The textile designer shares rules for incorporating prints and patterns in your decor Mackenzie Schmidt is the Home and Travel Editor for PEOPLE. She's worked at PEOPLE for over five years as a writer ...

Color, scale, and size are a few easy tricks to ensure your prints pair perfectly together ...

Decorating with checks is a wonderful way to bring color and pattern into a room. With designs ranging from buffalo plaid to tartan, checks are fabulously versatile as they work with so many prints ...

The first space I ever added pattern to was my laundry room. It wasn’t even really a room—more like a ...