Choose Complementary Accessories
Chintz is known for its colorful palettes, often invoking a veritable rainbow of hues, from pastels to punchy jewel tones. To tie the statement-making print into the rest of your space, use the palette as a jumping-off point for your accessories. Here, designer Lisa Gilmore echoed a soft robin’s egg blue from the nearby chintz drapery on the bedside lamp.
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Pair Masculine and Feminine
Florals can feel inherently feminine, so it’s no surprise that a surplus of them—as often seen in chintz—can skew too saccharine. To tone down the ladylike aesthetic, pair the print with a fabric that boasts a more masculine edge. In this Nashville home, designer Liz Bonesio brought some edge to a Rose Tarlow chintz print with a mustard and blue striped duvet.
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Layer Southern Elements
Chintz fabrics forever have a stronghold in the South, where they play into the formality inherent in Lowcountry design. For an easy way to build a room around a stunning print, look to other Southern-inspired design elements to flesh out the space. In this charming attic bedroom, designer Cara Fox matched a sweet floral Schumacher wallpaper with a throw pillow and sconce shade to make this bed between the dormers feel like a secret garden.
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Lean Into Bold
There’s no quieting a room with chintz on the walls or couch, so you might as well lean into a more-is-more attitude. Case in point? This maximalist Isabel Ladd–designed bedroom from the 2023 House Beautiful Whole Home, which teams a chintz-inspired Morris & Co. wallpaper with other over-the-top accents, like layered rugs, funky art, and a sculptural mirror.
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Rinse and Repeat
Pattern drenching—aka the act of using prints (often the same print) in spots all over a room—is especially popular with chintz fabrics. Instead of opting for just a set of drapes or just a chaise lounge, why not blanket the entire room in your favorite print? Here, designer Katie Rosenfeld chose a buttery chintz fabric (a collab between Blithfield and Lee Jofa) to reinforce the home’s classic New England farmhouse vibes.
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Dial Up the Drama
Team Up Two Icons
What’s better than one iconic print? Two, of course! Just because you’re going bold with chintz doesn’t mean you have to forgo pattern in the rest of your space. The trick to mixing and matching is choosing patterns that match in palette but vary in scale. Designer Roxy Owens led by example in the 2023 House Beautiful Whole Home, where she paired Lee Jofa’s Chinese Peony wallpaper with the equally iconic Brunschwig & Fils Les Touches fabric on a nearby slipper chair.
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Go One-Note
There are plenty of ways to modernize chintz prints, one of our favorite being by pairing them with a color-drenched room. In this historical Georgian home, designer Charlotte Lucas made a classic Schumacher fabric feel of-the-moment enough for a little girl’s bedroom by complementing it with various applications of pink, including a pop art painting and midcentury modern–inspired desk.
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Mix In Modern Elements
These days, chintz is such a part of the design vernacular that it’s not difficult to make it feel current. The foolproof formula? One part chintz to two parts modern. Take this room in the home of designer Mark D. Sikes, for example. A chintz-covered armchair and nearby pillow blend seamlessly with other eras, including graphic ikat curtains and a regency-inspired glass coffee table.
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Spotlight a Single Shade
Chintz design elements were born to stand out, so feel free to give them the spotlight. If you’re not an all-over-pattern lover, keep in mind that one hit of chintz can often be enough to lift the personality of an entire room. Here, a simple and classic bath gets a wink from custom Roman shades made from a vintage buttery yellow chintz.
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