During our master bedroom makeover, I became overwhelmed and obsessed with how to style the bed and which pillow sizes, colors and patterns to use. Since the bed is the focal point of a bedroom, the throw pillows had to be just right.
Throw pillows are easy to swap out when you get bored of a color/style, so they’re one of my favorite ways to take risks in a bedroom (the title of this post is “pillow talk,” I had to make a sexual innuendo).
There are so many different sizes of pillows and ways to style them but ultimately, I decided to keep things simple, yet still bold and pretty.
I opted for a 16×24 Scalamandre pattern pillow, two 24×24 solid blush velvet pillows (a last minute Home Goods find) and standard queen pillows supporting the two blush pillows.
Whether you have a king or queen size bed, there are a ton of different pillow size and style combinations you can use.
So to help break things down, I created some graphics for some common pillow size combos and my go-to styling methods when it comes to your bed.
You can of course, switch these up as you please, but I love this method because having a pattern against a solid works every.single.time.
Pattern-on-pattern definitely works in many situations, and I think the key is to use contrasting patterns that are not too similar in scale.
When it comes to buying pillows, my one-stop-shop is Etsy as there are a million + 1 options. I gathered some ideas and combinations for you to use in your bedroom below!
CLICK A PILLOW ABOVE TO SHOP, OR CHOOSE YOUR OWN COMBOS BELOW:
Do you have a go-to method for styling your bed?
If you’re in the process of choosing pillow styles and sizes for your bedroom, I hope this was helpful for you!
Do you have any idea how HELPFUL this was! ????????. We just upgraded to a King size bed and I have had no idea what to do with the pillows.. Thanks so much for this blog post.
Oh that’s so great to hear Jenn!! Sometimes I wonder if spending so much time on these posts will help anyone, so it’s nice to hear that it’s helped at least one person!! Thank you for letting me know! <3
This post is just in the nick of time. I’m looking at my sectional and it doesn’t feel right (for a few days now). I was online for a while yesterday trying to pick new covers. It’s good to wake up to some timely help and stuff that affirmed my thoughts! I’ll be using your advice! Thank you!
That’s so nice to hear Omoye!! I’m glad it was helpful and good luck with choosing pillows! xo
This is so helfpul ! This is one of best blogs on home decor.
thank you so much, Sana!!!
I love this post! I am about to makeover my master bedroom and this post will definitely come in handy when shopping for bedding. Thanks so much for sharing!