Mix and Match 101: How to Add Pattern the Right Way

Photo by: Thomas Loof

Blend Similar Patterns

If you're nervous about using patterns, start off with similar patterns such as the blue-and-white florals in this Fort Wayne, Indiana, guest bedroom. "I chose the large-scale, stronger blue one first and put it on the walls where you could really enjoy it. Then I put the smaller-scale, slightly faded pattern on the bed and chair to give a bit of relief for the eye and to highlight the shapes of the

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Photo by: Thomas Loof

Blend Similar Patterns

If you're nervous about using patterns, start off with similar patterns such as the blue-and-white florals in this Fort Wayne, Indiana, guest bedroom. "I chose the large-scale, stronger blue one first and put it on the walls where you could really enjoy it. Then I put the smaller-scale, slightly faded pattern on the bed and chair to give a bit of relief for the eye and to highlight the shapes of the tufted furniture," Markham Roberts says. The walls are covered in Waverly's Lightfoot House Companion and the bed and chair are upholstered in Bennison's Chinese Paper.

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