How to choose decorative pillows for a sofa or chair

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Decorative pillows are a complete element of the interior that can change and decorate it. How to choose pillows and pillow sets - design tips and examples with photos.

Decorative pillows: convenience + beauty

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Decorative pillows have long ceased to fulfill a purely utilitarian function: today it is a full-fledged element of interior decoration that can decorate a room and even set the tone for the style of the room, to place accents. Speaking about the choice of decorative pillows, designers usually pay attention to several nuances that should be taken into account when determining the number of such accessories, their size, shape, color, texture of the fabric.

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It’s better to refrain from these options.

Pillows from the same fabric as the cover / upholstery of the sofa or from the same fabric as the curtains look dull and will “forgive” the interior

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Let's start from the opposite. So, the options that it is better to refrain from when choosing decorative pillows for a sofa or chair are:

- Pillows from the same fabric as the sofa upholstery

It often happens that such decorative pillows are sold with a sofa in the kit. However, they usually look uninteresting, merging in color in the massif of the sofa and making its shape irregular. In addition, this option is now out of fashion. If you have several of these pillows, you can easily change them by stitching pillowcases for decorative pillows with your own hands.

- Pillows made of the same fabric as the curtains

Another popular option, but now out of fashion. According to the designers, decorative pillows made of the same fabric as curtains or curtains in your room look boring and will forgive the interior a little. If you already have such pillows, you can also change them by stitching new pillowcases or decorating existing ones.

- All pillows in the room are simple and of the same type.

No matter how you strive for minimalism and simplicity, you should "dilute" a set of pillows of the same color and texture with at least one or two different ones that attract attention.

The option with a set of identical or almost identical pillows is possible if there is another strong interior accent nearby

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How to choose decorative pillows: simple rules

- Contrast in tone

An easy way to choose an interesting set of decorative pillows is to focus on the tone of your sofa upholstery. Pillows should be clearly darker or clearly lighter than a sofa. In one set of pillows, both darker and lighter than the tone of the upholstery of a sofa or chair can be present at the same time.

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- Contrast by color

Another way to choose an interesting set of pillows is to choose contrasting colors. For example, for a sofa with warm beige upholstery, you can choose pillows of dark and light shades of blue, and cold gray upholstery will be decorated with pillows of red or orange + warm green. If you choose fabrics for pillows with a pattern, it can be a little more difficult to combine, but more interesting. To begin with, in order not to be mistaken, you can adhere to the rule: the main number of pillows is one type of pattern, 1-2 additional ones are different. Example: 3 pillows with geometric patterns + 2 with vegetable. Or: 4 pillows in a different cage or strip + 1−2 with a floral or abstract pattern.

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- Contrast of textures

Try playing with the texture of fabrics. For example, if the upholstery or cover of your sofa or chair is made of plain matte fabric, add pillows made of materials with volumetric patterns, boucle effect, fabrics with pile or gloss, embroidery, volumetric knitwear, with tassels, frills, applique or other decor - etc.

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- Number, size and shape of pillows

Here you can be limited only by your desire and imagination. Classical prescriptions, of course, exist, but whether or not to follow them is your choice.

On a medium-sized sofa, as a rule, from 2 to 10 pillows are selected. On the chair - 1-3. For a large corner sofa, there may be more pillows.

The classic sofa cushion has the shape of a square with a side of 40-50 cm. This model is suitable for almost any sofa, bed or chair. Smaller pillows are suitable for small sofas and armchairs or for a children's room, and larger ones are for large sofas, spacious rooms, otherwise furnished with large pieces of furniture.

The most popular shape is the square. In the second place - rectangular pillows, in the third - round, pillows in the form of rollers are also convenient. Curly pillows of unusual shapes - polygons, triangles, pillows in the form of stars, hearts, animal figures - can make the kit and the interior more interesting. It is better that such unusual pillows in the set should be no more than half of the total number, then against the background of other simpler and more classic pillows, they will attract attention, making the composition of the sofa and room more interesting.