By Christine George

Comfort is important in any home, and pillows, cushions and comfortable chairs are both welcome and can complement any decorative home accents you choose for your home. Most people who focus on a theme when furnishing or decorating their home, a theme used either for the house in general or for individual rooms, tend to think only on the major items of furnishing and decoration, and ignore minor matters such as pillows and cushions.

Nevertheless, it is such items that offer the comfort that makes a house a home, and your choice of pillows and cushions is just as important as the lighting, dcor and other home accents you choose to promote your theme. So what is available online in the way of pillows, cushions and other soft furnishings that enable you to live in comfort as you enjoy the way you have designed and accented your home?

Home Accents: Pillows

Pillows can be decorated in many ways, either to conform to the theme of a room or to offer a contrast to the major home accents. Although pillows are generally associated with bedrooms, where floral accents are not uncommon, they are also used in lounges and patios as throw cushions for casual use. Such pillows tend to be of a more permanent design than those with removable covers, and contemporary designs tend to complement most home accents and themed rooms.

When you choose pillows for your home, it is advisable to select those that are machine washable, although if you choose leather finishes that will obviously not be possible. Irrespective of the material or the design, pillows, particularly the small cushion-like pillows that can be used to provide comfort anywhere in your home, can be chosen either to complement or contrast with the major theme or accent of the room in which they are used.

Home Accents: Cushions

Cushions, particularly those used as back-rests for chairs and sofas, are generally fitted with removable covers, although not all are. Irrespective of this, you will generally have a good selection of patterns and colors to choose from and many believe that tapestry designs are best because they look so professional and classy.

Cushions, or cushion covers, can display any design you want, and if you have home accents in a specific theme then cushions are available in nautical themed, medieval designs, floral themes, animals or even relate to nationalities such as French topics. A number of cushions displaying various sections of the Bayeux tapestry for example, narrating the Battle of Hastings where the Normand successfully invaded England, are readily available online, as are cushions on other French themes.

There are some stunning tapestry cushions available on 18th century themes, including nautical designs, and you can also purchase a copy of Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ in a tapestry cushion format. Generally, what you want you can get in terms of tapestry cushion cover designs for your home.

Home Accents: Bean Bag Chairs and Sacks

Bean bag chairs are added here because they can be so relaxing, that they cannot be ignored when discussing the comfort of soft furnishings such as pillows and cushions. Kids love bean bag chairs, and so do most adults – particularly relax sacks. Available in sizes from around 4 ft up to 8 ft, these are the ultimate in relaxation.

Filled with shredded polyurethane foam rather than beans, these fit from one to three or four people depending on their size. They come with designer covers that can be washed, liners – mostly free – and are available in a large number of colors and fibers to suit your needs. These sacks allow you to really relax, and though most people generally refer to them as ‘bean bags’ they are technically not – because they contain no beans!

You can move them around with you, you can sit in them, lie in them and even sleep in them – they are the ultimate seating solution for when you have guests, and many use them in home cinemas. They are great for placing in corners, and so making full use of your room.

These various soft furnishing forms of home accents – pillows, cushions and bean bags or sacks, will conform to just about any room theme, and can also fit in with any color scheme because of their removable/interchangeable covers – you can purchase covers to suit each room or color scheme. So don’t forget the comfort when you are planning your home accents.

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