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Selecting Colours for Soft Home Furnishings

Soft Furnishings Colors

Soft Furnishings

Soft furnishings are cushions, afghans, throws, rugs, exposed tapestries and things like that. At a stretch you can add table cloths, place mats and napkins in fact all table wear (napery). Furthermore you can consider beautiful bed sheets, embroidered pillowcases and lacy trimmed lampshades as soft furnishings and in the bathroom, all the mats and towels with trims can be seen as soft furnishings. Crochet is very good for all soft furnishing items for your home. either as the main component or as a trim.

 

50 Shades of Beige

Using bright colours on soft furnishing like afghans, blankets and cushions should be done with care. This is why neutrals and beige are popular home furnishing colours. Think IKEA and 50 shades of beige. You want your home to be relaxing and not jangly all the time. Managing your style and lifestyle is about managing color

Selecting Colours for Soft Furnishings

Neutrals are best and white, cream, taupe, beige, grey and brown always look good. Although you can make a statement cushion in red to add a pop of colour to a room, the best rooms are decorated in soft neutrals like dove grey, soft blues, pale pinks and light greens. 

Do not use primary or secondary colours for your soft furnishings. Stay away from orange, purple and turquoise. Instead use soft heather, sea foam and light apricots. Soft hues work best and will be attractive to many people.

If you make soft furnishing to sell in your store or at craft fairs you are likely to sell more if the colour is appealing. Consider your colour choices and enjoy crafting.

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Alison is a passionate crochet enthusiast and dedicated business blogger. She combines her love for crafting and entrepreneurship to inspire and connect with others.

With a knack for transforming yarn into beautiful creations and a flair for sharing valuable insights about running a successful crochet business, Alison embodies the perfect blend of creativity and practicality.

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Bundle of Joy – The Baby Shop

Baby Shop

Many years ago my husband and I owned a baby shop called “Bundle of Joy”. We sold prams, buggies, bottles, cots, baby clothes, blankets and a million other goodies that a baby needs. As I was a crocheter I started to create baby blankets to sell in the store. They did well.

I made crochet baby blankies in white, pink and blue. But never pink and blue together in one blanket. I made granny squared ones and row on row ones. it was a perfect time of running a business and crocheting at the same time.

I then tried baby yellow and baby green blankets. But they never sold. I could only sell pink or blue blankets. Our shop attracted customers who were grannies, aunts and mothers of new babies. Over time we got to know the clientele and they would pop in to say “hello” when the went for their groceries at the supermarket in the mall.

During our time at the baby store we were lucky enough to welcome our own bundle of joy and our daughter was born.

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So we had a real live baby prop in the store and this too attracted customers. They would come into our shop and ask, “Do you only have pink or blue blankets?” To which I responded, “How about this lovely baby mint green or pale lemon?” Everyone then said, “Oh, I’ll take the pink for my new daughter,” or, “I’ll take the blue because my baby is a boy.”

So even though we could offer a selection of colors, the customers only ever bought the two traditional colours of baby pink and baby blue blankets. Moms want to clearly define the sex of their baby. If anyone sees a pink or blue blanket in a buggy or pram it is immediately clear that the child is a boy or girl.

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In the three years we had the shops we never sold a yellow or a green blanket but, by having them as a selection to offer our customers, the awkward colored yellow and green blankets helped us sell the pink and blue ones, by them being offered as a choice to our customers.

You can read more on the meaning of coloursselecting colours for your crochet work and soft furnishings.

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Alison is a passionate crochet enthusiast and dedicated business blogger. She combines her love for crafting and entrepreneurship to inspire and connect with others.

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