Dark Academia

The Dark Academia guide

How to get the Dark Academia look

Libraries, leather, candlelight and books in every corner. Start with the colors below, add two or three signature pieces, then borrow freely from the rooms above.

Signature colors

Signature pieces to shop

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Tobacco Leather Armchair

Cracked, cozy, endlessly re-readable.

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Plaid Wool Throw

For the corduroy sofa.

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Brass Library Lamp

Green shade, scholarly glow.

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Brass Swing-Arm Lamp

Reading light with style.

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Vintage Typewriter

For love letters and bad poetry.

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Leather Club Chair

Worn-in and wonderful.

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Stacked Vintage Books

Sold by the color, read by candlelight.

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Vintage Print Set

Clustered on brown walls.

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Rolling Library Ladder

For the top shelf sonnets.

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Camel Corduroy Sofa

The coziest seat on the block.

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Oxblood Persian Rug

Worn soft by long afternoons.

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Record Console

For after dinner.

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