Daisy Bennett Designs

Why is Eclectic Chinoiserie décor so popular? That’s simple… it never goes out of style.

It is always a classic pattern that can be interpreted into many home décor styles.

One classic Chinoiserie pattern is a scenic toile. Here we see it in the wallpaper, consisting of a Chinoiserie scene with pagodas, lotus flowers and trees.

toile wallpaper in green in a bedroom with new pillows from daisy bennett designs in Zanzibar, heron chinoiserie and watercolor

These scenic toiles often come in various colors or can be a classic one color pattern like this sage green and white Chinoiserie toile wallpaper. The beauty is that it mixes so easily with other prints and becomes a beautiful backdrop to other designs.

This room evokes interest visually by drawing your eye into the room using accent pillows.

Master pattern is the accent Heron pillow evened out with a chartreuse zebra print and abstract watercolor pillow, making colors flow effortlessly across the bed and room.

If you like pattern on pattern, this is a great example of how to create the look. Use a classic wallpaper for a backdrop and then add a texture, novelty themed pillow with a classic animal print.

The look is stylish, layered yet balanced visually on this vintage French bed. The gold highlights on the furniture bring in warmth while the white & black lamp and white dresser with gold accents updates the room creating a colorful layered eclectic Chinoiserie décor.

Wallpaper is from the Chelsea Lane Collection and the pillows you can contact me, or leave a comment below if you want to order any as they will be coming to my website soon.

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One idea for decorating is using novelty prints in your home. They help bring a color story and a theme into a rooms décor. Novelty fabrics speak wonders as they bring detail, tell a story and set the mood for the look of a room.

image of jewels of the sea pattern with text, pillow talk with novelty prints

Why Novelty Prints

Novelty prints are great because they offer so many choices for companion pillows. Get various looks by mixing a novelty print with a geometric, a textural print or plain color into your décor story.

We brought out the raspberry color to enhance the bedroom accessories as we also had a chest of drawers lacquered in a fuchsia pink and a side table. This brought out more of the raspberry and fuchsia colors into the bedroom.

bed decorated with 2 jewels of the sea pillows and accent pillow in fuchsia

Novelty prints with lots of colors lets you pick and select the color you want to feature in your living spaces.

Design Tips about Mixing Patterns

One keynote to remember is scale.

Always have a large, medium and small print when mixing patterns. This creates balance visually because if all patterns are the same size, then it distracts from your main feature pattern.

So always use a master novelty print, then a smaller companion to create visual balance. The large Euro pillows in Jewels of the Sea offer lots of possibilities because the pattern has many colors and is large in scale.

You can mix a chartreus geometric with it, a solid bolster or put a texture or smaller coral print with this type of novelty pillow. Another place novelty fabrics are great to be used are on accent chairs. You can always use the same fabric on the chair as on the main master euro pillows on the bed, this makes the pattern visually flow though out your room.

Try a novelty print fabric and bring some life and fun into your home!

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Eclectic Chinoiserie Style

Pillow Talk with Novelty Prints

Why Novelty Prints

Design Tips about Mixing Patterns