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Best of the Week: 35 Great Ways With Pattern Around the World
Stripes, geometrics, chevron or herringbone – a little pattern can be positively transformative
Pattern can punctuate a home in all manner of ways. A beautiful tile in the bathroom or in the kitchen can add some much needed character; pattern and colour in soft curtains, cushions and bedlinen can make a bland space beautiful; and an interesting layout on a timber or tiled floor can turn it into a standout. Be inspired by these ways with pattern for your home.
2. Location: San Francisco, USA
Features: Pattern on pattern that keeps blandness at bay.
Features: Pattern on pattern that keeps blandness at bay.
3. Location: Port Melbourne, Victoria
Designer: Seidler Group
Features: The powder room offers the perfect chance to get creative with pattern, as these diagonally laid mosaics reveal.
Designer: Seidler Group
Features: The powder room offers the perfect chance to get creative with pattern, as these diagonally laid mosaics reveal.
4. Location: Newtown, NSW
Designer: Design Build Interiors
Features: A feature wall in the shower adds colour and life to this small bathroom.
Designer: Design Build Interiors
Features: A feature wall in the shower adds colour and life to this small bathroom.
5. Location: Burleigh Heads, Queensland
Designer: The Design Villa
Features: Breeze blocks bring both pattern and privacy to this outdoor living area.
Designer: The Design Villa
Features: Breeze blocks bring both pattern and privacy to this outdoor living area.
6. Location: Rose Bay, NSW
Designer: Woods & Warner
Features: Curtains are an easy way to inject pattern – chevron in this case.
Designer: Woods & Warner
Features: Curtains are an easy way to inject pattern – chevron in this case.
7. Location: Rose Bay, NSW
In the same house, pattern and colour pop up throughout.
In the same house, pattern and colour pop up throughout.
8. Location: Adelaide, SA
Designer: sw-architects
Features: Breeze blocks make an impact in this cool kitchen.
Designer: sw-architects
Features: Breeze blocks make an impact in this cool kitchen.
9. Location: Sydney, NSW
Designer: Volantes Decorating Service
Features: Chevron-patterned tiles give this kitchen some wow factor.
Designer: Volantes Decorating Service
Features: Chevron-patterned tiles give this kitchen some wow factor.
10. Location: Toorak, Victoria
Designer: Peter Schaad Design Studio
Features: A herringbone floor can be created with different tones of timber to great effect.
Designer: Peter Schaad Design Studio
Features: A herringbone floor can be created with different tones of timber to great effect.
11. Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Features: Pattern on pattern, broken up with a slash of orange – what’s not to love?
Features: Pattern on pattern, broken up with a slash of orange – what’s not to love?
12. Location: London, UK
Features: Adding decorative detail to walls with timber takes a living room upmarket.
Features: Adding decorative detail to walls with timber takes a living room upmarket.
13. Location: Pearl Beach, NSW
Designer: Brett Mickan Interior Design
Features: Wall panelling and pattern in the bedlinen makes this bedroom anything but boring.
Designer: Brett Mickan Interior Design
Features: Wall panelling and pattern in the bedlinen makes this bedroom anything but boring.
14. Location: West Yorkshire, UK
Features: This bedroom takes pattern-on-pattern to a whole new level. Reversing the tones keeps things interesting.
Features: This bedroom takes pattern-on-pattern to a whole new level. Reversing the tones keeps things interesting.
15. Location: Toronto, Canada
Features: Daisies cheer up any space, and are especially charming in this child’s bedroom.
Features: Daisies cheer up any space, and are especially charming in this child’s bedroom.
16. Location: Paddington, NSW
Designer: Baxter Creative Limited
Features: The ceiling is underrated as a spot for pattern. These yellow stripes make this nursery far more cheerful.
Designer: Baxter Creative Limited
Features: The ceiling is underrated as a spot for pattern. These yellow stripes make this nursery far more cheerful.
18. Location: Sydney, NSW
Designer: James Dawson Design
Features: A black-and-white scheme makes this avant-garde apartment shine, the ceiling defining the kitchen zone in the most novel of ways.
Designer: James Dawson Design
Features: A black-and-white scheme makes this avant-garde apartment shine, the ceiling defining the kitchen zone in the most novel of ways.
19. Location: Austin, USA
Features: Tiles aren’t just for the bathroom – these herringbone-laid tiles give this entryway a lift and break up the expanses of timber flooring in the rest of the house.
Features: Tiles aren’t just for the bathroom – these herringbone-laid tiles give this entryway a lift and break up the expanses of timber flooring in the rest of the house.
20. Location: Minneapolis, USA
Features: A marble floor is a luxe touch in any bathroom, and pairs beautifully with white.
Features: A marble floor is a luxe touch in any bathroom, and pairs beautifully with white.
21. Location: New York, USA
Features: Calacatta-look porcelain tiles deliver the marble look without the price tag.
Features: Calacatta-look porcelain tiles deliver the marble look without the price tag.
22. Location: Atlanta, USA
Features: Mini marble-look tiles laid the same way create a similar look.
Features: Mini marble-look tiles laid the same way create a similar look.
23. Location: Toronto, Canada
Features: Marble tiles laid in a herringbone pattern work wonders as a splashback too.
Features: Marble tiles laid in a herringbone pattern work wonders as a splashback too.
24. Location: Sydney, NSW
Features: Highlighting a feature with tiles can give a white bathroom personality, especially when they’re mismatched and in a rosy hue.
Features: Highlighting a feature with tiles can give a white bathroom personality, especially when they’re mismatched and in a rosy hue.
25. Location: Sydney, NSW
Features: Who says timber has to be laid in horizontal planks?
Features: Who says timber has to be laid in horizontal planks?
26. Location: North Caulfield, Victoria
Designer: GIA Bathrooms & Kitchens
Features: If you’re going for mid-century style at home, the bathroom floor is an easy way to make it happen.
Designer: GIA Bathrooms & Kitchens
Features: If you’re going for mid-century style at home, the bathroom floor is an easy way to make it happen.
27. Location: St Kilda West, Victoria
Designer: Kennedy Nolan
Features: The island face is prime real estate when it comes to a place to put pattern.
Designer: Kennedy Nolan
Features: The island face is prime real estate when it comes to a place to put pattern.
28. Location: London, UK
Features: These speckled tiles would look just as amazing on the wall as they do on the floor.
Features: These speckled tiles would look just as amazing on the wall as they do on the floor.
29. Location: Toronto, Canada
Features: Subway tiles are here to stay, but there’s no reason you can’t play with their layout.
Features: Subway tiles are here to stay, but there’s no reason you can’t play with their layout.
30. Location: South Kensington, UK
Features: Charcoal tiles that stretch to the ceiling and run along the floor make a small bathroom look bigger.
Features: Charcoal tiles that stretch to the ceiling and run along the floor make a small bathroom look bigger.
31. Location: Brunswick East, Victoria
Designer: GIA Bathrooms & Kitchens
Features: Concrete continues to appear in homes across the globe – add pattern and concrete gets even cooler.
Designer: GIA Bathrooms & Kitchens
Features: Concrete continues to appear in homes across the globe – add pattern and concrete gets even cooler.
32. Location: New York, USA
Features: Wallpaper this fabulous needn’t be restricted to a single wall. Go to town, I say!
Features: Wallpaper this fabulous needn’t be restricted to a single wall. Go to town, I say!
33. Location: Waratah Bay, Victoria
Designer: Hayne Wadley Architects
Features: Hexagonal tiles with black grout? Yes please! The more the merrier.
Designer: Hayne Wadley Architects
Features: Hexagonal tiles with black grout? Yes please! The more the merrier.
34. Location: Sydney, NSW
Designer: Urban Future
Features: Pattern can add charm to a bathroom floor like nothing else.
Designer: Urban Future
Features: Pattern can add charm to a bathroom floor like nothing else.
35. Location: Beaumaris, Victoria
Designer: GIA Bathrooms & Kitchens
Features: Abstract tiles in an unexpected location add an artistic touch to this otherwise all-white kitchen.
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Designer: GIA Bathrooms & Kitchens
Features: Abstract tiles in an unexpected location add an artistic touch to this otherwise all-white kitchen.
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Designer: Minosa
Features: Angles can create incredible patterns in a home, along with a three-dimensional effect. This design was recently named the 2018 KBDi Australian Kitchen Design of the Year.