Soft furnishings
Soft furnishings help make staying in the new going out
The final step with decorating a room is to add the finishing touches with some soft furnishings. Whether your soft furnishings consist of bed linen or cushions, the right colour scheme and suitable fabrics will bring your rooms to life. Soft furnishings help to bring many different aspects together and are of major importance to completing or revamping a room.
When choosing your soft furnishings, consider the way that shapes, patterns and colours interact with each other for the perfect look. Soft furnishings can draw every aspect of the room together and display it in such a way as it is pleasing to the eye.
Choosing your soft furnishings
Once you have a theme in mind, there is nothing more exciting than watching the whole ensemble come together. Soft furnishings are fun to choose and give you a lot of scope regarding prices and style. The good thing about soft furnishings is the fact that they can transform a room even if you cannot afford to buy everything from new. A simple throwover, will modernise a tatty sofa and could even become a central feature. By co-ordinating your soft furnishings in black and white, you can create the ultimate romantic look, blend in some mirrors and lots of clear glass to create an illusion of space.
Soft furnishings for every room in the house
Soft furnishings come in a huge array of fabrics. For the bedroom, silk has its own distinctive charm and beauty. Taffeta and damask are great materials for table linen and crotchets and tapestries are great materials for soft furnishings in the living room or bedrooms. When it comes to soft furnishings, you can completely change the look of a room with a few well chosen items. For example, a hardwood or laminate floor looks absolutely fabulous with a new rug and the good thing about soft furnishings is that they are so versatile. If you are bored with you’re your old curtains, why not make your soft furnishings snazzier by replacing them with Roman blinds. Even soft furnishings on a budget can be made to look good. Use your imagination and allow your soft furnishings to enrich a room.
Soft furnishings and some corsage magic
A way to revamp your soft furnishings is to add a corsage to scatter cushions or add an iron-on adhesive velvet band to the bottom of plain curtains. By painting a room in a neutral colour, you can really experiment with some great soft furnishings and even create a new look every season by alternating colour schemes and patterns. With neutrals, your soft furnishings can mix and match with spots and stripes, tartan and florals or try blending some clever texture combinations. Look for materials to mix and match for up to date modern soft furnishings and let the colours and textures speak for themselves.
Complementing your soft furnishings
If you cannot afford new lamps or ornaments to complement your soft furnishings, pay a visit to your local charity shop where you can pick up some real bargains.
Stuck for ideas? Try looking through magazines as they often present some great design ideas for soft furnishings which you could replicate. Soft furnishings give you the chance to express yourself.Cushions and lamps create the perfect mood in your home and often the soft furnishings make the difference.
Which design and colour should you opt for when choosing your soft furnishings?
Try to opt for colours which suit your personality. For soft furnishings such as curtains, you can try out colour swatches as it is vital that the design/colour looks just as good in your home as does in store. If you are trying to blend your soft furnishings with your walls or carpets, then a swatch is definitely worthwhile.
Practicalities when choosing your soft furnishings
Do you live on your own or with children or pets? Do you entertain often and does your room catch the sun? These are all important points to consider when choosing your soft furnishings as they will affect the life of your goods.
Children vs your soft furnishings, who will win?
If you have children, make it a point to test the durability of your soft furnishings by doing a rub test. Those fabrics which can withstand 20,000 rubs are said to be the most suited to harsher treatment. People often make the mistake of assuming that soft furnishings in the higher price bracket can automatically withstand a lot of wear but this isn’t always the case.
An important point about soft furnishings is the fact that new style collections are constantly being introduced. So if you have a particular bedspread or cushions which blend beautifully and you want to re-buy a new set later on, you may find that the range has been discontinued. A good tip is to buy an extra set of your favourite soft furnishings at the time of purchase to avoid the possibility of disappointment later on.
At Cushion Emporium, we understand all about mixing and matching your soft furnishings. We have soft furnishings of all kinds waiting to add that special touch. Choose from our range of soft furnishings and watch your house transform into a home.