5 Tips on Using Embroidered Fabric in your Bedroom Decor

If you’re looking to give your bedroom a makeover within a reasonable budget and time frame, we recommend giving embroidered fabrics a chance. Rich, beautiful and traditional, embroidered fabrics can instantly change the look of your bedroom by working as eye-catching accents in a décor theme that’s usually dominated by sublime hues and soft textures. Moreover, they are a great way to infuse your personal space a bit of your personality and lifestyle. For instance, if you’re an avid traveller and enjoy collecting fabrics from around the world with different embroidery designs, incorporating them in your home’s décor is a great way to display them while creating interesting focal points in your room.

The key to using embroidered fabrics, according to the D’Decor design panel, is to do so in a restrained manner. The best way to go about this trend is to focus on creating a single accent by using a fabric that creates a pleasing contrast with the rest of the elements in the room. Here are five nifty ways in which you can incorporate this trend in your bedroom décor.

Bed linen

Apart from being aesthetically pleasing, your bed linen also needs to be comforting, which means you should completely rule out coarse fabrics. Soft cotton in solid colours or a sublime print is the best choice for bed linen. However, teaming a quilt or sheet with a uniform traditional or floral embroidery with solid cottons and satins can greatly up the luxe factor of your bed. To make the embroidery truly stand out, consider opting for a white fabric embroidered with pastel shades like baby pink, mint green, soft gold or powder blue, or a dark one embroidered with contrasting colours (think of midnight blue with bright yellow or green embroidery).

Accent pillows or cushions

The simplest way to infuse your understated bedroom décor with a hint of quirk is to add an accent pillow in a bold solid colour or digital print. However, if you have something more traditional or ethnic in mind, opt for a pillow cover with a neat, intricate embroidery. If your bedroom boasts a mostly-white theme, a bright embroidered pillow or cushion, such as one with zardozi work, is all you need to add a dash of flamboyance. Neutral colours offer you the advantage of layer multiple shades together (for instance, different shades of blue or grey), which you can embellish with an embroidery of your choice or trims in contrasting colours. Window dressing

If your bedroom décor comprises mostly of solids, add a boho-chic vibe to the space by opting for embroidered curtains in intense hues like maroon, gold, yellow and burnt orange. To create greater contrast, alternate embroidered drapes with solid curtains in sheer or linen. For a vintage feel, opt for elaborate curtain styles using Victorian valances, swags or window scarves.