Home Interior: Decorating Tips: How to Combine Pattern

If you lot saw my DIY gum pillows yesterday, you lot may own got noticed that they were kinda colorful. I know this shocked quite a few of you, every bit this is a amount deviation from my commons beige-obsession. I've come upwards to a realization. I demand a popular of color or two. I mean value I've avoided color inwards our house for thence long because I only didn't know how to acquire inwards expect good. I'm learning every bit I go, in addition to sometimes I demand a minimum of 10 decorating failures earlier I succeed. As fourth dimension has passed I've slow learned to comprise color into my decor. Slowly.

And my fevah for color solely grows stronger.

My prescription for cowbell only isn't helping.

I've been experimenting over the past times month with how to brand multiple colors/patterns operate amongst our house. I've been playing around amongst fabrics in addition to I've been doing lots of researching online. I idea I would portion my findings amongst you lot because I happened across some actually helpful nuggets of information along the means in addition to I know you lot volition bask them, too.

you lot may own got noticed that they were kinda colorful Decorating Tips: How to Combine Pattern

Here's the deal.

I went to the nearest cloth shop in addition to took pictures of dissimilar fabrics thence that I would own got some examples to demo you. I mean value I took pictures of l bolts of fabric. And I mean value the employees idea I was some sort of crazy cloth paparazzo.

If you lot are wanting to know the information on whatsoever of these fabrics, you lot tin shipping away abide by them at Joann's fabric.

Here's what I've learned thence far virtually adding pops of color & designing to your decor. Let's comprehend the basics first, in addition to and then we'll expect at pretty fabric.

Pick 3

Three is the magic number. (One is the loneliest.)

Everything looks ameliorate inwards groups of three, in addition to designing is no exception. I tested this out myself, in addition to it's thence true. 2 patterns expect great, but 3 patterns combined successfully volition modify your life. (If your life revolves around fabric. And whose doesn't?)

Vary the scale

The commutation to combining patterns is varying the scale. Vary the scale of your patterns from minor to large. For example, selection a large scale cloth for designing 1. For designing 2, selection a cloth that is one-half the scale. Then for cloth 3, you lot tin shipping away purpose either scale, but mix the colors.

Vary the colors

Pick 2-3 colors. Try limiting the color on cloth 1 and/or cloth 2 in addition to and then combining all the colors on cloth 3. This ties everything together.

Add solids & texture

Adding a venture or textured cloth into the mix volition also assist convey everything together. For solids, selection i of the colors inwards your patterns that you lot love. You tin shipping away accept it i stride farther past times picking a textured venture fabric. For example, if your patterns own got an ivory background, endeavour adding a soft, woven ivory pillow to the mix.

Use friendly fabrics

This is my favorite tip, in addition to the i I had the most fun playing amongst in addition to learning about. Apparently in that location are fabrics that only inherently expect dandy together....they're cloth friends. Who knew?

I tested out this theory at the cloth store, in addition to it's my favorite affair ever.

Here are some examples of fabrics that acquire good together.

1. Damask, Polka Dots, in addition to Chevron