How to Decorate With Damask Pillows
Pillows can set the tone for any room by enhancing the theme, colors and textures of the other furnishings in the home. Damask pillows add a particular elegance and style to any room and can make the furniture, rugs and other décor pop. Decorating with damask pillows is easy to do once you learn how to choose the best accent pillows for your interior. Does this Spark an idea?
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Choose the colors already in your room that you want to bring forward and enhance. For instance, if you have a beige and navy blue sofa or curtains with a tiny touch of yellow in it you want to bring attention to those colors. Throw pillows should be selected in these colors.
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Take a color palette to your favorite home décor store. You can easily find a deck of paint colors at your paint supply store, or take along an arm cover from your sofa.
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Toss out any pillows that come with your couch or chair that are upholstered in the same fabric as the couch, or just use them for extra seating by scattering them on the floor when you have extra company. These pillows tend to make the couch dull and uninviting. A good rule is to have three to five pillows on your sofa, and have two of them in the same fabric according to the article, "How to Design With Pillows," on the poshsurfside.com website.
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Decide on a theme for your room. Is this room going to be used mainly for entertaining, studying, sleeping, or family time? You will need to select complimentary color hues that enliven and inspire if the room is to be used for entertaining. Bold colors of black and cherry red, or even lime or raspberry colors will set a party atmosphere. Energizing colors of orange and curry are good also. The study, library or computer room should be enhanced with damask pillows in steel grey or silvery colors. These colors intensify concentration. Family rooms should have muted soft colors of blues or greens to promote peace and tranquility.
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Choose a damask fabric that will leave no doubt as to what you want the room to say. Scenes on damask fabrics can set the tone of the room. Your sofa may have a tone on tone color combination, such as ruby red with a pink fleur-de-lis design on it. Choose a pillow with a reverse color combination, such as a pink background with a ruby red design on it. If your sofa material is striped, try adding power punches of coordinating pillows with floral designs or even circular or geometric designs in tones that will enhance the background fabric of your sofa.
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Pick damask pillows that will bring out the colors and themes of that new rug you purchased. Everything in your room should already be color coordinated, so choosing the colors of the rug will make it pop, and draw the eye away from a boring couch that you do not have room in the budget to change.
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