How to arrange decorative cushions on your sofa

Smart ways to arrange creatively the decorative pillows on your sofa

They give colour, they give comfort, they give style! The decorative cushions are put on your sofa and along they bring a thousand ideas to transform your space instantly. Even one single cushion could make the difference.

Let’s see below a few ways of arranging and combining decorative cushions on sofas, that could refresh easily and instantly any space.

Decorative cushions: What is the symbolism of colours in our space?

Before we begin, it would be appropriate to make a very short reference to the symbolisms of every colour, as each one creates even more emotions once printed on the designs of our cushions.

Colour, colour and colour again! The symbolisms of the colours have the power
to transform your surroundings as well as your psychology and wellbeing.

Every colour has its symbolism:
👉🏻 Blue for trust and calmness.
👉🏻 Light Blue for cleanness and understanding.
👉🏻 Dark Blue for stability and prestige.
👉🏻 Red for passion and love.
👉🏻 Pink for friendship and romance.
👉🏻 Brown for leadership and courage.
👉🏻 Green for harmony and freshness.
👉🏻 Orange for joy and rejuvenation.
👉🏻 White for light and kindness.

Useful tips to arrange your decorative cushions based on colour

Leave on the sofa two blue cushions and two cushions with black elements. The blue of the sky and the sea will cover the living room like a calm veil. Instantly, you will feel as if you are at the seaside overlooking the most beautiful scenery. Black, as the absolute colour, will seal within the reflections of the rest of the colours of the space and so, depending on the light of the day, your mood will change accordingly.

If you are nostalgic of your childhood years and carefree times at the playground, choose decorative pillows in playful pink or innocent light blue. Sit on your couch and travel back in time, to carefreeness and to happiness.

For the environment sensitive ones with ecological consciousness, the colour proposal for cushions would be in brown or green. With these earthy colours, nature will be brought into your living room and the space will have the aura of the most fragrant garden. For more intense personalities, cushions in red or orange will bring into your living room the energy you wish to have.

The combinations are endless. The only thing you must do is to let your instinct guide you to the colours that suit you.

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Useful tips to arrange the decorative cushions loosely on your sofa and relax

Once you have chosen the colours matching your own personality, enjoy the looseness brought by the decorative pillows on your couch. Whatever the area you have placed them in, externally or internally, the pillows invite you to sit back with them.

Arranged on a sofa placed at your exteriors, the decorative pillows can make your garden even more relaxing. Sit comfortably and feel every smell, every leaf movement releasing your stress.

As far as the interiors are concerned, the pillows make sure you will appreciate every moment on your sofa or in your armchair. They become your comfort companions to watch your favourite movie and have your coffee or your drink comfortably.

Useful tips to combine the decorative cushions on your sofa

How would you make the most of your decorative pillows? Simply, combine them! Use the pillow with the darkest coloured theme as a background and put two lighter coloured pillows in front of it. Dive in and feel the warmth of their embrace.

Another idea for a more complete result would be to combine the colours of your decorative pillows with the colours of your living room or the area you will place them, taking into consideration the textures the colours and the patterns of all the elements composing your space.

Useful tips to arrange the decorative cushions on your sofa based on your personal style and aesthetics

Arrange the decorative cushions per style. Observe their patterns and their designs.

For instance, you could categorize your decorative cushions per theme: flowers, abstract designs, human figures, animal images, geometric lines. If you choose to place them by theme, your place will look effortlessly elegant: chic and clean without any extravagance and cosmopolitan.

Χρήσιμο tip 💡 The cushions above were originally designed for our summer collection, however, they can be incorporated into many living room styles from season to season. You can find them here.

If you are closer to the idea of mix & match, you could try to mix the designs and the themes of the cushions to create your own work of art. Another idea would be to match the cushions according to their colours and “paint” every part of your sofa in a different colour code: for example, place all the blue/light blue cushions at one end and all the green or pink at the other end. Instantly you would have created a dreamy canvas that will bring an attractive aura to your living room.

A decorative cushion, a unique piece of art, a thousand ideas

The TRAPEZE decorative pillows were created to make the difference in your living room! The company cooperates with international artists and local production teams for the creation and distribution of limited-edition artwork on decorative cushions.

Imagine how many combinations you can make with the TRAPEZE collection that provides unique designs full of fantasy and colour. The TRAPEZE decorative cushions are not simply cushions. They are works of art brought into your living room to form the finest gallery you have thought of.

We provide you with the art, the inspiration is all yours!

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