Personally, I love this look, but just a touch or two of fringe is all that it takes to bring a room into the swing of home fashion. As with life, moderation is key. For example, you may want to add a fringed lampshade to your living room floor lamp and then a few layers of fringe on your drapery panels - just the right amount of swish to 'sex up the room' (fringe does have a bit of a boudoir appeal to it).
While fringe does have a supper chic look to it, that doesn't mean it has to come with a big price tag attached. In fact, you can DIY fringe, which is readily available at your local sewing or fabric centres.
- Start by calculating how many yards you will require; fringed lampshades are usually single layers, but we often see multiple layers on drapery, pillows and even the edge of a sofa.
- Your best bet is always sticking to the classics colours: black, white or nude.
- You may also need ribbon or edging to glue over top of the fringe's banding for a finished, professional look.
- Now, heat up your glue gun and go ahead and make Martha proud. Glue on a layer of fringe to the bottom three inches of your floor lamp or even table lamp's shades. Then stitch a few layers of fringe to your drapery panels preferably at around 20 to 30 inches from the floor.
- Alternatively, sew fringe onto a couple of toss cushions.
Resist the urge to bring too much fringe into the room because you know I don't like everything to be matchy-matchy, as that is too predicable and will result in a decorated rather than designed look.
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