Texturize It
One of the things I notice most this time of the year (especially seeing as I live in the frozen north) is how texture comes to play in my garden. Most gardeners plan to have interest throughout the year, not just when thing are green and blooming. We want interest in the winter as well. This happens by making sure we have plants and trees in our gardens that create a visual and textural interest. As I’m looking out into my garden enjoying all this texture I realize that this philosophy works just as well inside as it does out.
Of course you can add texture inside your home through furniture choices, accent pieces, pillows, candles but I think the best and easiest way is to add texture through an area rug. By bringing in texture to your floor, you ground your room and begin to set a palette that can work its way up into the entire space.
The obvious place to look for texture in an area rug is with sisal and other grass type rugs. These are great because they are so flat they can serve as a base for other rugs and layers in a room. One other great thing about natural fibers found in sisal area rugs is that they are renewable and green, making them the perfect choice for those of us trying to be more environmentally friendly.
Another great way to add texture to a floor is with a shag rug. These rugs come in all sorts of fibers and colors and make a great textural statement. Today’s shags aren’t like those of the 70’s they come in more modern colors and can be found in a myriad of fibers making it easy to fit a shag area rug into any budget.
Finally, the reason we notice texture is because we usually play two different textures off one another. So, if you have a heavily textured floor already (like maybe a natural hickory wood floor) why not go the opposite way with your texture and add something smooth or solid in way of an area rug. But playing one off the other you will begin to notice the beauty of each part more clearly.
I hope that my observations of my garden and my translation into the interior of your home via area rugs helps give you some jumping off points on how to begin to use texture inside.
Of course you can add texture inside your home through furniture choices, accent pieces, pillows, candles but I think the best and easiest way is to add texture through an area rug. By bringing in texture to your floor, you ground your room and begin to set a palette that can work its way up into the entire space.
The obvious place to look for texture in an area rug is with sisal and other grass type rugs. These are great because they are so flat they can serve as a base for other rugs and layers in a room. One other great thing about natural fibers found in sisal area rugs is that they are renewable and green, making them the perfect choice for those of us trying to be more environmentally friendly.
Another great way to add texture to a floor is with a shag rug. These rugs come in all sorts of fibers and colors and make a great textural statement. Today’s shags aren’t like those of the 70’s they come in more modern colors and can be found in a myriad of fibers making it easy to fit a shag area rug into any budget.
Finally, the reason we notice texture is because we usually play two different textures off one another. So, if you have a heavily textured floor already (like maybe a natural hickory wood floor) why not go the opposite way with your texture and add something smooth or solid in way of an area rug. But playing one off the other you will begin to notice the beauty of each part more clearly.
I hope that my observations of my garden and my translation into the interior of your home via area rugs helps give you some jumping off points on how to begin to use texture inside.
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