Decorating Tips: How To Combine Designing

If y'all saw my DIY gum pillows yesterday, y'all may own got noticed that they were kinda colorful. I know this shocked quite a few of you, equally this is a amount divergence from my park beige-obsession. I've come upwardly to a realization. I demand a popular of color or two. I intend I've avoided color inwards our house for hence long because I simply didn't know how to acquire inwards await good. I'm learning equally I go, too sometimes I demand a minimum of x decorating failures earlier I succeed. As fourth dimension has passed I've piece of cake learned to contain color into my decor. Slowly.

And my fevah for color entirely grows stronger. 

My prescription for cowbell simply isn't helping.

I've been experimenting over the past times month with how to brand multiple colors/patterns piece of employment amongst our house. I've been playing around amongst fabrics too I've been doing lots of researching online. I consider I would portion my findings amongst y'all because I happened across some actually helpful nuggets of information along the agency too I know y'all volition bask them, too. 

Here's the deal.

I went to the nearest cloth shop too took pictures of dissimilar fabrics hence that I would own got some examples to present you. I intend I took pictures of l bolts of fabric. And I intend the employees consider I was some sort of crazy cloth paparazzo.

If y'all are wanting to know the information on whatsoever of these fabrics, y'all tin give the axe detect them at Joann's fabric. 

Here's what I've learned hence far nigh adding pops of color & blueprint to your decor. Let's comprehend the basics first, too and hence we'll await at pretty fabric.

Pick 3

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

Everything looks amend inwards groups of three, too blueprint is no exception. I tested this out myself, too it's hence true. 2 patterns await great, but 3 patterns combined successfully volition modify your life. (If your life revolves around fabric. And whose doesn't?)

Vary the scale

The fundamental to combining patterns is varying the scale. Vary the scale of your patterns from small-scale to large. For example, alternative a large scale cloth for blueprint 1. For blueprint 2, alternative a cloth that is one-half the scale. Then for cloth 3, y'all tin give the axe operate either scale, but mix the colors.

Vary the colors

Pick 2-3 colors. Try limiting the color on cloth 1 and/or cloth 2 too and hence combining all the colors on cloth 3. This ties everything together. 

Add solids & texture

Adding a corporation or textured cloth into the mix volition also assist convey everything together. For solids, alternative i of the colors inwards your patterns that y'all love. You tin give the axe own got it i stride farther past times picking a textured corporation fabric. For example, if your patterns own got an ivory background, endeavor adding a soft, woven ivory pillow to the mix. 

Use friendly fabrics

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

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

Here are some examples of fabrics that acquire good together.

1. Damask, Polka Dots, too Chevron

2. Floral, Ikat, too Plaid

3. Toile, Geometric, too Stripes

4. Geometric, Paisley, too Solid

5. Stripes too 2 Ikats of dissimilar scale

6. Geometric, corporation texture, too floral

7. Floral, Stripes, and Houndstooth 

8. Geometric, Floral, too Chevron

9. Floral, Stripes, too Damask

Isn't that hence cool? I dearest having a listing of things that piece of employment together when I acquire to alternative out fabrics. 

So, what's your fave?

Can y'all justice which i I'm obsessed with?

Don't forget to pivot this post hence you'll own got it on your adjacent run to the cloth store!

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