DIY Decorating Tips: How to Combine Pattern

November 10, 2017

If yous saw my DIY gum pillows yesterday, yous may possess got noticed that they were kinda colorful. I know this shocked quite a few of you, every bit this is a sum difference from my commons beige-obsession. I've come upwardly to a realization. I demand a popular of color or two. I mean value I've avoided color inward our house for thence long because I merely didn't know how to acquire inward await good. I'm learning every bit I go, as well as sometimes I demand a minimum of 10 decorating failures earlier I succeed. As fourth dimension has passed I've tardily learned to comprise color into my decor. Slowly.

And my fevah for color exclusively grows stronger.

My prescription for cowbell merely isn't helping.

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

yous may possess got noticed that they were kinda colorful DIY Decorating Tips: How to Combine Pattern

Here's the deal.

I went to the nearest cloth shop as well as took pictures of dissimilar fabrics thence that I would possess got some examples to present 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 yous are wanting to know the information on whatever of these fabrics, yous tin uncovering them at Joann's fabric.

Here's what I've learned thence far almost adding pops of color & designing to your decor. Let's embrace the basics first, as well as and thence we'll await at pretty fabric.

Pick 3

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

Everything looks improve inward groups of three, as well as designing is no exception. I tested this out myself, as well as it's thence true. 2 patterns await great, but 3 patterns combined successfully volition alter 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 pocket-sized 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, yous tin role either scale, but mix the colors.

Vary the colors

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

Add solids & texture

Adding a company or textured cloth into the mix volition also assist pick out everything together. For solids, selection ane of the colors inward your patterns that yous love. You tin possess got it ane pace farther past times picking a textured company fabric. For example, if your patterns possess got an ivory background, elbow grease adding a soft, woven ivory pillow to the mix.

Use friendly fabrics

This is my favorite tip, as well as the ane I had the most fun playing amongst as well as learning about. Apparently at that topographic point are fabrics that merely inherently await corking together....they're cloth friends. Who knew?

I tested out this theory at the cloth store, as well as it's my favorite matter ever.

Here are some examples of fabrics that acquire good together.

1. Damask, Polka Dots, as well as Chevron

2. Floral, Ikat, as well as Plaid

3. Toile, Geometric, as well as Stripes

4. Geometric, Paisley, as well as Solid

5. Stripes as well as 2 Ikats of dissimilar scale

6. Geometric, company texture, as well as floral

7. Floral, Stripes, and Houndstooth

8. Geometric, Floral, as well as Chevron

9. Floral, Stripes, as well as Damask

Isn't that thence cool? I dear having a listing of things that run together when I acquire to selection out fabrics.

So, what's your fave?

Can yous justice which ane I'm obsessed with?

Don't forget to pivot this post thence you'll possess got it on your side past times side run to the cloth store!