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Fringe elements: Adding trim to your decor
By Melissa Erickson
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W
ant to take your home
decor to the next level?
Try out the trim trend.
Decorators are
adding it on with everything, from
wall hangings to tufting ottomans,
including tassels and fringe.
“Embellishment is a creative form of
self-expression. Incorporating trimmings
is an easy way to add your personal
style to your decor,” said Jana Platina
Phipps, who blogs at TrimQueen.com.
“Trimmings are back in fashion
because people are more interested
than ever to incorporate elements of
something handmade in their homes.
With all the design shows on TV, they
want to unleash their inner designer.
Embellishments add soul and infuse your
home with your point of view,” she said.
Searches for “fringe” as a home and
decor trend saw a spike of 300 percent
on Pinterest in 2018. Fringed furniture
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and lampshades are two of the most
popular ways to embrace the trend,
which is easy to adapt to a DIY project.
“You can add a fringe to the base of your
sofa, create custom-made pillows adding
trimmings as a pillow cuff or, for a little
zhush, hang a key tassel from your favorite
chest of drawers, table lamp or add to
your table setting,” Platina Phipps said.
She calls it “Trim Alchemy, the process
of transforming something ordinary
into extraordinary using trimmings.”
The art of embellishment was born in
16th century France when formal guilds
taught decorative “passementerie,” which
means “turn by hand,” Platina Phipps
said. It took years for an apprentice to
become a master, and the tassel was,
in essence, an apprentice’s thesis and
master’s calling card to get commissioned
work from the royalty, military and clergy.
“Adding embellishments today
indicates a creative status of the
homeowner who has an designer’s
attention to detail,” Platina Phipps said.
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