Taking The Mystery Out Of Mixing Fabrics And Adding Fabric Trims To A Room
Taking the mystery out of mixing fabrics and adding fabric trims to a room can be achieved if you take these points into consideration.
I will walk through each of the basic ideas:
The scale and shape of the patterns in a fabric
How Colors Work Together
Adding Fabric Trims
Not to be exact
Step away
Shape and Scale: Shape refers to what shapes are the design in the fabric. Scale refers to the size of the pattern in your fabric. Large, medium or small. A fabric scheme that would work is as follows: a large stripe, a medium floral and a very small print. You can make a mistake by adding too many large prints as well.
Color Relevancy: When mixing a group of 5-6 fabrics, try to have some of the colors from one fabric match some of the colors in other fabrics. It can be just 1 or 2 colors matching from one fabric to another to pull it all together. Try not to worry about all the colors from one fabric matching all the colors from another fabric. Just make them relevant to each other.
Adding Fabric Trims: Whether it is a contemporary or traditional design, adding fabric trims or fabric cording to your fabrics can add a custom look. For example: use the same cording on a pillow on your bed as a cording welt on a chair in your bedroom. Another use is on window treatments. The premade window treatments in a store typically do not have any trims added to them so adding a quick trim to a premade window treatment or having them made with fabric trim will also add a custom look.
Not to be exact: This concept can sometimes be tricky. What I mean by this is it is actually more interesting to the eye if some of your colors do not match exactly. You may get stuck on combining colors because some of your colors are not an exact match when actually this can create a more pleasing color scheme. Please try to match some colors as stated before, just keep SOME of the colors similar and not exact.
Distance your observation: Step away from your fabric swatches and look at them from a distance. When you put your fabrics together in true application you will see them all from a distance. Sometimes we get caught up in a specific pattern or color when we look at it up close. A floral in a fabric that make have looked blue up close, may look purple from a distance.
Using these tips will help you successfully mix fabrics and add fabric trim to any room.
Want to find out more about Fabric Trim, then visit Brenda Meltzner’s site on how to choose the best Fringe Trim for your needs.