A noble fabric, which gives the environment an immediate precious patina. Soft and silky to the touch, it is used to cover sofas, cushions, poufs, headboards, curtains, but also chairs. The velvet is used to make home linen of the highest quality that goes well with refined environments, declined in numerous shades of color.
The era of greatest use of velvet is the Renaissance, the historical period in which this fabric is combined with other materials, such as metal and gold, to express the power of luxury and wealth.
Furnishing using velvet is not easy, mistakes are around the corner and you have to be careful not to overdo it. So let's see how to mix colors and materials for a super chic effect.
Velvet cushions are a must in luxury furniture: they give back a feeling of warm caress to the touch and sight and can be combined with any style of furniture. The most beautiful? Those in sensual and romantic shades, such as burgundy and blue.
A rustic environment may seem the least suitable for velvet cushion covers online, yet just try to bring a little of this fabric to the wooden furniture to immediately notice an unexpected result. Velvet cushions, armchairs, and rugs are welcome in a more country-style design, as well as in a more futuristic style environment. Whether you are faced with interiors in wood, marble, or brick, very different from each other, we will be able to enhance them by combining them with velvet, a fabric with timeless elegance.
The living room with velvet is undoubtedly the prince of the rooms, but this precious fabric also finds space in the bedroom, with wonderful quilts finished in the smallest details, very warm throws, and elegant decorative cushions. But lately, velvet has found a way to express itself well in the kitchen, dining room, bathroom, in short, in all rooms of the house.
For the bathroom, special velvet coverings are created for the washbasin, but this fabric can also be present in the environment with shower mats and bathrobes, which manage to combine well the need for absolute comfort with a truly glamorous decorative effect.
The rule of “less is more” that also dominates in interior design requires not to overdo the furniture when velvet is involved. Better to opt for a minimal line that provides for the presence of a velvet sofa that is not surrounded by display cabinets and baroque tables.
