Your Living Room Isn’t Looking Flat Because of Your Color Scheme, It’s Your Texture Scheme That’s Off – Here’s How to Layer Like a Designer to Add Depth to Any Room

Warm living room with plaster walls, green velvet sectional sofa, wooden coffee table, a floral ottoman, a fluffy rug and a large green and yellow painting of a flower above the sofa.

Subtle but mighty, texture is a quietly powerful tool that, when layered well, can make or break a living room. While color tends to fight for our attention, part of texture's beauty is its sensory comfort and ability to provide all-important depth and dimension.

Texture in interior design might not be the first thing that jumps out when you enter a living room, but that's not to say it's not worth paying attention to. Able to keep even the most neutral schemes interesting, its tactile presence evokes warmth and comfort in a different, but equally important, way than color.