Karl Lohnes: Waking up your rooms with pattern

Welcome to the last article in my series aiming to fix the 10 most common decorating mistakes. In Week 9, we danced over floors and this week we dazzle the eye with pattern. Pattern can be subtle (tone on tone) or bold, with distinctive designs and colours. It helps to visually fill void spaces and create more intimate, cozy places to live. If done properly, a pattern-filled room can feel calming. If done poorly, it imbalances visual elements in a room — similar to filling a room with the