This image is AI-generated inspiration, so fine pattern details may differ from the actual cushion covers.
It is quite remarkable how much new cushion colours can change a living room. The sofa and furniture stay the same, yet the look can shift from light and understated to warm and colourful.
You might start with the colour of your sofa, a cushion you want to keep, or a picture on the wall. A subtle shade in the picture can take on a whole new significance when it is echoed in your textiles.
Plain cushions bring a sense of calm alongside patterns. Sand and beige can let a patterned cushion stand out, while a deeper solid colour can highlight one of the pattern’s darker details. The same cushion cover can create quite different looks.
Colours can also flow from one end of the sofa to the other. A blue cushion at one end can sit comfortably with a golden one at the other if the cushions in between contain shades of both. In this way, the patterns create a natural transition without every cushion needing a matching partner.
Combining small, closely spaced patterns with larger motifs offers another way to add variety. Shared colours hold the arrangement together, while differences in the patterns bring it to life.
Our cushion covers are made from repurposed saris in a silk mix, a blend of silk and polyester. I chose them myself in a basement in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The saris are light and airy to wear in the heat, and now their colours and patterns are finding new life in the home.
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