Right At Home: Space-themed décor

This is a difficult year on Earth, but 2020 is the highlight of space exploration. SpaceX pushed its futuristic "starship" to new heights. Three countries launched missions to Mars, and robots captured debris from the moon and asteroids. 

This year’s commitments are even greater, including plans to launch a successor to the Hubble Space Telescope in October.

Perhaps it is not surprising that the space theme has a place in home decoration. When many of us are trapped at home due to the pandemic, spatial images can add an adventurous or whimsical feel to rooms, walls and ceilings.

New York interior designer Patrice Hoban said: "I have finished outer space and starry sky." "My clients like to use stars as backgrounds in nurseries. I also work with Luminous Paint, It adds a sense of popularity to children’s rooms and home theaters."

She stuck tiny dark night stars on the ceiling. The light can last for several hours. She said: "This is the closest thing I have found to a planetarium."

Rachel Magana, senior visual designer at sustainable furniture rental company Fernish, drew some cosmic decoration ideas from a colleague’s recent nursery project.

She said: "The palette is based on dark blue tones, and then splashed in colors such as yellow, white or red."

She said: "Or create your own galaxy wall." "Draw a blue wall and spray it with tiny water droplets with some faded white paint. You can just create some new constellations."

She suggested adding interesting space lights and vintage NASA posters.

For decades, outer space has inspired designers. In the 1960s, the "space race" between the United States and the Soviet Union, and with the development of the space age, the development of synthetic materials, led to a proliferation of futuristic furniture such as molded plastic chairs and satellite-shaped lighting equipment.

Today, you can download artwork directly from NASA at:

, Or find it at retailers such as Red Bubble, Etsy and Zazzle.

Magana also suggested making letter paper with quotes with space themes, such as Neil Armstrong's famous term "one small step".

Many astronomy-themed art on the market will appear in any room. There are moon graphics on Target's canvas. Tempaper has constellation wallpapers, but if you can't make wallpapers, please consider Kenna Sato Designs' wall or ceiling constellation decals.

Galaxy Lamps have a sphere that looks like an asteroid. Use the included USB to charge it, and cycle through 16 colors in three lighting modes. There is also a moon version. In Beautiful Halo, a series of rocket ship ceiling fixtures were found.

German designer Jan Kath has created a carpet collection called Spacecrafted, which is inspired by images of gas clouds and small planetary nebulae from the Hubble Telescope.

Studio Greytak in Missoula, Montana designed a Jupiter lamp with mineral aragonite, depicting the turbulent gas swirling on the earth. There is also a shock watch. A large desert rose crystal is embedded in the cast watch glass, as if an asteroid fell into a pool.

Zodiac wall decals and Milky Way carpets can be found in the nursery project. Crate&Kids and Pottery Barn Kids have hanging phones with planets, stars and clouds. 

There are also luminous black duvet covers printed on the solar system on PBK, but if you are ready to go to the stars, check out Snurk Living's duvet suits. This studio, owned by Dutch designers Peggy van Neer and Erik van Loo, designed a suit printed with life-size astronaut suits.

It seems popular to create a night sky on the ceiling of a home theater. Houzz has hundreds of inspirational examples.

Maydan Architects in Palo Alto, California designed one for a recent project.

Mary Maidan said: “Our client’s grandfather is the owner of multiple movie theaters.” “One of them has a retractable ceiling that allows guests to experience the stars at night. When our client decided to build their home theater, this The device actually fulfilled a lifelong dream."

The ceiling is not retractable, but it has an eight-pane fixture that depicts the Milky Way and a meteor.

Maydan said: "It provides a very soft light, and intends to remain open during the film screening, and create a magical experience."