2 Purposes of Throw Pillows: Part # 2

Despite the current economic climate, there are ways you can attain a beautiful home. The secret is to add throw pillows to your space. They are a cost-effective way to enhance your living space. By incorporating some well-selected throw pillows, you can effortlessly introduce texture and colour to your rooms, resulting in a luxurious and welcoming ambience. You don’t have to undertake expensive renovations to attain a beautiful home interior. Minor updates can create a significant difference over time, and the advantage of using throw pillows is that they offer an economical way to make an impact. It is one way to completely change the look and feel of your home without touching any of your existing furniture.

Definition of Throw Pillows

So, what is a throw pillow? Throw pillows are a type of soft furnishing that is used to enhance a room’s comfort, style, and ambiance. These textile-based decor items, including throw pillows, are designed to add colour, comfort, and texture to a sofa or bed. They serve both functional and aesthetic purposes in interior design. In simple terms, a throw pillow is a decorative cushion or accent pillow used to add beauty and comfort to a room.

The last post discussed how pillows add meaning by symbolically telling the story of the Christmas season. Part 1 considered the functional purpose of throw pillows. For example, they can support your back when you are sitting. Click the following link to learn more about these 2 purposes of throw pillows. https://lynteriors.wordpress.com/2023/12/21/what-are-2-purposes-of-throw-pillows-one-purpose-is-to-support-your-christmas-theme/

When decorating with throw pillows, one of the most exciting aspects is the ability to mix and match different colours and textures. When you carefully select and arrange a collection of throw pillows, you can create a visually appealing and stylish look. In this context, let’s explore two tips and ideas or two aesthetic purposes for using throw pillows:

1. the first tip is to use them to support the colour scheme of your room
2. the second tip is to use them to add texture to your space.

#1: Pillows Support the Colour Scheme

Colour coordination of a colour scheme is a crucial element of interior design. It refers to the art of blending the colours of various items in a room to form a cohesive and visually pleasing appearance. If executed correctly, colour coordination can help to create a feeling of warmth and comfort in a room. Throw pillows can help with colour coordination. Since throw pillows add colour to a room, they are a cost-effective way of achieving a harmonious colour scheme that ties the room together and helps with colour coordination.

Analogous Colour Scheme

Homeowners, like yourselves, often have different colour preferences, which I have found holds in my home. My husband likes warm and cozy colours like yellow or orange, while I prefer neutral colours like white because it provides a light, airy and peaceful atmosphere. To satisfy our preferences, I added a mix of warm-coloured white pillows to the furniture in our great room. Surprisingly, the decorative pillows reflect my husband’s and my personality and preferences. So we feel more comfortable in the room. Ultimately, the interior design of a room should be a reflection of both your personalities and preferences.

This room has neutral colours such as beige, brown and white but also an analogous colour scheme involving yellow and green. The yellow, dijon mustard-colour and green home decor items help tie the room together. For example, in the photo, you can see a light mustard-yellow pillow on the sofa, which is barely noticeable. The light mustard-yellow pillow helps to tie in the light yellow metals in the room, creating a colour rhythm that helps bring harmony to the room.

Here is the same room with the chairs moved around. We interior designers love to move home furnishings around! As you can see in the photo below, the darker mustard-yellow coloured portions of the bowl and mustard-coloured throw pillows create another colour rhythm. The dark and light mustard-coloured throw pillows play an important part in tying all these design pieces and, thus, the room together.

Monochromatic Colour Scheme

Below is an image of the same room with a monochromatic green colour scheme. The armchairs are rearranged, and the view of the room is slightly different. However, despite these changes, the room remains the same as before. Every other colour in the room is neutral, such as white, beige and brown.

In this version of the room, the pillows have a white and green colour scheme. Various shades of green are on the furniture, wall art, plants, and one of the books on the coffee table. This colour combination creates a minimalist and restful look. The only significant difference between the two rooms is the colour of the throw pillows.

As you can see, the colour of the throw pillows can significantly affect the mood, style, and colour scheme of the room. Furthermore, you can create a cohesive look by matching your pillows with your furniture, walls, or decor accents, as I did in our family room pictured below. Which of the two rooms do you prefer? The room is undergoing redecoration, and I plan to add a new rug to complete the look. So stay tuned for that post.

#2: Textured Throw Pillows Add Interest

Textures are valuable assets in your affordable interior design toolbox. They are frequently used in interior design to add contrast and visual interest to a space. Texture is not only about how decor and soft furnishings feel, but texture also includes visual texture. Texture refers to the surface of a fabric, including how it looks and feels when touched. Adding throw pillows to your decor can also increase the texture of a space, making it more tactile and visually appealing. Without texture, a space can appear flat and one-dimensional. Including textures helps to prevent this from happening.

Textures such as fabrics can add physical comfort, warmth, an organic element, and visual interest to a space. Like colourful throw pillows, textures on the textiles can also bring style to a room. It works in even the most minimalist of spaces and designs. When it comes to visual texture, the texture of the fabric can appear smooth, nubby, slubby, velvety, woven, or rough.

They are a must-have in a white or neutral-coloured room as they provide depth. To give your space a captivating look, use a variety of textures. The material’s feel and appearance impact the atmosphere you’re trying to create. A room with different shades of white can lack visual interest unless you introduce different textures. Texture is the key to adding interest to a predominantly white area.

Furthermore, when designing a room with a monochromatic colour scheme, to add interest, it’s important to incorporate different textures. For example, when I decorated my great room with a green monochromatic colour scheme, I realized it needed some texture to prevent it from appearing flat. To create contrast against the smooth and grainy-looking leather and the smooth velvet furniture in the room, I had a white boucle and linen throw pillows made. I created visual depth and interest by mixing pillows with different textures.

The photo above of the nubby or knobby boucle with the slubby or uneven woven-looking linen sitting side by side on our leather sofa adds depth and dimension to our great room. As you can see from the photo, Throw pillows can add texture and dimension to a space, transforming it from flat and bland to rich and inviting. Combine pillows with smooth velvet textures with pillows featuring textured weaves such as boucle and linen. The contrast adds dimension and makes the arrangement more visually appealing.

Throw pillows can also add texture to your decor, making it more tactile and visually appealing. Choosing pillows with different fabric textures such as velvet, faux fur, or woven materials can instantly elevate the overall look and feel of a room. They provide a sensory experience, making your space feel more luxurious and inviting.

The photo above of the nubby or knobby boucle with the slubby or uneven woven-looking linen sitting side by side on our leather sofa adds depth and dimension to our great room. As you can see from the photo, throw pillows can add texture and dimension to a space, transforming it from flat and bland to rich and inviting.

Linen Throw Pillows

As seen in the photo below, the linen pillows and boucle throw blanket with a rough texture stood out prominently against the velvet furniture. The velvet armchair had a plush raised pile, which gave it a luxurious look and a soft and smooth feel. The contrast between the velvet and slubby texture of linen added interest to the armchair and the room. Linen has a woven texture created by thickened yarn in random areas, resulting in an uneven or rough-looking texture. These thickened and raised areas add visual interest. However, the linen blends, like the lumbar pillow mentioned here, are often luxuriously smooth and soft to the touch.

The pillow has a relaxed, casual, yet sophisticated feel that makes it perfect for a great room or family room. It was tough to capture in the photo, but the image below gives you an idea of what I mean. The slubby, rough woven textured linen lumbar pillows add a contrasting texture to the smooth-looking velvet armchair behind it.

Boucle Throw Pillows

Bouclé fabric is known for its unique look, characterized by a curly and knotted appearance. The loops in the yarn create a more rough and textured surface that is visually appealing. The loops are easily visible, creating a nubby texture that sets bouclé apart from other textiles. This fabric has a fuzzy appearance that adds to its sophistication and luxury. Bouclé’s textured appearance gives it a distinctive and rich look unmatched by other fabrics.

The texture of bouclé fabric creates an alluring surface that invites touch. Despite its knobby or lumpy appearance, it feels soft to the touch. The photo above shows a boucle pillow with a characteristic knobby or popcorn-like appearance. And despite its coarse texture appearance, the loops provide a plush and cozy feel, making it exceptionally comfortable to lean against or touch. Bouclé fabric offers a welcoming and comforting experience, and boucle fabrics add an element of coziness to home decor items like throw pillows.

Combining bouclé fabric with other materials, such as leather and linen, can create a beautiful contrast and add depth to any design. In the photo below, you can see the subtly- grainy but smooth texture of our leather sofa. The leather sofa contrasts with the highly textured nubby bouclé throw pillow and the slubby linen pillow. These textures combined can add a magical touch to any room.

Summary:

Throw pillows are a great way to add texture to a room. You can also mix pillows with different textures to create more visual interest and depth in your room decor. Combining pillows made of different textured weaves, such as boucle and linen, can create a lovely effect when placed against the smoother textures of velvet or leather, as shown in the post. By selecting pillows with various fabric textures, like linen and boucle, you can achieve a multi-layered look that is visually appealing and adds depth to your room’s design. Additionally, textured pillows offer a tactile experience that adds another layer of comfort to your room.

A second purpose of throw pillows is that the colour of your throw pillows can support the colour scheme of your space. Since colours help tie the room together, the colour of your throw pillows helps do that. And the colour of your accent pillows can affect the style and mood of your room. Furthermore, the colour of your decorative pillows reflects your personality by expressing which colours you prefer. They create a sense of colour harmony and balance in neutral-coloured rooms or rooms with a monochromatic colour scheme. Finally, choosing the appropriate coloured accent pillows for your furniture can create a cohesive interior design and add a polished look to your space.

Finally, throw pillows are a cost-effective way to add colour and texture to your room. So, throw pillows have aesthetic value that does not break the bank.

It’s easy to overlook the intricacies of texture without an interior designer by your side. And it can be daunting to pick a colour scheme for your space. So, if you need help, I am here for you. Lynteriors offers colour consultations, redecorating advice, full-service interior design and more. Click the following link to find out more about the packages Lynteriors offers. https://lynteriors.wordpress.com/work-with-me/