9 Key Cushion-Picking Strategies
Putting the finishing touch on your living room is easy with the right cushions, but if you get it wrong – look out!
You can fill a living room with beautiful, expensive furniture to your heart’s content, but be warned: if you get the accessories wrong, the room will fall well short of meeting its full potential. Cushions are one accessory you can’t afford to mess up – they can make or break this important room of the house. Luckily, these tips will have your living room looking like it’s just stepped out of a photo shoot … no matter what style you’re going for.
2. Pick up the tones in an artwork
The mismatched cushions in this eclectic, yet upmarket, living room tie in beautifully with the colour and detail found in the funky artwork. If a picture sets the tone for the whole room at your house, it will pay to play along and decorate the space around it.
The mismatched cushions in this eclectic, yet upmarket, living room tie in beautifully with the colour and detail found in the funky artwork. If a picture sets the tone for the whole room at your house, it will pay to play along and decorate the space around it.
4. Make use of the rug
The black-and-white rug dominates this living room, and why shouldn’t it – it’s drop-dead gorgeous. Avoid cushion colour, shape and design that competes for attention when there’s already a star in the room. These striped cushions complement the rug rather than taking away from it.
The black-and-white rug dominates this living room, and why shouldn’t it – it’s drop-dead gorgeous. Avoid cushion colour, shape and design that competes for attention when there’s already a star in the room. These striped cushions complement the rug rather than taking away from it.
5. Put them in sophisticated pairs
These plump cushions draw inspiration from the black and natural timber hues elsewhere in the room, and they stand out nicely against the white couch. Pairing cushions together and positioning them at intervals can make a room feel all grown up and stylish.
These plump cushions draw inspiration from the black and natural timber hues elsewhere in the room, and they stand out nicely against the white couch. Pairing cushions together and positioning them at intervals can make a room feel all grown up and stylish.
6. Consider if you really need cushions
This pastel-toned marvel needs nothing else to bring it to life. When you look at your living room, would cushions add something to the space or create clutter?
This pastel-toned marvel needs nothing else to bring it to life. When you look at your living room, would cushions add something to the space or create clutter?
7. Choose a shade you love as a centrepiece
That throw is as eye catching for its texture as it is for its colour, and the block cushion covers play it up brilliantly. Likewise, the chevron cushion picks up the colour in that amazing floor rug. The more muted tones in the rest of the room allow the accent colours to shine.
That throw is as eye catching for its texture as it is for its colour, and the block cushion covers play it up brilliantly. Likewise, the chevron cushion picks up the colour in that amazing floor rug. The more muted tones in the rest of the room allow the accent colours to shine.
8. Keep to a theme
If you love all things vintage, take the time to track down cushions that also hail from days gone by. If you can’t find true vintage cushions, source vintage or look-alike fabric and make your own.
If you love all things vintage, take the time to track down cushions that also hail from days gone by. If you can’t find true vintage cushions, source vintage or look-alike fabric and make your own.
9. Lighten up with playful shapes
Why stick to rectangles and squares when there’s so much fun to be had with other, more delightful, shapes? It makes me smile that two of the chickens on this creative couch look so content and happy just being together – isn’t that what we should all be aspiring to feel when we’re sitting with someone we love?
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What kind of cushions would take pride of place in your dream living room? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Why stick to rectangles and squares when there’s so much fun to be had with other, more delightful, shapes? It makes me smile that two of the chickens on this creative couch look so content and happy just being together – isn’t that what we should all be aspiring to feel when we’re sitting with someone we love?
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What kind of cushions would take pride of place in your dream living room? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
When you’re keeping to a refined or restrained colour palette, as in this room, mix and match cushion design and size rather than complicating the space with more colour. None of the cushions match in this living area, but the bold designs are a perfect fit for the other tones in the room.