Accessories
What Do Your Pillows Say About You?
See How to Show Your Design Style With the Home's Greatest Accessory
Your pillows can say a lot about your personality, your design style, and how you live in your home. You can take a sofa of the same style and put two different sets of pillows on it to create a completely different look. Some people prefer a clean and tailored look and some prefer a casual and lived in feel. What do your pillows say about your design style? Read on to find out:
If you're a Modernist: You use bold patterns and colors that come together in a clean and well-paired collection. The pillows on this modern sofa shown soften the room, but the patterns also bring a structured and geometric contrast against the soft nature of the pillows themselves.
If you're a Traditionalist: Your pillows match your sofa fabrics and coordinate in an alternating pattern. Typically, whether on a sofa or bed, the pillows are arranged in a perfectly symmetrical layout. As you can see on the sofa in this more traditional space, the pillows alternate one after the other in a succinct pattern.
If you're a Formal Transitionalist: Your pillows are perfectly coordinating with a more modern flair in the patterns and styles. The living room shown here has a strategic layout of pillows, requiring some thought and planning, that resulted in a gorgeous collection of pillows that suits the room beautifully.
If you're a Casual Transitionalist: You also have perfectly coordinating pillows patterns. In contrast to the formalist, the casual transitionalist has a more relaxed symmetry.
This room, for example, has one asymmetrical pillow that helps to create a more casual style. You can also see the "karate chop" styling, where you "chop" the tops of the pillows with your hands for a more lived-in look.
This room, for example, has one asymmetrical pillow that helps to create a more casual style. You can also see the "karate chop" styling, where you "chop" the tops of the pillows with your hands for a more lived-in look.
If you're a Romantic: Your pillows have a softer and more textural edge. The pillows on this sofa are the epitome of romantic, with their soft flowing fabrics and unmatched sizes.
If you're Bohemian: You have a more casual and relaxed approach. The pillows selected for the sofa above express a relaxed style with a perfect mix of earthy patterns and sizes.
If you're Eclectic: There is likely a varying mix in both patterns, colors, and sizes in an eclectic space. An eclectic style has a more collected look that gives the appearance of a well-traveled home owner.
If you're a Minimalist: Your pillows are more utilitarian. It is typical for minimalists to sum up their pillow collection with seat-back cushions and bed pillows.
Here, a bolster pillow and seat-back cushions are the only pillows in the room. And they match the sofa fabric, creating a clean and tailored look.
Here, a bolster pillow and seat-back cushions are the only pillows in the room. And they match the sofa fabric, creating a clean and tailored look.
Your pillows can say more than one thing about you and your styles can be blended. After all, who wants to be put into a style box?
This more formal and traditional pillow layout was made a little more eclectic with the mixing of patterns and the addition of the much less traditional skull pattern.
The great thing about pillow collections is that you can express your style — and even change it — with ease. In my eyes, pillows are the home's greatest accessory.
More:
How to Layer Patterns Right
Where and How to Toss the Throw Pillows
9 Tips for a Well-Dressed Bed
This more formal and traditional pillow layout was made a little more eclectic with the mixing of patterns and the addition of the much less traditional skull pattern.
The great thing about pillow collections is that you can express your style — and even change it — with ease. In my eyes, pillows are the home's greatest accessory.
More:
How to Layer Patterns Right
Where and How to Toss the Throw Pillows
9 Tips for a Well-Dressed Bed