6 ways to match throw pillow covers with your home décor (and decorate like a pro)

Decorating with throw pillow covers is an easy, inexpensive way to add personality and style to your home. Having a selection of extra throw covers on hand allows you to wake up tired décor and give any room a quick refresh.

Some people change their pillow covers with the season. Others change them whenever they want a chic new look that takes minutes to achieve.

Throw pillow covers truly are the decorator’s dream accessory. Here are a few tips on how to match pillow covers with your home décor and decorate like a pro.

1. Create your color story

You may have heard of the rule of three in design. When you group an odd number of accessories together (3-5), a natural-looking design is achieved.

The same theory applies when you choose colors in a room. Choosing 3 colors in a space can create a lovely color story.

There’s no need to limit your color choices to 3, but it’s a good idea to select 3 dominant colors and enhance them by adding accessories such as curtains, wall art or an area rug featuring one or all 3 of the colors in your color story.

2. Pull colors and shapes from your current decor

Buy a statement rug featuring bold colors and a geometric pattern reflected in the pattern and color on the cushion cover. Add a pink ottoman and the entire room sings.

If you’re not creating a look from scratch and are working with your existing decor, choose 3 different colors from items in your room to incorporate in your throw pillow covers.

For a living room, you could pull colors from upholstered furniture. In a bedroom, look to your bed linens for inspiration.

Other color sources can include the paint color on your walls, a color from your curtains, planters, wall art or colors in your area rug.

If you have a patterned sofa, abstract wall art or bold wallpaper and don’t want to add another busy pattern to your space, choose solid pillows that mimic the colors or patterns in your current decor.

Solid pillow covers need not be boring. You can choose solid pillows in different fabrics. Let’s say you have a patterned sofa in shades of navy, yellow and green and you decide to highlight those colors in your room.

You could choose to add two navy corduroy pillows and a green velvet pillow on your sofa, with a rose knitted pillow on a club chair.

Or, you can opt for one color in several fabrics; navy corduroy, navy velvet, navy knitted. The options are…
 
 
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