This latest installment of our quarterly series with the designer takes a deep dive into how materials and shapes add spice to multifamily. Think of pattern and texture as a spice that is one part of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mixing patterns is one of those decorating skills that can separate the amateur from the professional interior designer. When it's ...

Pattern mixing is a creative decor trend that breathes life and infuses an eclectic personality into your interiors. Typically, patterns exist in isolation, only one particular pattern paired with a ...

Florals, stripes, leopards and plaids—a cocktail of prints gives a room a made-for-you depth. But there’s a fine line between chic personality and chaotic clashing. “You need to practice restraint in ...

FORMAL BUT whimsical, the dining room in Chris Barnes and Maisha Closson’s home in Los Angeles’s West Adams neighborhood bursts with wildly disparate design references. How did local designer Dee ...

Dorothy Draper, the mother of American interior design, was a master at mixing patterns, with her liberal use of motifs and colors. She paired glossy black-and-white checkered floors and thick-striped ...

Mixing patterns is one of those decorating skills that can separate the amateur from the professional interior designer. When it's done well, it also distinguishes a harmonious space from a chaotic ...