Texture…..

How important is texture in my a home?

Very.

Texture warms up a space and keeps it interesting.  It also prevents that space from feeling cold or sterile or in my opinion, too slick or smooth.  Am I making a sense that’s not??  Follow along for a bit and I will show you.  I have been focusing on bringing texture in to every room in this house since last November.  It’s a small thing but once I zeroed in on it I realized it’s impact.

This is my front door and yes  know I need to repaint it.

Onward……. Looking straight at the door you have several smooth surfaces:  siding, door and trim.  That big antique basket provides lots of texture and those tulips spilling out of it all over the place give the arrangement movement.

I LLOOVVEE this thing!

I found it for $5 at the Fletcher Goodwill.  All of the tulips are from various places, Michaels, Walmart and Dollar General.

This BIG basket that I sewed the pompoms on is now up in our bathroom holding a  pile of fluffy  bath towels right beside  the tub.   You can read about the entire pompom project here:

Where There Is A Will…….

This woven tray was a $3 find at Habitat.  I like the texture of it and the color against the white sofa the dark smooth finish of this black end table.  Plus corralling accessories and the lamp in that tray keeps things tidy.

The kitchen is probably the toughest place for me to work in texture.  Because of the major activities in this room (cooking, washing, eating) there are a lot of smooth surfaces necessary to keep it clean.  I have found that the most simple was to worm up this space is with linens.    These striped place mats really fit that bill.  They were from TJMaxx, 4 for about $10.

Then there’s my new (to me any way!) chairs.

Big Daddy is  very skeptical ya’ll.

God bless him…….  I will share more about the late when my kitchen is cleaner 🙂

Pillows are probable the easiest way infuse texture in to a bedroom.  I deliberately chose fabrics for the pillows that I sewed for  our bedroom that were fairly plain.  I didn’t want anything too busy or brightly colored.  I brought in fabrics with lots of texture in there design.

The big pillow is actually made from a creamy white cotton sweater that I found at a thrift store for $3.  When I got it home I washed it in hot water and dried it in the dryer so it would shrink as much as possible.  I wanted it to tighten up and reduce the changes of stretching out of shape.  The fabric on the pillow under it came from Hobby Lobby.  It’s almost a tone on tone.  I love the quatrefoil design.

I corralled a few things with Spring in mind (green antique books and a vintage bird print ) in another thrifted tray in our living room.  Trays are a good decor investment any time.

I hope this post give ya’ll a few ideas!

Paige