! I have a huge crush on dark academia decor. Thank you for indulging us with your beautiful ideas. xoxo, Bobbie. ❤ P.S. I adore miniatures!! The book nook is beyond gorgeous. I have just the piece in my stash to recreate one . The photos of your great-grandparents are a perfect touch, too. ❤❤❤
Good afternoon, Bobbie! I’m so glad you are loving the Dark Academia look, too! My bookcases are freshly painted, and I’ll be redecorating them in next week’s video. I can’t wait for you to see it! It is such a huge transformation. Paint is magic!
This is probably one of my most favourite things I’ve seen you do. I love the items where you’ve put your great grandparents and your great grandmother. It all looks gorgeous. Thanks for sharing Sherri. I really enjoyed this video.
I live in a Victorian house in England and I particularly loved this video, especially the ideas of using old family photos. You are so talented and resourceful.
Love the book nook. That took so much imagination. You are very lucky to have pictures of your great grandparents. I have one picture of my maternal grandparent but none of the others. I know they lived in Ireland but that’s it
Thank you, Patricia! I am the oldest child of the oldest child of the oldest child, so I actually have a few memories of my great grandparents; my great grandmother lived into her nineties.
This is outstanding! You keep outdoing yourself week to week Sherry! My goodness!! How cool to find photos of great grandparents! I want to finish my projects and my husband has just gone thru a pretty big box of old family photos trying to bring them back to life!! Lots to do. So cozy, a cup of tea and a good book 😊 in a life sized book nook AAAAHHH 🤗
OMG THE BOOK NOOK WAS SO AWESOME SHERRY! Instantly transformed me to my grandpas library from way back when I was such a little reader. Thank you , loved this video and the music was so intriguing. Might I add that the picture of the maid in the library and the use of your great (i forgot how many greats), grandparents wedding day photo and grandmother was so nostalgic. The brooch was the finishing touch. ❤️❤️
Thank you so much, Granny! That was my great-grandmother. I actually have some memories of her because she lived into her 90’s, and I am the oldest child of the oldest child of the oldest child!
Remembering our Ancestors is a delightful memory 😊 the little home you made is priceless ❤️
Sherri, you amaze me every week with the creative ideas you come up with! I can’t believe how you transform items that appear to have no obvious purpose, into treasures. Thank you!
Thank you so much! You are so very kind, Deborah! 😊
The book nook is adorable and it made me smile. I would love to read there by the fireplace. 😊 Thanks for sharing your family photos with us, too. Your great grandmother was a beautiful woman, I love her Gibson Girl hairstyle.
I only discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago and am so in love with your style. Wow you are so talented. I just loved this video and everything you made. That book nook was stunning. The way you made those little books and that rug…. Oh my.
Ever since I was a small child I have always wanted a room with wall to wall bookcases overflowing with books. Now that my hubby and I are empty nesters we have a few spare bedrooms. I’m in the process of turning my spare room into a dark academia library so this video will be so handle for me. Thank you. I could watch you create things all day. You are so talented.
You are hands down the most creative person I have ever seen!! This video was absolutely amazing!! The way you added the pictures of your great grandparents was so touching! All the things were unique created by Sherry!!
I Love the old frame with maids photo as well. In fact I absolutely loved everything you did in this video ❣
Thanks so much, Cheryl! 😊
Oh dear...I am amazed, not only by your creativity but the fact that your projects are timely and relevant. I, too, have a love of books so the dark academia aesthetic is one that I embrace. I have started to incorporate some decor items into my home (butterfly display, globe, magnifying glass, compass). Now, I can scour some thrift stores to add some of your projects to my decor. Thank you so much!!!
The book nook is incredible! Sherri, you are amazing! I am in complete awe of your talents!
Thank you so much! You are so very kind, Lorie! 😊
You're creativity never stops! The clock with the photo of your great-grandparents just touched my heart
Who in the world would think to use magnets and florist wire to make a beautiful art project!!?? YOU OF COURSE! I love your creativity. Every week I can hardly wait to check you out.❤️❤️
❤️ Very very inspiring. ❤️ Thank you for sharing your ideas and creativity with us. ❤️
You are so welcome! Thank you, Anja! 😊
So creative! I cannot pick a favorite! Absolutely love the pictures of your great grandparents!
Thank you so much! I am the oldest child of the oldest child of the oldest child, so I actually have a few memories of my great-grandparents. My grandmother lived into her nineties!
You amaze me. I love your “Canterbury” style. When I think you have done the very best top notch redo you come up with even greater. I loved it all.
Your craft projects are amazing!! Thank you for sharing your beautiful talents with us ☺️
Thanks so much, Debra! 😊
You are the best at creating tiny books and anything you could imagine. I just love watching your channel. Using the bead to make a flower pot was just great
Thank you so much, Janice !😊 You are so sweet!
WOW! I love all of your projects! Your attention to detail and realism is unmatched! You are truly talented! Thanks for sharing!
That maid in the library is stunning.that doll house library was the best. Wowza.
Oh, thank you, Terri! 😊
I rarely play games, but for the last few years I’ve played Junes Journey and it’s so much fun and I love that u can play and not have to buy anything!!! The aesthetics are so beautiful too!!!
Totally, agree! I don’t buy anything. I just stop playing if I run out of energy bars!
I just bought a children's butterfly picture book from second hand store for a craft like you showed, perfect timing for the algorithm! 😁
Honoring your great-grandparents was beautiful!! Thanks for sharing all your gorgeous projects.
I know I want to be just like you when I grow up. AMAZING YOU ARE!
WOW, Sherry! This is my absolute favorite set of projects!! I just LOVE the clock frame, the mouse light 🐭, the book nook w/all it's special miniatures! [Tiny books 📚, fireplace 🔥, rug (w/fringe) 🤯, photographs of your great-grandparents🤵👰, & all of the other amazing touches you added ❤️! INCREDIBLE!!! I MUST go start setting up my own little bookshelf ... NOW!! Thank you for sharing your creativity!❤️❤️❤️ (Thank you for those fantastic links, too. I love the apothecary labels, mini books, butterflies, ...)
Sherry,
You are so lucky to have pictures of you great grandparents. I had only one of my maternal grandmother and one each of my paternal grandparents, but they got mis box in a move and was found in a box that suffered water damage.
I was in the hospital very sick and my husband got one of his friend’s wife to box up our belongings and she didn’t know what I had put in that box and I was going to put it in a water proof container. I had gotten sick and had to go to the ER and was admitted to hospital for a week and we had to be out of that house. My husband had to do what needed to be done. When the guy who found this box, with pictures in it. It had pictures of my son in it also. I was so upset. I cried for a week. Many of my sons baby pictures were gone, but fortunately, I gave pictures of my son to many of the family. I got some pictures back and made copies of the ones I could through the person or company who took the pictures.
I would write their name and relationship to you on the back of the plate and clock and possibly the date that the picture was taken. Wedding Date.
i love dark academia it is so cozy. i have had my home decor for many years once the kids grew and i could enjoy this style. love it.
So many inspiring ideas ❤ I especially love the photo of your grandparents inside the clock, the mouse lamp and glass dome filled with vintage game pieces ❤❤❤
I loved every one of your projects ! The book nook was my absolute favorite ! You're so very creative !
Thank you for the video! My favorite décor items are the photos of your beautiful great grandparents, especially your great grandmother! She's very stunning, with her hair and clothes done up to the nines! I always love your videos, but today, this one was extra special. Thank you, again! ☺💖🙏
As always, creative and clever projects! Such good ideas for adding touches of dark academia to a homes' decor before trying to redo an entire room. The Goodwill outlets, where they sell all of the 'last-chance" items in the big blue bins, is a great source for old books that can be purchased for next to nothing.
Bravo! Well done. I have loved academia before it had a name. Before Harry Potter. When i was a child so many years ago, I sneaked a peek into an old retired professors private study. Books and papers everywhere. Display boxes with glass covers and snow white clouds inside held bird eggs I had never seen before...or since, the leather and the worn wood and smell of pipe smoke . I thought this must be what heaven is like. My home has always housed items like those. So I am delighted that farmhouse decor has given way to curated decor. Thank you for a wonderful video!
I love the beautiful way you described it, Helene! ❤️ I think that I have always loved it, too; I just didn’t realize it until recently.
I loved the clock holding your great grandparents' photo. Great idea. That clock was gorgeous. Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas.
I love this video !!!! The Little Book Nook is beautiful, love it. Really like the picture frames with photos. This was so interesting to watch. Everything turned out gorgeous. I took our Breakfast Nook and turned it into a Reading Nook. Thank you for sharing
Connie, that’s a fabulous idea! I would love it if you would post a picture on the Canterbury Cottage Facebook group page. I think this would inspire many of my viewers who would like to create a reading nook in their homes. ❤️
This was amazing. The details in the book nook are perfection. I am in awe of your creativity. As I watched, I thought "this will be my favorite" and then there was your next project... they are all my favorites.
I love that Book Nook. It’s almost like you could sit there in your imagination, warm and cozy with your book and tea. Thank you for sharing your ideas and creativity. See you next week!
Your great grandparents picture is displayed so beautifully. I love the clever idea using the clock.
Absolutely gorgeous..! Always a pleasure to watch!
Thank you so much, Grace! 😀
I'd rather see butterflies ALIVE, so KUDOS 2 U... BEAUTIFUL REPLACEMENT 🦋🦋🦋
I’m redoing my daughters dollhouse for my granddaughter. Your book nook gave me ideas. Thank you! I would love to see you make over. Doll house.
I love how you incorporate actual family photographs into your creations. Very inspiring. Ultimately the very last one is my favorite. I absolutely love how you created the DIY books. So cool.
Oh my goodness your projects are so beautiful. I just love the last one with the furniture and the tiny books were an amazing creation. Always look forward to your videos.
Perfect timing as usual Sherry! I made a tree farm diorama for Christmas and am obsessed with them now. Thank you for the inspiration, I have the perfect clock to put my Easter minis in! I wouldn’t have thought to use the clock without you. My home has been dark academia for many years, I just kept waiting for all the white farm house folks to catch up to me 😉 looks like I’ll be back in style soon.
I have always loved this style & granny chic so seeing how you showcase old photos in clocks and your use of light fixtures as cloches is what I want to do too. Also loved your twist on mounted butterflies!!!💕from KS
I love the clock projects and the maid in the library picture. The book nook is adorable, and the globe with the games pieces is cute.
Thank you so much, Barbara! 😊
I love it, and I love how you included your great-grandmother!!! So sweet!!
You are so creative! I love how you created the plate with your great grandmothers picture. So pretty! I loved everything.
Thank you so much! My great grandmother sure had a lot of hair on her tiny head!
This is your best video ever!!! This style is up my alley and I hope it means you painted your bookcases dark! Your attention to detail is so amazing. The way you glued a tiny pin onto your Grandmother was epic.
Well Sherry you've done it again. I love the book nook. How warm and comforting. A while back I mentioned that I broke both my arms. There were many issues with healing but I accepted that this was going to take a long time to come right again. I am pleased to tell you that I am back working on projects for my Etsy store daily. It is awkward and painful but it gets better every day. Now if I could only stop dropping things. I have a steady hand again and I know I will be like I was. I also do reborn dolls so things like veins, eyelash rooting and painting them takes a lot of artistic talent and it would have broken my heart to have lost that ability. More good news, I will be starting my own TH-cam channel in a month or so. I hope you are well and happy. The best to you and yours.
Thank you so much, Anita! I am so glad to hear that you are doing so well! I have a friend who makes reborn dolls, too. They are so popular! Good luck with starting your TH-cam channel. I sincerely hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
You have some great ideas. Junes journey is a fun game isn’t it. When I looked around my apartment I realized that I’d been following that dark academia look without realizing it. I like books,collectables,dark furniture and that cozy feeling it creates.
All your diy projects were awesome,yet my favourite is definitely the plate with the picture of your great -grandmother.A truly original idea!! Thank you very much for sharing your projects with us!
I’m in love with your miniature library in the box. What a treasure!
Oh, thank you, Stephanie! I just love that little stained glass lamp!
I loved what you did with the clock and your great grand parents photo. Lovely display. I bought and old wood clock at a thrift store the other day because of you. It's really nice and has a drawer. I was so happy to find it. I have been looking for one ever since I saw your first clock feature.
As someone who loves genealogy, every single one of the old photograph ideas is joining my home now! You are so creative!
Very inspiring! Lots of WOW! moments! I think the most amazing part for me was when you frayed the edges of that tiny rug and made it look so real! I need a tiny mouse lamp!
I love what you did with the vintage game pieces! I see the 'K' is front and centre...pure coincidence! ahahah
There is no level of detail missed when you create a project. The book nook is simply magical. I'm sure your ggrandmother would be quite honored to know her picture was used in such beautiful projects!
Much love, my friend!
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Love June’s Journey! Playing for 4 yrs now. It also fits in with my love of your show today because academia and searching go together.
I absolutely love the project using your great grandparents picture. That was just beautiful.
Very nice, Sherry. I have never seen anyone faux print an oriental rug before. Very cool. TFS 😊
I love the book nook. You do such beautiful work on all of your projects.
Love the grandmother plate. I did a grandma/grandpa pic in a frame that I love, but yours is better. also the clock is a better idea.
Girl you ARE the Queen of smalls!!👍 I loved 💕the vintage game pieces under cloche on candle stick as riser!
Thank you so much, Susan😊!!
Watched twice! Butterflies were so good! I did something similar, but lightly rubbed paper with olive oil which created a translucent look! Each one of your transformations were both delightful and instructional! Blessed and joy filled days!
Sherry, you are so very creative! Each project was amazing!! You are hands down my favorite diyer on TH-cam 💕
I Love miniatures! I have several wooden boxes that held old type pieces (for newspapers) that I have tiny Nativity’s and other things in it! Love your tiny house!
You are the most creative person I ever met...keep on walking in your gift. 🥰 I love your work ❤ Continue to share your gift with us.
My favorites were the pictures of your great grandparents in your frames and also the miniature doll furniture room that you created. I guess it was two rooms but those are my favorite things.
The Book Nook is darling!❤ All your projects are very cool.
Thank you so much, Janey!😊
I think this one may be the best topic you’ve took the challenge on so far! I just kept shaking my head in wonderment at all you clever ideas. I really don’t know how you do it. 🌺🌸
I love how you put your grandparents into the DYI