how to embrace the Regencycore trend in your home & garden

Bridgerton, the first series from Shondaland at Netflix, debuted on Christmas Day and has been breaking streaming records ever since (63 million households and counting).

Inspired by Julia Quinn’s bestselling novels, the series follows Daphne Bridgerton, the eldest daughter of the powerful Bridgerton family, as she makes her debut onto Regency London’s competitive marriage market. But beyond Daphne’s romance with the Duke of Hastings, the Featheringtons family affairs, and Lady Whistledown’s high society scandal sheet, it’s the interiors that have got us talking.

Regency style décor

You don’t have to be a period drama connoisseur to appreciate the Regency interiors we’re talking opulent and sophisticated furnishings and sultry boudoirs, all of which are a visual feast for the eyes in Bridgerton.

In fact, vintage furniture is set to be a huge trend in 2021, with searches for secondhand homeware reaching a three-year high at the end of 2020. Alongside this is regencycore, the regal cousin of cottagecore, but less about a whimsical countryside aesthetic and more about reimagining the Regency era’s extravagance, decadence and regal charm. As such trends are often interchangeable, the latest buzzword is all the rage on the fashion scene and is now trickling its way into interiors too.

‘Early 19th Century interior styling includes rich, deep colours contrasted with layers of light, creamy champagnes and powder blues and greens,’ explain the team at luxury bed specialists, And So To Bed. Interiors from this era include motifs to bring individuality and character, whilst decorative elements are carved into furniture or upholstered to highlight personality and glamour.

Get the Bridgerton look

To embrace the Regency period (from 1811 to 1820) and the Bridgerton aesthetic, decor and furnishings would include, but not be limited to: flowing drapery; classic chandeliers; caned furniture; a colour combination of blues and pinks and citrus hues of green, yellow and orange; regal patterns and fabrics; antique mirrors; brass handles; marquetry tables and chairs; damask wallpaper; and high society bed frames and four poster beds.

So whether you’re lusting after interiors in the grand opulent houses of the Bridgertons or Featheringtons, or the abodes belonging to Queen Charlotte, Lady Danbury or the Duke of Hastings, here’s how to bring a little Bridgerton into your home and garden with our roundup of Regency-inspired décor and styling tips. Trust us, these interiors will no doubt impress the Ton!