This spring refresh your home with playful and vibrant.
Color, color and more color! This spring, we’re ready for an “eclectic refresh” of traditional style that keeps things playful and vibrant. In the design world, we’re seeing a trend towards a modern classic style that includes plenty of luxurious details. Color is making a bold return to design, from sofas and textiles to wall treatments.
Inspired by this palette shift, we revisited our original “Cheery Traditional” style, a timeless aesthetic featuring fun and colorful prints offset by refined textures and modern touches, evolving it into a look we call Traditional Remix. Warm neutrals such as ivory, champagne and sable are the baseline of this newly updated style, accented by rich, saturated colors including lagoon blue, persimmon orange and moss green.
Combining the classic Rowe aesthetic with a clean, modernized style, this look draws inspiration from past and present. Tufted upholstery and floral patterns get modern when paired with sleek brass accents and contemporary artwork. Traditional Remix takes Cheery Traditional in a more maximalist direction, pairing increasingly colorful patterns with heavier textures and darker, warmer neutrals, for a look that’s sure to inspire for spring!
Ready to try a traditional remix of your own? Start with the classics, building on luxurious neutrals and timeless silhouettes like our button tufted Kirkwood Bed or Brooke Chaise. Then get ready to go bold, punching up your existing look with a vibrantly colored wall or an outrageously patterned wall covering. Finally, layer in heavier textures and darker, warmer neutrals, creating a dynamic aesthetic that bridges the gap between past and future!
Pro-Tip! 3 Ways to Remix
Fresh spin on classics – Make a statement with a traditional elements like tufted upholstery, nailhead trim and graceful turned wood legs. Fresh modern fabrics and contemporary artwork bring a current element that ties this transitional look together.
Rich neutrals – Ivory, champagne and platinum lend a luxurious sheen to this style, and provide a subtle compliment to brighter colors.
Colorful highlights – Unexpected bursts of cobalt, moss, blush and amethyst give this style its modern edge. Saturated color makes a splash in plush velvet solids as well as vibrant floral patterns.
Get This Look! 3 Designer Remixes
Brooke Sofa | Design: @mollybasileinteriors Photo: @margaret.wright
Our Brooke Sofa looks crisp and clean here in white, accented by punchy animal print pillows and a playful, vibrant modern art piece. Gold accents add a hint of shimmer and opulence, without weighing down the space. Pops of cobalt and ultramarine help to unify the room, though the overall effect is light, bright and airy. A massive wood coffee table in a rich, deep espresso adds heft and presence to the room, which was designed by Molly Basile Interiors.
Kirkwood Bed | Design by @francisinteriors. Photo: @edwardcarusophoto
Deep blues make another cameo here in this space designed by Francis Interiors, where a neutral palette is highlighted by bold, eye-grabbing cobalt blues, gold, and caramel-hued burl wood accents. When classic comfort meets cutting-edge restraint, a Traditional Remix is born! Our Kirkwood Bed looks elegant here in a deep, contemporary charcoal, perfectly balanced between old world glamour and moody modern chic.
Macy Sofa, Pate Chair, Gigi Ottoman | Design: @foundbydomesticbliss Photo: @thisisnickaz
The Macy Sofa makes a bold statement here in stunning navy velvet, complemented by jewel-toned throw pillows and a Persian-inspired traditional rug in modern spring pastels. A pair of Gigi Ottomans and Pate Chair in lovely muted eggshell and blush are a perfect fit for this fanciful office space. To complement the tufted textures and luxurious velvet of the seating options, designer Kristin Alber of FOUND by domestic bliss went for strong visuals in the form of gilded accents and a clean, classic marble-topped table.
Kirkwood Bed – Our Kirkwood Bed frame brings presence and grandeur to any space, from the lavish button tufting to the tiniest detail of the nailhead trim. For those who love a dramatic bedroom, Kirkwood is destined for the spotlight.
Brooke Sofa – From a gently sloping back and pleated English roll arms to traditional turned wood legs, the Brooke Sofa from Robin Bruce is all about elegant lines and graceful style. This sofa’s timeless silhouette never fails to turn heads, whether dressed in an intricate floral print or a clean modern neutral fabric.
Brooke Chaise – Combining exquisite comfort and style, the elegant lines of our Brooke Chaise make her the perfect option for lounging. Whether she’s showcasing a traditional linen or a bold, attention-getting jewel tone velvet, this chaise is the showstopper in any room.
Pate Chair – The traditional barrel chair gets a modern makeover in our Pate Chair, whose sleek lines and effortless curves make it a perfect choice to anchor our Traditional Remix style. Slim, minimalist track arms combine with a deep, button-tufted seat and classic wood legs in this versatile accent chair.
Need more inspiration of classic interiors updated with saturated color, luxe textiles, and rich materials. Check out our this “Traditiional Mix” Pinterest Board form our partners at Rowe Furniture & Robin Bruce
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How to Style and Care for a White Sofa with Electrolux Laundry by Sarah Sherman Samuel
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By Sarah Sherman Samuel | http://sarahshermansamuel.com
Many of you, including myself, thought I might be crazy getting a white sofa with two dogs and a toddler boy in the house. However I couldn’t get over my want for a sofa in the colorless hue. I could probably try and blame Pinterest and every gorgeous living room I’ve ever seen with a white sofa, but there was no talking me out of it. Today I am sharing how to style one 3 different ways and how I care for mine with Electrolux to keep the white, white!
For the first look (above) I went white on white on white on white and I don’t think I could love it more. When going SO neutral it is important to bring in different textures and layer different materials so it doesn’t go to stark. The warmth of the natural jute and wood bring warmth to the space and all the varied textures bring dimension, giving it a rich feeling, even in the absence of color.
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For the second look, I brought in the stark contrast of black and white which creates a slightly more masculine and a lot more graphic vibe. The wood tones are still working hard and doing their job to warm the space up around the white sofa and the pattern mixing gives it an artful makeover.
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And finally for the third look… I gave the sofa a modern boho style with a shibori pillow, vintage rug, and macrame cushion. By layering a lot of pillows the sofa feels more casual and lived in. The layered rugs also help to cozy up the space and the globe lamp and geometric accessories are keeping it modern and a little unexpected.
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Now when it comes to caring for this sofa, we have our work cut out for us with the clan I mentioned at the beginning. The property around our A-frame is all desert sand/dirt so you know those dogs have already piled onto the sofa and tracked some of that dirt onto its’ cushions. The good news is Electrolux has our back and I just have to zip off the cushion covers and throw them in the wash.
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Our Electrolux washer has a great feature called SmartBoost which means it premixes water and detergent before the cycle begins which I love because I always heard you are supposed to let the soap and water mix first and then add clothes because it maximizes the power of the detergent but I NEVER have remembered to and now I don’t have to. It is all built-in!
The cushion covers go in dirty and come back out nice and white! I haven’t had to deal with any tough stains yet but for the dirt I wash them on the normal setting with the Perfect Steam option selected. One thing I worried about with washing the cushions so much is the wear and tear it would take on the fabric but Electrolux has so many features to care for the fabric, like in the dryer, there are moisture sensors that detect when the fabric is dry to prevent over-drying. I’ve been drying them on the delicate setting just to be safe.
White sofas are endlessly versatile and I almost couldn’t decide which look was my fave, but the white on white in the first image takes the cake for me. I just can’t seem to get over going monochromatic. A white sofa can be notoriously hard to keep looking new but since I’ve been caring for mine its been so far so good on the white sofa decision (knock on wood)!
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Produced and Written By Sarah Sherman Samuel. This post was sponsored by Electrolux, as always all thoughts and ideas are my own.