About this episode
Today we’re talking pattern, scale, rhythm, and repeats. This is a really important part of design and keeps things from looking too stale, static, or flat. Pattern preference really depends on what kind of person you are and whether you end up wanting something different down the road hinges on if you’re the kind of person that constantly needs to be changing your style (like in what you wear) or if you’re a person who always wears the same colors, jewelry, and generally stick with the same styles. We touch on a lot more with pattern and scale, which you can find below. How to do plaid without it looking like a farmhouse 5:57 Should pillows have different or repeated patterns? 9:49 How to know you won’t tire of a pattern? 11:39 Mixing contemporary and traditional 15:12 Should you repeat patterns to make things cohesive? 18:43 Carpet 19:01 Best pattern for traditional grand millennial nursery 22:17 +1:52 Combining patterns 23:31 One good tip for understanding pattern and scale 28:12 How to decide scale for furniture size vs the room 28:38 Finding scale problems in your room 33:16 Pillow sizes 35:32 Small art 36:33 When to go small 38:02 Living room lamp size 39:45 “I think as you design your home that you should think about what those memory points are gonna be because even though it’s for you, the people that come by will associate those patterns or rhythms of wall paneling or whatever it may be. They might remember your powder bath, but those things are the things that tell your story.” 5:30 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices