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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Sophia Pouget de St Victor

The Secret Behind Magazine-Worthy Rooms in British Homes? Pattern Clashing Done Right – Here’s How to Get the Look

A maximalist bedroom. A bed with a red patchwork headboard, yellow bedding and pillows, and a patterned fabric wall hanging behind. A yellow pleated fabric lampshade on a wall lamp, above a light wooden bedside table. .

Pattern clashing is nothing new, but it has never felt more exhilarating. Interiors are embracing audacious combinations, and the result is lively, unexpected, and entirely personal.

Though mixing florals with stripes, checks with botanicals, or geometrics with animal prints may in theory sound bizarre, the visual tension it creates is precisely what gives a space vitality and character. In fact, the growing appetite for richly layered interiors has sparked a new wave of homewares designed for pattern on pattern. From patchworked textiles to mixed-motif cushions and boldly contrasted ceramics, designers are embracing pieces that do the creative work for you.

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