How Colonial Style is Done Wrong

A comparison demonstrating common mistakes in colonial style. The poorly executed version is: piling animal skins, antlers, ivory, and hunting trophies all over the walls, turning it into a themed restaurant; using a large amount of leopard print and zebra print textiles; adding full-page palm leaf print wallpaper to turn the room into a resort lobby; using fake vintage suitcases stacked as side tables. True colonial style is restrained and sparse, established by its framework and a few good pieces of furniture. Avoid: piling hunting trophies and taxidermy, using animal print textiles, full-page palm leaf wallpaper, using a large number of vintage props to create an atmosphere.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個示範常見錯誤的對照。做壞的版本是:把獸皮、鹿角、象牙與狩獵戰利品堆滿牆面變成主題餐廳;用大量的豹紋與斑馬紋織品;加入棕櫚葉滿版的印花壁紙把房間變成度假村大廳;使用仿舊做出來的假旅行箱疊成邊桌。真正的殖民風是克制的、偏空的,靠骨架與少數幾件好家具成立。避免:堆疊狩獵戰利品與動物標本、使用動物紋的織品、滿版的棕櫚葉壁紙、用大量仿舊道具製造氛圍。