{"id":2363,"date":"2012-02-11T16:27:14","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T22:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mi-ling.com\/?p=2363"},"modified":"2014-10-31T08:37:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T14:37:24","slug":"tips-on-mixing-and-matching-fabrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/tips-on-mixing-and-matching-fabrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips on mixing and matching fabrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Mi-Ling Stone Poole\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you need help blending fabrics and patterns together? Are you afraid to use a lot of color when decorating your home? If you answered yes to the above questions you\u2019re not alone. Below are some tips to help you make the right choices<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tips on mixing and matching fabrics<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t buy trendy fabrics for your main furniture pieces, (such as a sofa) instead use that fabric for your accent pieces, (such as throws and pillows).<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t mix floral prints with the same scale, (keep one a little larger or one a little\u00a0smaller).<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t use delicate fabrics on pieces that will get a\u00a0\u00a0lot of usage. Use the appropriate upholstery fabric.<br \/>\nDo one room a time.<\/li>\n<li>Blend your fabrics together by using the same color tones. They don\u2019t have to match perfectly.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Pick three colors and use them throughout your home in different variations and color schemes. If you keep things within the same color scheme it\u2019s easy to move pieces from room to room when you get bored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mi-Ling Stone Poole\u00a0\u00a0 Do you need help blending fabrics and patterns together? Are you afraid to use a lot of color when decorating your &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[848,158,847,846,849,501],"class_list":["post-2363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-mi-ling","tag-blend","tag-fabric","tag-matching","tag-mixing","tag-patterns","tag-tips"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/chair-and-throw.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2363"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363\/revisions\/2365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mi-ling.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}