Mixing patterns in your kitchen can be a fun design statement, but there's an easy designer-approved rule to follow to stop ...

Layering prints and patterns is a design approach that creates a sophisticated look full of depth and dimension. When done incorrectly, however, the result can be a distracting and scattered space. To ...

There is a key rule when mixing two patterns: Avoid combining two large, busy patterns. Combine one small pattern with one that is larger and more widely spaced.

A kitchen wallpapered with 1930’s-era airplanes. Sidechairs upholstered in zebra stripes. Ikat-print fabric on a colonial settee. The most surefire way to transform a ho-hum space, a plain vanilla ...

Enter pattern drenching, the latest decor trend that brings color, contrast, and personality back into our living spaces.

Dorothy Draper, the mother of American interior design, was a master at mixing patterns, with her liberal use of motifs and colors. She paired glossy black-and-white checkered floors and thick-striped ...

The most common challenge facing any novice home decorator has got to be choosing paint color for walls. But right up there next to that is mixing patterns. "Marrying patterns is the hallmark of a ...

I thought I should cover the subject of a similar art – pattern mixing. Often attempted but rarely executed well, you may be thinking, why mix patterns in the first place? Is it better to stick with ...

Every interior design style can benefit from mixing colors and patterns, assuming it's done well. It elevates a space with visual interest, personality and energy. But a haphazard collection of prints ...

We love to mix everything from styles to colors and especially patterns. After all, new traditional design is a mix itself. It is classic and fresh, livable and luxe, formal and fun. The goal is to ...

When fashion designers first started mixing patterns, they were met with a bit of skepticism from average women. “This is all fun and games on a runway,” we said, “but I can’t really show up to work ...