Nerd chic is also known as Geek chick. It is a hot style right now that mixes glamour with geek. The best way to pull off this look is to find vintage styles or retro styles that are very traditional and classic; obscure and a bit kitsch ar best. It is quite easy to find this type of furniture on ebay or Craigslist. Half the time it can be had for free.
The most important part of nerd chic is choosing nerdy art. You can poke through websites like etsy.com and find the proper geeky prints and paintings. The types of art we are talking about here are girls riding on a five person bikes, silhouettes of royalty over maps on which they leave, subway maps with pictures of local attractions Old movie posters, how-to posters and pictures of children crying with large eyes painted on velvet are ideas. You should also make sure that these pieces of art are displayed in frames that are displayed in complimentary colors. Scrolled picture frames in that tacky gold and white laminate are just right as well.
Antique figurines are also a big part of this aesthetic. Go for matching salt and pepper shakes. The more they have to do with video games the better. For instance, a matching Mr. and Mrs. Pacman salt and pepper shaker set would be amazing. A perfect nerd display would be a display of key rings or even a display of antique vacuum cleaner parts.
Another nerdy touch is to put a canopy in an odd place in the house. Many fans of this style have a canopy of some type put up in the living room. It can be a solid color or a reference to an exotic Asian culture. Just make sure that you do not make it into a fire hazard by placing candles too near to it.
You can really show off your geek side in the kitchen. You can do things like use a pizza cutter that has a handle shaped like the body of Star Trek’s spaceship Enterprise. You can use Star Wars light saber chopsticks or serve up cocktails in ice cube trays made in the shape of Pi symbols.
There is an endless supply of geeky fridge magnets, knick knacks, lamps and fabrics online on the big sites that can help keep your place decorated in wonderful and cheap nerd chic ways.