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Textures And Patterns In Decorating
by Aydan Corkern
Texture and patterns in your decor will make your home feel interesting and full of character. It shows people that you care a great deal about what your room looks like as well as how that look reflects on who you are. Contrasting between smooth and rough, thin and thick, matte and gloss will heighten interest as well as keep the look from going stale a few months after you finish your project. Instead of looking old, your home will develop a history to it. Many professionals enjoy mixing stripes with checkered patterns as well as piling rugs up on tile floor and combining leather and wicker. It builds character and personalizes a space.
When you have room after room of the same cookie cutter decor, you will have the urge to constantly redecorate to keep up with a style. Instead, combine surfaces, textures, and even different time periods to create character and history. A 19th century sideboard you picked up from an estate sale will bring out the boldness of your grandmothers lamps from the '30s. If you have a downtown loft, a raffia armchair would pull from the formality of taffeta drapes, leaving you with a livable elegance for entertaining. This style of decorating also allows you to use materials you may have on hand as well as things you have collected or been handed down through the years. This all adds to the life and energy of your home. When pieces have history or were chosen on a specific occasion, they bring back memories. Combining these things turns your home into a living and evolving scrapbook.
Use layers. Pile pillows, use mismatched chair pads, matchstick blinds with cotton drapes, all these can bring warmth into your home. This is especially true in colder areas where textures remove the cold or mechanical look from a room. How you bring this texture into a room will have a lot to do with the style of your decor and what the room is used for. If you are creating a formal dining room, you might have to be more careful than if you are decorating your getaway cabin in the mountains. In the dining area, contrasting stitch on your chair covers and an interesting and conversational oil painting will do the trick. For your lodge retreat, use navajo blankets on vintage velvet sofas and formal leather armchairs with rustic log end tables.
Kitchens and baths are a great place to display family history in the form of textures. You are given such a base to work with that decorating these areas is more fun than work. Shiny and glossy surfaces like white tile and warm granite as well as stainless steel and glass are normal fixtures and can create a canvas for creativity. Using red and orange brick, mix toned woods, or a colorfully braided rug will bring textures into these areas and make them more warm and inviting. If you are more contemporary in your decor, try adding wood floors in warm tones or some mahogany cabinets. Add a butchers block to your island instead of more stone and put a window seat in front of your view. Rustic pottery and some junk shop finds can also add to the welcome feel without sacrificing modern looks.
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