How to Incorporate Texture in Your Living Room
Why add texture to interior design?
Many interior designers would say that adding texture to your space is one of the best ways to take it to another level. There are plenty of benefits: it can add depth to any room, enhance the look of your furniture and make the whole place look more cohesive. Especially in the upcoming winter months, adding a little bit of texture to your interior might visually warm up the space. And if you mix these textural elements with your personality, you will end up with an interior that is not only inviting, but personally yours.
What are the popular interior textures?
Soft Fabrics
Soft fabrics are the number one popular options people go to when they want to add texture to their space. There are plenty of reasons behind it. They are the easiest to find in stores and incorporate into our spaces. Think of soft pillows, textured rugs or velvet accent chairs. Whichever element you choose, adding them to your room will make the whole space feel more cosy.
Natural Elements
Natural elements are great if you want to expand beyond only soft fabrics, as they would stand in great contrast to them. They would bring that organic feeling to a space, while making it cosy at the same time. You can find decor items that exude this natural feeling in a way of wood frames, faux leather accent chairs or even plants.
Reflecting Surfaces
When we think about textures, we usually mean soft rughs or wood elements. But in fact, you can also add texture by incorporating light reflecting elements, such as mirrors, glass vases or other shiny decor elements. You might also find them in modern chairs, like in this Teddy Boucle Fabric White Pierina Accent Chair. Its loft-style metal legs will reflect the light in your room, while visually opening up the space. Perfect option for all the modern apartments.
How to bring texture into a living room?
Stay within a similar palette
One of the best pieces of advice when it comes to inviting more texture to your space is to remember about keeping a cohesive palette. Staying within a consistent palette will allow all elements to coexist with each other in harmony while making your space cohesive. For instance, if earthy tones are predominant in your space, think about incorporating furniture upholstered in similar colours, like this Fabric Linen Beige Selma Accent Chair. Mixing earthy tones with linen elements will make it all worth it!
Incorporate natural elements
In order to bring more variety and interest to your place, remember about incorporating natural elements (or the ones giving such an impression). Think of materials such as leather or faux leather, wood, or even plants. Even faux plants offer a variety of texture through their leaves and varied sizes. Adding natural elements will not only make your space more interesting, but will create a more calming atmosphere.
Add textured furniture
Today, more and more people opt for chairs and sofas upholstered in soft, textured fabrics. When it comes to textured furniture, one of the most popular items have been boucle chairs and sofas. They are not only visually pleasing, but will add to your comfort. Take this Teddy Boucle Fabric White Aria Accent Chair. Its modern shape and boucle upholstery will make it a focal point of your room. Putting it against a wall will make it stand out even more. Boucle sofas are also great if you have pets, as their hair usually does not stick to them that easily.
Play with scale and size
Playing with the size of your decor elements can make your space more interesting and dynamic. The best way to do it is by experimenting, mixing and matching your decor! Just pick your absolute favourite element (let it be a small rug) and play around it. You could add a nice velvet accent chair next to it, a small coffee table or a lamp. Test different variants and remember to stay patient in the process!
How many textures should you have in a room?
The only side effect of adding textures to your place is that one might go overboard and add too many of them. Which, if it was always your plan - great! However, if you don’t want to overwhelm your place, it would be best to stick to 4 textures in a room for a start. Our suggestion would be to add two soft fabrics (for instance a fuzzy rug, velvet chair, cozy throw), one natural element (wooden frames, a nice coffee table, plants) and something reflecting light (vase, mirror or a lamp). That way, all these elements will create a unified space. Remembering this strategy would be especially beneficial if you decide to add more elements or mix them together.
