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Wallpaper and curtains - mixing patterns

3 years ago

last modified: 3 years ago

I am looking at Scion for wallpaper and fabric for a large bedroom (5 x 6 metres). I have chosen Scion Kumana wallpaper on one wall behind our headboard which is charcoal grey. Walls will be french gray pale Little Greene. Having a dilemma about curtains to coordinate with the wallpaper! Scared about mixing patterns, although looking at images on Pinterest like mixed patterns when done correctly but scared of making an expensive mistake with the curtains with the wallpaper. Anyone have any ideas? I was looking at the Scion Esala Lionel in Denim blue to coordinate but not sure whether plain or textured would be better. It is a big room and the wall paper only on the back wall, windows on opposite and side wall which are plain light grey painted.

Whether this would look better for curtains

OR

any comments welcome thank you!

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Comments (3)

Sonia
3 years ago
Love Scion fabrics and have 2 roman blinds in it. I personally wouldn’t mix fabrics/wallpaper. It’s a very difficult look to pull off. I would either have the wallpaper with plain curtains in a similar shade to the walls, or have patterned curtains with plain painted walls.
caravan61 thanked Sonia
minnie101
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
The patterns work together (assume part of the same collection?!) but for me personally it’s a question of scale. If you’ve got a huge window and therefore curtains I wouldn’t put them together personally (I also prefer this colour way).

The rest of this room is also very pared back with natural materials which (to me) is why it works.

The paint is a bit of a chameleon, how does it look in your room?

I like the abstract line, what’s the pattern name? Just wondering if it comes in other colours.
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Hi, that's my wallpaper which I have now bought and the paint colour looks light grey in this image. The fabric on those blinds is the same one and it does come in numerous colourways. The one in your picture is in Zest - the one I copied is in Denim, it also comes in honey and ginger. Although I like the zest it wouldn't fit in with the other items I have bought for the room which are based on the blush tones in the wallpaper! I'm wondering now about whether the denim too dark and the honey might look better. What do you think?

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