Exotic Peacock Decor - Decorate a Peacock Themed Room

Voila! Instant peacock decor! Now when you start with large extravagant pieces such as the above peacock figures, you have to be careful how you add more peacock home accessories. Many of the others should be more muted. They should also probably not be figurines to keep the room interesting.

Well the room is a library and we will have several vintage bookcases that we've found at yard sales and thrift shops. So I'll tuck some books on a shelf and hold them in place with some peacock bookends. The ones to the right would certainly fit the bill. They are much more muted than the figurines with jewel tones and green against mahogany. They measure 7 5/8" x 3 7/8" x 6" high. I love the antique-like design. I'm confident that at first it won't be obvious what folks are looking at. Then gradually they'll start to hunt for different peacocks scattered around the room.

Peacock vases are another way - perhaps more subtle - to include peacock decor in your home accessories. I say more subtle, because usually the vase in not shaped like a peacock. More commonly the peacock design is painted on the vase. Often these will have an Oriental flair to them, but not always.

I love to layer complex and ornate pieces. So it would not be unheard of for me to put a peacock vase filled with flowers right next to a book display held up with peacock bookends. Especially if the bookends were metal and the vase ceramic. They would be different enough that they wouldn't clash.

Interesting home decor can often be an ice breaker at a party when people don't know each other. Peacocks are much safer conversational pieces than politics!

If you've got more vases, bookends and figurines than you've got space for and you really want to add some peacock decor to a room, then try adding a few peacock pillows to the mix. In fact if you're full up on pillows, you can order a peacock pillow cover. That way you can take an existing pillow and recover it. If you've never done this, it's something you should consider. The covers are easily stored and you can change them out for holidays or seasons - or if you just get bored with the same old throw pillows.

While many of the peacock pillows show the entire peacock, others just use peacock feathers as their design inspiration.

You'll find the whimsical peacock pillow to the right on Zazzle. It includes lime green, pink, and purple. If you have a blah sofa or chair in a plain color, just toss this 20-inch throw pillow in it's corner. It will be an instant home decor pick-me-up. 

This throw pillow features not one, but two colorful peacocks. A lime peacock is located in the lower right corner. You can see all of his beautiful purple feathers. The pink peacock is in the upper left corner. You can just see his head. Peacock feathers make up the background. 

Hera is the wife of Zeus and one of the oldest gods portrayed in the Greek Pantheon. Hera is shown here confidently striding beside a peacock, one of her major symbols from Greek legends. Because of its beauty and literary and historical roots, I'd definitely put this statue in the library. It measures 9.5 inches tall by 7 inches wide. It would look fantastic on the fireplace mantle or on the bookcase. (I'm not sure how Matt would feel about a Greek goddess on his desk.) The bronze like finish definitely gives Hera Old World charm. Since she is the focus of the statue and not the peacock, it would be a subtle home peacock accessory. Although very sexy!

And I say, hey, there's a little bit of Hera in every woman, we might not be able to strut beside a peacock, but we can wear our peacock earrings!