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One of the most fun aspects of being an interior decorator is combining and coordinating fabrics and textiles. When you see a perfectly designed room in a magazine, you often find combinations of fabrics, patterns, textures and colors that you probably wouldn't have thought to put together yourself, yet they look so perfectly executed within the design. There is an art to combining fabrics and textiles to get a beautiful, cohesive, well-designed look. But it doesn't have to be so difficult. Here are a few simple rules for perfectly combining fabric and textiles in your designs. * Find a unifying color - you can easily combine different patterns of fabrics and textiles if you choose one unifying color among all of them to tie them together. For example, you can combine a small Ikat print in accent pillows, with a slightly larger geometric in your drapery fabrics, a solid silk accent pillow and a floral metallic wallpaper on an accent wall, all using one color as the unifier. *Choose one fabric and pull your other colors from that one fabric. It should be a bolder fabric and should be the used as the highlight or centerpiece of your design. You can disperse the colors from your theme fabric throughout your space, in accent pillows, upholstery, drapery and shade fabrics and in your accessories. *Don't forget about texture. Varying your texture can help to add depth to your design. Even if you are using the same color or a more monochromatic color scheme, varying the textures can help give life and depth to the design of the room. Consider combining a chenille with a woven with a wool and add a bit of silk for glamour. *Use textured solids or tone on tone, large scaled patterns on the large pieces and add punches of busier pattern and textures in your smaller pieces. By using textured solids or tone on tone on your larger pieces you are keeping them more neutral, making it easy to change out your accents later on. If you put a large, heavy or busy print on a larger piece (such as a sofa), it can limit you if you choose to change your decor down the road. Selecting fabric patterns and textures can be a lot of fun and can really help give the design of your room that finished, pulled together feel. Don't be afraid to try unique and unusual combinations of fabric patters and colors. You just might surprise yourself at the cool new look you might create.
Paola McDonald, Certified Interior Decorator and Owner of Creative Elegance Interiors, LLC Creative Elegance Interiors is a full service interior decorating and design firm based in Haymarket, VA and serving Northern Virginia, Washington, DC and parts of Maryland. We work with homeowners to create beautiful, functional, elegant home spaces that meet their and their
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