Interior Styling Tips: 5 Ways You Can Create Texture And Depth In Your Home With KOO

Ready to start decorating your new home, or are you keen to refresh your current home's style and look? An easy way to create interest is to add texture to your pivotal home spaces, like the bedroom and living room. But, what is texture in terms of home decorating? Creating texture in your home can refer to layering accessories like cushions and throws on a plain textured surface, or styling your space with standalone decorative pieces featuring artistic textured details.

At KOO, we have a beautiful range of textured home décor you can choose from to bring your artistic vision to life and create an inspiring, relaxing place for you to unwind and enjoy.

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1. A Luxe Sleeping Arrangement: Layer Your Bed Linen
2. Add Unique Rugs and Mats
3. Cosy Cushions, Blankets and Throws
4. Add Depth With Textured Art
5. Incorporate Textured Home Décor Accessories

A Luxe Sleeping Arrangement: Layer Your Bed Linen

Your bed styling sets the aesthetic for your bedroom - it's the most important element of any bedroom. Your bed linen, including sheets, quilt cover sets, coverlets and pillowcases, are all opportunities for adding interesting textures to your bedroom. Textured quilt cover sets are a popular choice as they enable you to create a soft and subtle lived in style. Velvet quilt cover sets such as the KOO Piper Velvet Quilt Cover Set and the KOO Elite Jackson Velvet Quilt Cover Set instantly elevate any bedroom with their geometric patterns and plush texture.

Try mixing the textures on your bed so they work in harmony. Layering a textured quilt cover set like the chunky waffle weave of the KOO Elite Boston Waffle Quilt Cover Set with a knit or faux fur throw offers a nice balance between textures.

Another great idea is to mix textures through different colours of bed linen. Match or contrast the colours of lively patterned quilt cover sets like our KOO Aurora Velvet Ruffle Quilt Cover Set with subtle printed sheets or cushions for a cohesive textural charm.

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Add Unique Rugs and Mats

A carefully styled rug or mat can perfectly frame different areas of your home and completely transform the look and feel of any room. Rugs also keep your feet toasty warm in the morning and provide an additional layer of insulation inside your home.

Play with texture in a plain bedroom. If you have a highly textured bed and other textured bedroom décor, a plain rug will serve to complement your room without confusing your textures together. If instead you want your rug to be the focal point of your bedroom, a shaggy rug like the KOO Ombre Shaggy Floor Rug will bring a soft, plush feel that's both comfortable under your feet and aesthetically pleasing.

As an area that receives a lot of traffic, having a carpet or rug underfoot in the living room will be appreciated by many. Pop a fluffy rug under a glass coffee table, a circular jute mat in front of a smooth cotton sofa or a long-woven runner in front of a leather couch set - make sure textures complement each other without clashing or overshadowing the other textures in the room.

In terms of depth, rugs help to section off areas, making it great for providing a foundation to your bed or sofa and identifying these areas as points of relaxation in your home. With a variety of shapes to choose from, rugs help to add dimension in your spaces. Shop round rugs for square shaped rooms to establish a contrast in depth, or create a more uniformed look with square or rectangular rugs.

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Cosy Cushions, Blankets and Throws

Whether they're for stabilizing your back, clutching during a scary movie or supporting you as you nap, a few decorative cushions are always appreciated and are a great way to add pops of colour and texture to your living room or bedroom. KOO textured cushions come in many stylish varieties like the ribbed velvet of the KOO Spencer Cushion, the quilted grid of the KOO Connor Cushion and the soft boucle of the KOO Emma Cushion. Each of these cushions are available in both neutral and rich colour tones, making them easy to coordinate with your current furnishings.

Whether you're styling your bedroom or living room, pair your cushions with a cosy throw. Not only do they make cosying up much more pleasant, but warm blankets and textured throws look fabulous when draped over your couch or bed!

What is texture if not tufted patterns and details? Coordinate your throw with the textures and colours of your cushions for a sense of harmony. For instance, the KOO Olora Tufted Throw features a tufted geometric pattern and tasselled corners that perfectly complements cushions with similar fringed or tasselled edges.

Another great interior styling tip is to contrast your throws with the material and colour of your couch and any carpet that may be underneath - for example, if you have a smooth leather couch, a chunky knitted throw will contrast nicely. Conversely, if your couch has a more detailed finish like patchwork or velvet, then a smooth throw will add texture without clashing with the design of your couch.

Add Depth To Any Room With Textured Art

Elevate any room in your home by installing a decorative art piece. Textured wall art is the perfect way of adding depth and dimension to your space. It's an opportunity to display decorative pieces at eye-level, making them the focal point of any room upon entry. Pressed flowers, leaves and other natural textures are great for displaying as art and are perfect for displaying in a 3D setting.

Textured wall art doesn't have to simply mean decorative pieces like mandalas and sculptures, it can also refer to the textures of a painted art piece. For dramatic textures in paintings, look for impasto, oil or thick acrylic paintings that allow you to see the brushstrokes and peaks of the paint.

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Incorporate Textured Home Décor Accessories

Apart from the larger details, your homewares can perfectly tie in your overall interior styling theme. Your living room and bedroom are the perfect spaces to display all sorts of home décor accessories like statuettes, plants, candles, and more to communicate this sense of texture and depth.

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A Touch of Nature With Artificial Plants

Plants create texture, colour and interest in any room, and KOO's artificial plants are realistic enough to make anyone believe you've got a green thumb. You can create a mini jungle in the corner using large faux plants or add a few pops of colour with any of KOO's gorgeous flower stems.

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The Flickering Light of Candles

Indoor candles create visual interest with differing heights, colours and shapes, especially when lit! Once lit, they help to illuminate your space with a flickering glow that creates shapes and helps to add depth to your interiors. Add additional texture with a candle holder to make your chosen candle more of a centrepiece on your coffee table or dining table.

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Display Memories With Photo Frames

Framed photos can add texture to your walls, while also creating points of interest around the room. Floating frames and shadowbox-style displays create depth and texture on the walls, and a bold, traditional-style frame can also be used for a more subtle effect.

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Discover The Love Of Home Textures With KOO

Create a home you're proud to live in with KOO. If you're looking for more interior styling tips, check out our inspiring styling articles or buying guides for more information on how you can refresh, update and elevate your home decorating experience.

Our bed linen and homewares come in all the textures you'll need to create a cohesive design in your living space. Shop our incredible range of bed linen and home decor online, where you can enjoy the convenience of home delivery.