Sunday, May 1, 2011

Advice Before You Buy Decorative Pillows

By Sally Whittaker


When you are planning to buy soft furnishings and linen for your home, it is better for you to know the exact details before you head to the shop. If you are planning on buying cushions and pillows, be aware that there are two kinds of pillows. One that you use to sleep on and the other being decorative pillows form a part of the soft furnishing that you use in your living room as well as on other furniture items.

Decorative pillows are used extensively in the living room and in the bedrooms to add a visual appeal to the furnishing and interiors. Besides this they have utility aspect too. While in a bed you do not use these pillows to sleep, on the sofa you can use these pillows to prop yourself up comfortably and they provide the required additional support. When used on a sofa they add to the visual appeal of the entire setting and can brighten up the entire theme and design if you choose the right design of decorative pillow.

Decorative pillows can be used in combination with other furniture to enhance the visual appeal as well as used independently to make a fashion statement. Where ever you have a quiet corner in the house where you can sit down on the ground and go through music or read a book, a few big size decorative pillows come in handy as well as makes the place look good. When scattered over a rug it makes the place very inviting. When used on a French window sill, it makes you go and sit watching the world outside by yourself.

Before you decide on what you want for your home, it is important for you to know the different types of decorative pillows that are available in the market.

Let us familiarize you with few of the various types of decorative pillows that are used at home with each one having a specific name and utility.

Most often used pillows are the accent pillows which are designed and named for the purpose of accentuating the place or the furniture on which it is placed. Depending upon where they are used, they are called sofa pillow or couch cushion etc.

Of course you have the Novelty pillows which go as one of the stand alone items along with the set of decorative pillows. These are often shaped in the form of an animal or object etc and used as in a lighter sense of fun. They can be used in living room or bedroom as well as children's nursery too.

Apart from your other pillows make sure you buy a few of the large size floor pillows which come in handy and can be used anywhere for watching TV or reading a book or just lying down etc.




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