Designer pillows can transform the interior of any room, whether it’s a living room or a bedroom, a children's room or a kitchen. They serve as bright accent points, a connecting link between the basic colors of fabrics, curtains and wallpaper. They are needed not only for comfort while sitting on the couch or lying on the bed, but also for beauty, creating a cozy atmosphere in the room.
Recently, many decorate the room with such soft and original details that visually connect different elements of the decor, can emphasize the style of the room. Replacing the design pillows with others, you completely change the appearance of the room, while the rest of the environment can be left untouched. You can change the material of products, depending on the seasons. For example, in summer it is more pleasant to touch cotton or linen, silk or satin. On cold evenings, it is good to hug a pillow made of wool or fur, in a knitted cover or felt.
In the article, we consider the types of designer decorative pillows, their features, how to choose the most suitable option for your decor. Consider the original forms of products and materials from which you can create them yourself. We will give useful tips regarding the selection of colors so that the pillows effectively fit into the interior.
Sofa cushions
Let's see how best to pick up beautiful designer pillows on the sofa in the living room. If the furniture has a calm and plain upholstery, then you can afford to decorate it with bright, colorful products that will give the appearance a cheerful touch. You can combine pillows of different sizes and colors, square, rectangular and round shapes, choosing covers in accordance with the shade of the sofa and curtains.
If the upholstery of the sofa is colorful and bright, it will be appropriate to choose plain pillows and rollers that will give the appearance of the room elegance and nobility.
Pillows stacked in even rows or carelessly scattered look beautiful. You can alternate large and small products, as well as the shape of the pillows. The main thing is not to overdo it so that it doesn’t turn out to be messy.
Variety of models
Design pillows can be absolutely any shape: square and round, rectangular and multifaceted, in the shape of a cylinder and a cube, twisted from thin tubes and sewn according to the original patterns - in the shape of a flower, heart or animal shape.
Especially diverse are the pillows in the nursery. There are pillows-toys of the most unusual form, for example, an ice-cream pillow or a cloud. In the room of a teenager who is fond of music, you can pick up products in the form of a guitar or a drum. For a teenage girl, buy a heart or flower, butterfly, or donut product.
Pillows with applique
Often, designer pillows are made with applique from different types of fabrics, with the addition of threads and ribbons, edging with tassels or fringe. Interesting look products made from sheets of felt. From such a universal, soft and skin-friendly material, you can create absolutely any pattern, be it a flower or an animal figure.
If you decide to sew unique pillows for your living room or bedroom on your own, then use the colors of the bedspread or curtains to harmoniously fit into the interior of the room. Recently, the patchwork style is popular, that is, patchwork sewing of pillow covers. Such products will look especially impressive on a plain sofa or a bedroom bedspread.
Pillow Cushions
Although products of this shape are not as popular in our country as their square counterparts, the rollers are very convenient for both sofas and bedrooms. If the sofa has wooden armrests, then the roller can be positioned along them so that it is softer to lean on the hands. Thin rollers can be placed on the windowsills in the winter, so as not to blow from the window.
Soft cushions are placed under the back or sleeping with them, throwing a leg or arm on it. There are orthopedic rollers for the back, which are placed on the chairs. The selection of such products is extremely large. It can be dense plain, colored or combined products, delicate, from satin or silk, decorated with lace or edging.
Round pillows
Designer pillows look beautiful (photo below in the article) of a round shape, which have different design of the front, back and side. Sew them both from monophonic fabric, and using bright inserts by sectors.
The assembled products look spectacular, where talented craftsmen performed the original pattern with the help of fabric folds. You can fold the round part, and draw the sides out of another fabric evenly. A mandatory element of round products is the central part in the form of a button, which holds the shape and is the accent point of the pillow.
Large floor products
An active child can purchase or sew a large pillow on the floor from a dense but soft fabric in the nursery. The kid will not sit on the cold floor, but on a beautiful flower, as in the photo below.
You can make such a pillow at home, it will be enough to come up with an original shape, draw a drawing of the future product on a sheet of paper, purchase the material of the right colors and choose a filler. It can be foam rubber or synthetic winterizer folded in several layers.
Chair cushion
Pillows twisted in turns from foam-lined pipes made of foam cloth look original. They can be of different colors and sizes. It is convenient to put them under the back on a chair or even on the floor.
The material from which the pipe is sewn is most often used dense and plain, so it is easy to choose a product for your room.
Curved small pillow
Such a small pillow can be used in different ways. It is convenient to take it with you on the road, put it under the back of a tired driver or just put it under your neck during sleep with osteochondrosis of the cervical vertebrae.
Such pillows are sewn mainly from natural fabrics so as not to irritate the skin.
Baby Designer Pillows
In the crib, you can buy or sew a long and thin pillow that will bend around the entire side, protecting the child from bumps on wooden furniture lattices.
You can pick up pillows of various shapes. This is a caterpillar from individual segments, as in the photo above, a giraffe or other animals.
As you can see from the article, designers invent new unique pillow models every year, so the choice depends only on your preferences and purpose of the products.