In discussing the Fantasy bedroom we are referring to an adult’s bedroom, not a child’s room. This style will be a little ‘out of this world’, an escape from reality. The form of the escape depends on the type of fantasy involved. The person with this style of bedroom is obsessive, creative and individual, who uses their bedroom and their intimate life to escape from the practical and everyday issues of life. They have very high and unrealistic ideals and are disenchanted with their own reality so the intimate world of their bedroom gives them a chance to pretend for a while. For a brief moment the romance of another time or another whether it be in the past or the past or the future, becomes their reality.
With each type of Fantasy style, there is an underlying base of one of the other styles. The ethereal type is often a Romantic or a Creative, while the futuristic type is often based on Contemporary or Dramatic. The impossible ideal type may be any one of the other styles. With maturity or a change in their circumstances such as marriage, the Fantasy person reverts to their basic style.
As each type of fantasy is quite different, it is not possible to give general guidelines to identify this style, except to say the bedroom decor reflects the fantasy and is totally recognisable when you see it.
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