To The Touch: Designing With Texture
My husband loves vanilla, I love chocolate. He's a night owl, I rise early. Him digital me paper him summer me fall. Among the amusingly long list is his love of color in design and my love for texture. I would any day choose distressed white walls and moulding evoking a centuries-old Parisian apartment; on the other hand we just spent last weekend painting his twin filing cabinets an ocean blue.
When splashes of color AND texture work together in a room, the space can be simultaneously uncomplicated and lush. Here is a tour through various types of rooms exemplifying where the marriage of two different design focuses work together brilliantly.
When splashes of color AND texture work together in a room, the space can be simultaneously uncomplicated and lush. Here is a tour through various types of rooms exemplifying where the marriage of two different design focuses work together brilliantly.
Simple layers in this minimalist bedroom give the right amount of softness. We fold our white bedding exactly like this, which is oh so easy to keep up, looks clean while also looking inviting. We added another layer of twin pillows with vintage quilted white shams on our sleeping pillows. For another inspiring version of this, see Kimberly Austin's (of amazing Austin Press) bed in her house tour on apartmenttherapy.
The bedroom is an important place to get texture and color right. Here the inclusion of the wall color in the bed linens creates a calm continuity. The covered headboard, pillows, and even area rug create layers of softness.
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