How To Pick Out Beautiful Throw Pillows for The Living Room in Your Apartment?

 

Throw cushion covers have long ceased to have only a practical function. Today they are undeniably an important element of interior design, decorating any room and even setting the tone, style, and accents. When choosing decorative pillow covers for your interior, you should pay attention to several points, such as the number, size, shape, color, and fabric texture.

Keep your hands off these options:

Let us start with the contradiction. Here are the options that you should stay away from when choosing a cushion for your interior.

1. Cushions and curtains made of the same fabric

This is a common but not exceedingly popular option that has now gone out of fashion. According to current trends, decorative cushions made of the same fabric as the curtains in the room look tasteless and make the interior look old-fashioned. If you already have such pillow covers, you should replace them by decorating the old ones.

2. Cushions and furniture covers have the same fabric
It often happens that decorative cushions are included with a sofa. However, they usually look boring, as they blend in color with the sofa and make its shape irregular. In addition, this option is no longer fashionable. Nevertheless, use different printed cushion covers to create a contrast — it’s a modern trend.

3. All the cushions in the room are of the same kind
Even if you like minimalism and simplicity, do not forget to break the identical pattern of cushion covers with at least one or two others. They will stand out from them and attract attention.

Simple Rules for The Selection Of Throw Decorative Pillow Covers:

Hue contrast

Focusing on the shades of your furniture upholstery is one of the easiest ways to create an interesting set of throw cushion covers. They should simply be darker or lighter than the sofa or chairs. In a set of cushion covers, you can have both darker and lighter cushions compared to the tone of the upholstery.

Textures contrast

For example, if the upholstery of your sofa or armchair is made of simple matte fabric, add some printed cushion covers made of fabrics with embroidery, quilted cushion covers made of knitwear, tassels, or other decorations.

Colour contrast

Another way to create an interesting set of luxury cushion covers is to choose contrasting colors. For example, if you have a sofa with a warm beige cover, your cushion covers can be in dark and light shades of blue. The cool gray furniture can be decorated with red or orange sofa pillow covers with warm green elements.

Number, size, and shape of pillows

There is only one constraint in this situation: your creativity. It’s up to you whether you follow traditional rules or not. For a medium-sized sofa we recommend you should choose from 2 to 10 cushions, and for an armchair — 1 to 3. The traditional throw pillow covers are square. This shape is suitable for almost any sofa, bed, or armchair. Smaller cushions are suitable for small sofas and armchairs or a child’s room; larger pillows are suitable for large sofas, spacious rooms, or rooms furnished with large furniture.

It is better if the number of ‘unusual’ throw pillows is not more than half of the total number. In this case, they will attract attention and make the composition of the sofa and the room more interesting.