"There's an Art to Combinging Patterns in Decor"

Color and Scale are important design ingredients in combining prints.

Medium prints with large prints, light and darker colors combined

together, make an interesting mix.

The photo above hosts six different patterns that all combine well

together. The over sized upholstered headboard has a large faded

Tahitian plantation print, the contrast of the lotus flower embroidered

pillow gives the bed a lively accent. The Roman shade has an even

larger print in an unexpected silver modern damask pattern. The

throw pillows on the velvet settee are a smaller scale than any other

pattern you see in the room. The rug has an exaggerated flower

pattern that creates a calming feel. The sixth pattern

is the very modern art piece on the wall above the settee.To

see dramatic before and after photos of this room visit:

Kimberlee Jaynes Interior Designs, Inc.

Bidget Otto (who writes a great design blog!) from the Oregonian

wrote about combining patterns in the Home & Garden magazine.

The photo ( featured in the article ) of the yellow patterned sofa

combined with two patterned pillows was from a home I designed

in the west hills for a young couple. I love to mix patterns...it takes

a certain brave client to allow you to run free!