There’s A K-Drama Room For Every Type Of Girl

The Capable Office Girl, Kim Mi-so from What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim?

Kim Mi-so (played by Park Min-young) has been a secretary to Yumyung Group’s Vice Chairman Lee Young-joon (played by Park Seo-joon) for nine years in the drama What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim.

Photo Credit: Still from What's Wrong With Secretary Kim (Netflix, 2018)

Contrary to Mi-so’s great professionalism and maturity while she’s on the job, her room has a lot of simple and minimalistic design elements to it, which resembles Mi-so’s personality while she’s off the job, as Mi-so seems to have very softhearted, and can come off as having a cute and shy personality. From the checkered wall, to her floral bedsheets, to the neatly-organized study table and hanging shelves, they are all elements you would find in a typical Korean minimalist bedroom.

Photo Credit: Still from What's Wrong With Secretary Kim (Netflix, 2018)

It’s actually quite a cozy room, which seems fitting for Mi-so, who is always busy and needs a good night’s rest at the end of the day. What I like most about Mi-so’s room, besides its coziness and hominess, is the color palette. I’m a big fan of pastels, and the colors in her room work really well together.

Photo Credit: Still from What's Wrong With Secretary Kim (Netflix, 2018)

The Girl Who's Rarely Home- Nam Hong-joo from While You Were Sleeping

Nam Hong-joo (played by Bae Suzy) is a young adult who has a special ability to see the future by means of her dreams in the drama While You Were Sleeping.

Photo Credit: Still from While You Were Sleeping (SBS, 2017)

Because of this ability, Hong-joo feels responsible for figuring out how to stop bad events from happening, so she’s always running around and coming up with ways to solve these issues.

Photo Credit: Still from While You Were Sleeping (SBS, 2017)

This kind of lifestyle, then, becomes evident in the kind of room that Hong-joo goes home to every night. It seems that in every corner of her room, there is something occupying it. Mainly, you can see a lot of books are scattered throughout the room, either on the shelves, the table, or on the floor, and I feel that this resembles how clouded and messy Hong-joo’s mind is because she’s always dealing with another dream of hers that she has to solve.

Photo Credit: Still from While You Were Sleeping (SBS, 2017)

A notable design element that is crucial to Hong-joo as a character is the window filled with sticky notes, as these sticky notes are her way of remembering her dreams. However, there are still design elements that give her room a little more personality, such as the painting above her bed, the pink stuffed bunny toy on top of her locker, and the small posters on the wall next to her bed.

Photo Credit: Still from While You Were Sleeping (SBS, 2017)

The Glamor Girl, Oh Yoon-seo (Oh Jin-sim) from Touch Your Heart

In the drama Touch Your Heart, Oh Yoon-seo (played by Yoo In-na), whose real name is Oh Jin-sim, is known to be one of the top actresses in South Korea.

Photo Credit: Poster of Touch Your Heart (2019, TvN)

With this, her room gives off a very classy and modern look, yet at the same time, has her personal touch added to it. The grey brick wall, matched with the green abstract painting hung up on it and the white walls standing on either side of it, are the more luxurious aspects of her room. The rest of her walls are colored pink, as it is Yoon-seo’s favorite color, and there are white fluffy furniture (e.g. rug, chair cushion, etc.) placed around the room, which adds depth and texture to the entire look of the room.

Photo Credit: Still from Touch Your Heart (2019, tVN)

Her grey and pink checkered bedsheets are my personal favorite, as it seems to tie in both her Yoon-seo side (classy) and Jin-sim side (cute) quite well, not to mention that the bedsheets excellently complement the entire room. I also find the stuffed toys to the side of her room by the window to be quite cute, as it can be assumed she either received these stuffed toys as gifts from her fans or she bought them herself.

Photo Credit: Still from Touch Your Heart (2019, tVN)

The Cursed Princess, Ko Mun-yeong from It’s Okay To Not Be Okay

Ko Mun-yeong (played by Seo Yea-ji) is a children’s book writer with antisocial personality disorder in the drama It’s Okay To Not Be Okay. She had a traumatizing and quite haunting past, which is symbolized in the drama through the mansion she lived in when she was a child.

Photo Credit: Still From It's Okay To Not Be Okay Netflix, 2020

Coined as the ‘Cursed Castle,’ Mun-yeong moved into the master’s bedroom (her parents’ old room) when she had returned to the mansion as an adult. Many, if not most, of Mun-yeong’s dark memories trail back to this mansion, so her room also becomes a reflection of the darkness and eerieness of her past. Along with the rest of the house, Mun-yeong’s room has European influences with its use of Victorian and Gothic styles.

Photo Credit: Still From It's Okay To Not Be Okay, 2020, Netflix

There is not a lot of color in her room aside from the dark blue on her walls and the colors from the stained glass on her bedroom doors that only become vibrant when hit by light

Photo Credit: Still From It's Okay To Not Be Okay Netflix, 2020

There are also subtle patterns on the walls, as well as antiques that are placed around the room, probably owned by her parents.

Photo Credit: Still From It's Okay To Not Be Okay Netflix, 2020

What I personally love about Mun-yeong’s room is the patterned panel behind her bed, which gives the room more depth.

Photo Credit: Still From It's Okay To Not Be Okay Netflix, 2020

The Heiress In Charge, Yoon Se-Ri from Crash Landing On You

In Crash Landing On You (Netflix, 2019), CEO heiress Yoon Se-ri (Son Ye-jin) lives in a luxury penthouse in Seoul. Being the type A, go-getter personality that she is, her crib is as meticulously zoned and designed.

Photo Credit: Still from Crash Landing On You, Netflix, 2019

The bedroom is decorated with lots of compartments for her essentials. Unexpectedly, a headboard with an arched frame provides the softness for the room, together with some pastel colors. Bold blue and orange hues in solid textiles contrast with the pastels and the wallpaper which bears a traditional filigree print.

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Certain nooks in her apartment give a nod to the retro such as this space.

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Her living room is dominated by a brutalist concrete ceiling. The soft furnishings in color blocked oranges and yellows are a contrast to this.

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Full Time Student, Part-Time Goblin Bride, Ji Eun-Tak from Goblin, The Lonely And Great God (TvN, 2016)

Ji Eun-Tak has a special mission anointed since birth. She is to grow up as the Goblin's bride. Her sad past will provide the strength, fortitude and will for her to fulfill her life's mission. This won't exempt her from going through life's stages, however. We witness her growth as a child, to a student, to an adult.

Photo Credit: Still from Goblin, tVN (2016)

Who can forget the shopping spree in Mini So that was made to decorate her room in the Goblin's house?

Photo Credit: Still from Goblin, tVN (2016)

The Goblin himself put together his future bride's room. Once a tired attic, it has been updated by a fresh lick of paint.

Photo Credit: Still from Goblin, tVN (2016)

Inexpensive and trendy Mini So finds also decorate the space for the Goblin bride as a student.

Photo Credit: Still from Goblin, tVN (2016)

A dedicated area for work and study suits Ji Eun-Tak's space in her student days. Ample book shelves, storage and organization essentials are used here.

Photo Credit: Still from Goblin, tVN (2016)