How can you use different patterns in your home?
When mixing or choosing pattern combinations, think about the different shapes, colours, shades and sizes. This will help you create a harmonic rather than chaotic vibe in your home.
Let’s take a look at the different pattern options you could incorporate into your living space.
Tips for using pattern and mixing patterns in interior design
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Geometric pattern in interior design
Geometric patterns involve everything that has uniformity, such as straight lines, zig zags, diamond shapes, circles and hoops. Plenty of geometric patterns are rounded shapes, which are often found in nature.
If you’re considering using geometric patterns, then it can add a real strong contemporary feel to your home or space.
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Floral pattern in interior design
This is a popular way to inject powerful personality into a space. It’s a super diverse pattern that can be anything from realistic flowers to funky, cartoon or abstract flowers. The colours of a floral blind in your kitchen or living room can be all different, or perhaps a classic bohemian-print design, or something a little more simple and elegant.
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Fun patterns
An increasingly popular choice for many people in their homes. Fun patterns can be anything at all, from animal prints, to simple symbols, to seaside patterns, space, or even superheroes! If you choose a fun pattern for your blinds, these can be perfect for a kids bedroom or a home office to denote a little personality or feature your favourite things!
Incorporating different sizes
The number one rule of interior design: use a variety of different sizes when mixing patterns. Start with a large scale pattern as your main pattern, and then combine with medium and smaller patterns for accents.
Using similar colours
To prevent a room from feeling too busy and chaotic, its best to be careful with your selection of different patterns and colours. Choose colour schemes that are from the same tonal group or colour palette; this can help create an aesthetically pleasing space, but still offer great variety.
When selecting the right colour scheme it can be helpful to remember the 60-30-10 rule.
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60% of your room one dominant colour
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30% of the room should be a secondary colour
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10% as your accent
Creating visual balance
While it can be tempting to throw all your favourite colours and patterns into your home environment, that won’t create a good visual balance. Our advice is to mix in solid colours only every so often, this will help break up the lines and shapes within your patterns. It also keeps everything flowing throughout the entire room.
How can you use texture for design in your home?
‘Texture’ is defined as how a piece of fabric feels in our hands.
When walking through a shop, we often feel the different textures of products as we work around: shopping is a sensory experience. So why shouldn’t living in our home be one too?
While we may not need to touch window furnishings to know how they feel, it is also important to know how different textures interact with light. The right texture will help add depth and an extra dimension to your window.
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Velvet – this texture adds a luxurious feel to a space, as well as comfort
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Linen – this texture creates a feeling of comfort, but it’s also light and airy
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Wool – this texture is soft to the touch and can make a space feel instantly cosy and homely
Contact Elite Blinds (UK)
If you’d like to know more about what we can do for your home, whether it’s a new set of blinds or soft furnishings, please don’t hesitate to give us a call on 01612 220 904. Alternatively, you can fill out our online enquiry form, and we’ll be in touch with you shortly.
