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Mixing and Matching Bedding
10 Tips on How To Outfit Your Bed With Contrasting Patterns
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It can be intimidating to work with multiple textile patterns, but when you add layers of patterns onto your bedding, you can create a much more interesting bedroom space. Mixing and matching your choice in patterns and colors creates a custom look, even when the fabrics used are not! Here are ten helpful tips to consider while boldly expressing that you don't play it safe when it comes to your outfitting your bed.
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Rotate the patterns. Use one on the bed spread, bed skirt, one on the pillows up front, and another on the back pillows.
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Leave visual "breathing room" between two patterns. Use a solid fabric between two different bold patterns. In this photo the white euro sham pillows are use as an important visual transition to the color and patterns of the throw pillows and duvet cover.
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Work with three different scaled fabrics.Find one large pattern, one medium, and one small patterned fabric. If you were to use the same sized patterns throughout your bedding set, it would look way too busy. Consider scale and size of your textile designs and vary them to create visual interest. In this picture, the large zebra print on the euro shams contrast well with the circle patterns on the duvet cover.
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| Mix in patterns through color continuity. Choose different patterns that share one same color, and another that is similar to tie it all in. For this space the blue is the dominant color, and black is an accent used sporadically to tie in the color scheme. |
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| Consider the color intensity of the patterned fabric. Use similarly strength hues like warm colors together, and bright colors together. A pastel patterned fabric and warm colored patterned fabric may not go well together. |
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| Mix two different pattern scales. For example a big bold floral pattern with a geometric pattern in this photo, that also matches the artwork above the headboards. Again, take note of the pillows, as a visual transition between the patterns.
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| Make a black and white bedroom look interesting by adding a number of different patterns. |
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| Choose one dominant pattern to highlight, and mix in two other patterns, giving them smaller parts, like in this bedroom setting. |
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| Try pattern layering using different geometric shapes. Concentrate solely on geometric patterns in varying sizes. |
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There are plenty of bedding sets to choose from that sell complementary patterned and colored pieces you can mix and match. Take a look at some of them here.
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Comments
Denise Vilim Love to mix and match bedding! Not only does it allow for endless creativity, color options are limitless (dependant on bedroom furnishings and decor of course). Beautiful examples!
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bepsf It's much easier to mix fabric patterns & colors if you think of how you mix & match outfits you wear and apply the same principals to your bedding and other home textiles.
22 months ago · Like
myhouzzisyourhouzz This happens when I have to do laundry! Nice results sometimes.
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Ideabook updated on Aug. 11, 2011.
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