Bohemian Living Room with Layered Patterned Pillows

Pillows are the most budget-friendly way into bohemian style, and on a plain cream sofa they can carry the whole room. The key to mixing patterns is varying the scale: one large embroidered design, one medium ikat, one small stripe, then repeat. Tie them together with a shared palette of three or four colors so the pile reads as a collection rather than a jumble. Build from the back, with larger square pillows in the corners and smaller lumbars and tasseled ones in front. A throw draped over the arm and a folded quilt on a pouf add more pattern at different heights.