How to Mix Patterns Like the Pros

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Dandylion Designs "Fandango" with Casadeco "Moire" 

Combining prints brings excitement to a room—but how do you make it work? Set small patterns against large ones, limit your palette, and include one big solid (on sofa, floor, or wall) in the scene.

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Try starting out with 3 varying scaled patterns. Try a large floral, one medium geometric and one small classic pattern or stripe to work with. 

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Kit Kemp, design director of the Firmdale Hotel group in London, is a renowned master of mixing colors and patterns. She suggests to begin with selecting a large-scale print with several colors , then build off the colours from within this. Make sure to counter big, bold patterns with areas of solid color or neutrals.

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Flower Power

Flower Power!

Adding cut flowers is the quickest and easiest way to add life to any room.
It just makes your home prettier!

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It seems like a simple tip, but adding floral arrangements, live plants and natural items such as vases of shells or rocks, can really add that final touch to your interior scheme. (Freshome.com)

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As if you needed any more reasons to add flowers to your home, researchers claim that smelling floral scents can to put us in a good mood and make us feel less anxious and stressed. Bonus! 

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Different types of flowers can have different affects on your mood, less saturated and brighter colors are generally more relaxing, while bold saturated colors will energize you. (huffingtonpost.com)

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