You don’t really want to match all your furniture – dull, dull, dull. Try to harmonize the different pieces so they blend together as if a first-rate eye has selected them over a period of time. Such matching mismatched furnishings is a hot trend now and it’s getting more and more popularity. If you want your home to look modern and trendy, avoid boring matching furniture and read these tips on mixing different ones.
Stick To A Common Denominator
The danger in not having matching furniture pieces is that everything is an accent piece. Choose a common thing and stick to it, the common denominator could be style or period, silhouette and form, or color palette. For example, if you like mixing styles, it would be best to stick to a monochromatic scheme. The style, the finish, the color, the heft and scale of the furniture should be somewhere in the same neighborhood so they harmonize in your room. Color is usually the easiest staple for your home decor, it’s very easy to keep the furniture in the same color, you may even reupholster or repaint the pieces to match them.
Choose a period or an epoch as your common denominator and prefer furniture only from this time.
Color can be a nice denominator, which is veyr easy to apply while decorating, here it's mustard.
Boho style with a natural feel is the staple of this interior, and the furniture is harmonized.
Eclectics here is done in a very harmonious way and the denominator is the same upholstery fabric.
Fabric chosen for the upholstery of these items is the same, and this velvet ties up the mismatched furniture.
Velvet and decorative nails tie these jewel tone pieces together and make a cool look.
The ottoman and chair are tied together with the same type of fabric, yet they feature different prints.
These totally different furniture items are from the same epoch, which makes them more matching.
Go For Color Repetition
Color repetition is a secret weapon when it comes to making your mismatched miscellany look good together, even if you can’t decide upon a basic theme for the room. Pick a color from upholstery, a rug or a photo and repeat it somewhere else in the room, such as on a lamp or even a set of placemats. If the room already has loads of unmatching colors – for instance, one with an eclectic or Bohemian theme – find an area rug or large painting that features some of the same hues to tie the look together. Even if your space is very colorful, you’ll easily find a way to staple it and tie the pieces together.
The pink chair echoes with the ottoman and pillows on the sofa to tie them all up.
Even if all your chairs are different, you may paint them in the same color to match them.
A white ottoman, lounger, table and lamp all staple the living room decor,and blues add color.
An orange chair matches the pendant lamps and some throws on the chairs to make the space harmonious.
Pendant lamps are echoing the chair and even some tableware to create a chic beach space.
Navy pillows and stools are matching, so the stools look matching with the sofas.
colorful and mismathing upholstery can be a staple for mismatching chairs andcontain the same colors.
Various shades of purple and pink eccho very well with each other uniting the space.
Find Linking Elements
Throw pillows offer one of the easiest ways to tie together the look of a room, even if the sofa and armchairs don’t match. If the sofa came with a few matching throw pillows, place those on nearby unmatched chairs. The main rule is to pick pillows with colors and patterns that look good with one another, and when paired with the furniture.
You may also link the spaces with prints, chandeliers, shades and many other items finding those that are echoing with each other. Make your space bold, trendy and creative!
Purples and yellow make the mismatching furniture matching and diamond upholstery adds to it.
A yellow sofa and yellow pillows tie up the different sofas together making them more matching.
A floral print chair and matching pillows instantly match the mismatching furniture (mismatched colorful photo frames also looks great).
Floral printed upholstery is a good idea to staple mismatching chairs and give them a more united look.