In step with textile fashion: checks versus stripes
The latest textile design trends for this spring and summer make it clear that the two most popular prints are checks and stripes. But what kind? In which colours? Combined how? We'll answer all of that in this article.
This season always brings an explosion of colour, motifs and fun. Our home decor in general, and home textiles in particular, fill up with prints and colours (vibrant or pastel).
Checks and stripes in cheerful colours
When it comes to the textiles we use to dress our bedroom, the spring/summer 2024 season makes it very clear that checks and stripes are the most popular.
Gingham checks: mini and maxi
Gingham checks in pastel or light colours, and not just small ones but also in a maxi format, like those in our latest NADEAR collection. Have you seen it yet?
The colours in which we most often see gingham prints on bedding are pastel or powdery shades in particular. The most popular right now are lilac, lemon yellow, apple green and orange or peach.
They're all cheerful colours associated with the flowers and fruits of the season.
As well as featuring in our latest bedding collection, checks are also the star of countless new designs from other home textile brands.
It's true that gingham prints were already on the duvet covers that were in fashion this winter, but in the cold months we mostly found them in darker shades typical of the colder season: browns, greys, blues, dark greens, terracotta and so on.
Vintage-style summer stripes
As for stripes, another on-trend motif in bedding for spring/summer 2024, the most fashionable are wide, retro-inspired stripes in two colours: always paired with white.
This is the striped print typical of early 20th-century beach style. The stripes of those parasols or beach huts where people changed into their swimsuits. You've surely seen photos!
This type of print can also be seen in this year's outdoor decor: on cushions for garden sofas and armchairs, sun loungers and charming parasols.
This retro beach feel is carried over to indoor home textiles, especially to summery beds. But in which colours exactly?
There are two trends:
- Nautical colours: red, blue and also beige.
- Pastel colours: lilac, yellow, orange, green, pink…
Just as with checks, the fashion for striped textiles isn't all that new, but it's true that before, grid patterns in neutral tones or more subtle pinstripes were more popular, whereas now the trend is for a retro beach touch in cheerful colours, both inside and outside the home.
How do you combine on-trend prints in the bedroom?
Now that we know which prints are in fashion this season, let's see how to combine them properly.
We're going to focus on bedding, although many of the rules also apply to decorating sofas or armchairs with textiles.
A few keys to combining them well
Avoid mistakes when combining textiles by following one simple rule: choose a maximum of three colours for your bed.
You can use just two or three, with the third being a neutral colour. The third could also be a shade derived from one of the key colours.
For example, you could use light grey, lilac and a darker violet in your decor, the last two being purples very close to each other.
Another great way to combine bedroom textiles is to choose one plain textile and one printed. You could choose a printed fitted sheet and place a plain bedspread on top, or the other way round: a plain fitted sheet with a printed flat sheet or duvet cover.
Combining prints is a more delicate task, but it can also be done tastefully and with great results.
One very fashionable option is to pair checks or stripes with a floral or botanical print within the same colour palette, or to combine checks and stripes that have something in common, whether the colour palette, the fabric used or the style of the designs.
Below we show you more examples of how to combine printed bedding well in line with these trends. Don't be afraid to take risks and, above all, have fun decorating!
