Oct 8, 2026 · 32 min · 10 segments
Mixing patterns can completely transform a room, but creating a layered look takes more than simply combining different prints. In this episode of the Dear Alice Interior Design Podcast, we're sharing…
Suzanne HallHostJessica BennettHostCoreyPanelistShe asks us, "What kind of patterns go well together? For example, a small floral and a ticking stripe, or what clashes? Would love some advice as I don't feel confident in the process." And then Andy asks us kind of similar to that-
... how do you make all the fabrics that you're using in a living room mesh well together? I think people know that there's a pattern on pattern play-
Sophie, what you were saying as far as doing like a floral with a ticking stripe, that's exactly kind of the rhythm that we're talking about.
That's what we're gonna kind of be talking to you about as you look at your room as a whole, understanding how to layer these materials with each other.
We've kind of talked about, you know, just architecturally and like hard stuff against the walls, when you're doing tile with slabs with those things.
When you're buying furniture and understanding, okay, I'm gonna do custom lampshades.
What should I do them in? How will it pair well and not clash with everything else? So-
There's different scales of patterns, and that's where some of the magic's gonna lie.
She asks us, "What kind of patterns go well together? For example, a small floral and a ticking stripe, or what clashes? Would love some advice as I don't feel confident in the process." And then Andy asks us kind of similar to that-
... how do you make all the fabrics that you're using in a living room mesh well together? I think people know that there's a pattern on pattern play-
Sophie, what you were saying as far as doing like a floral with a ticking stripe, that's exactly kind of the rhythm that we're talking about.
That's what we're gonna kind of be talking to you about as you look at your room as a whole, understanding how to layer these materials with each other.
We've kind of talked about, you know, just architecturally and like hard stuff against the walls, when you're doing tile with slabs with those things.
When you're buying furniture and understanding, okay, I'm gonna do custom lampshades.
What should I do them in? How will it pair well and not clash with everything else? So-
There's different scales of patterns, and that's where some of the magic's gonna lie.
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