One year later, I am still (very slowly) updating our home decor. FYI—I like patterns. And I’m not afraid of some serious matchy-matchy. I also don’t mind pattern mixing.

So I’m in the market for just the right pillows to put on our master bed. We have a king size bed, for reference. I already own 3 euro size pillow that I put at the back and I bought white with navy lines trim shams. And I have ikat curtains in shades of blue and gray. And I have blue velvet footstools at the foot of the bed.

The curtains are on clearance now so I’m thinking about buying one to make some matching pillow cases—but what kind of pillows? Should the print-that-matches the curtains be on shams for the 2nd set of king size pillows on the bed? With the plain solid ones in front? And then maybe get blue velvet bolster pillows to match the footstools?

If that’s confusing, here’s a crappy cell phone pic of our bedroom from Christmas (ignore the giant box—that was a present). So, keep the 3 euro pillows in the back as is. Make new shams in the print to match the curtains to be on the second (hidden in this picture) set of king pillow behind the plain gray pillows. And then 2 modern bolster pillows on each side in the front, in blue velvet fabric that match the footstools.

Or, should the bolsters be in the print and the shams in velvet?

Wall decor is next. 1st pic is mine, the rest are print/pillow inspiration.