How to Add Quilt-Inspired Patterns to Every Room in Your Home

How to Add Quilt-Inspired Patterns to Every Room in Your Home

Here's how to combine varied paints, wallpapers, and fabrics to create a colorful country interior that uses the traditional art of patchwork as its starting point.

Create a patchwork piece of art by using ordinary household paints to form geometric shapes in toning shades. This is also a good way to unite different colors in a room–part-painted wooden chairs add to the effect.

Here, bold toning blocks of color have been used for the walls, cushions, and curtains to create a distinctive combination.

Stacked wooden boxes offer a flexible storage system and can be backed with wallpaper offcuts to form an eye-catching display.

Give plain linen curtains a cool, contemporary look by adding a wide band of fabric in a toning shade to create a deep border.

Back plain cushions with a contrasting fabric for a versatile option that instantly gives a room a different look when reversed.

Random patterns, such as these floor tiles, can be mixed and matched most easily by keeping to one uniting color.

A cheat's patchwork curtain and bedcovers made from two similarly patterned fabrics add interest to this children's bedroom.

Not ready to embrace patchwork completely? These four simple patchwork projects will help get you started.

Appliqué an assortment of frayed plain and patterned fabric squares onto a background textile that has a repeat design, such as this hand-printed curtain (above), for a simple patchwork effect.

Draw a grid of 10-centimeter squares on a blank canvas, then divide each into six smaller triangles. Mask the edges of all the triangles to be painted in the first color with low-tack tape, then paint. Leave to dry, peel away the tape, and repeat until all triangles are painted.

Use wallpapers in a variety of different patterns and tones to make decorative collages by lining wall shelves, boxes, or cupboards with your favorite prints.

Instead of painting a piece of furniture with a solid coat of eggshell, try confining color to certain areas only (such as the legs or back), leaving the remainder bare for a striking dipped look.

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