Floor cushions

Many little things create comfort in the house: paintings and curtains, lamps and wallpapers, furniture and textiles. Dumki and rollers on beds, sofas and on the floor make the house mentally warmer and more interesting. Not all interested people know which floor cushions to choose for their home.

Someone thinks that you can only stumble over floor cushions. but such products perform a variety of functions:

• A cushion for sitting on the floor in a new apartment will be you and a carpet, and a chair, and a blanket, and a pillow.
• With it, you can do charging, putting the product under the waist, knees, shoulders or head.
• Guests staying overnight can sleep on large floor cushions folded into the mattress.
• A bright accent in the interior will create just such a beautiful accessory.
• Fencing dangerous for your baby parts of the room with soft pillows.
• Emotional and physical relaxation.
• The ability to do it yourself.
• Low price.

Perhaps you will find some other advantages of such accessories, because they depend on the shape, filler and place of use.

The choice of size and shape depends on the environment and design ideas. The following forms of floor cushions can be distinguished:

• square;
• round;
• roller;
• pillow-pouf;
• modular;
• the sun (or any other toy);
• harness

At the same time, there are different sizes: from minimum (for children) to huge ones - such products occupy almost the entire room.

This decor element is suitable for many interiors.

• Japanese style they are the place around the low table.
• In oriental style cylindrical rollers with gold tassels are an indispensable attribute of the room.
• For metallized glass hi-tech Well suited single rectangular pillow-pouf steel color.
• Attic floor in loft style You can scatter a lot of small brick brick.

• For Provence A canvas pad with cotton frill.
• Modern - These are modular transformers. At night - the bed, in the evening (disassembled) - a place to watch movies with friends.

In addition, the use of such products depends on the functions of the room itself:

• Pillow by the fireplace in the living room should cause a feeling of comfort and peace, be soft and comfortable. Typically, such products are produced in the form of geometric shapes: square, rectangle, circle. Sizes - from the smallest to the full (in half of human growth). In a room of about 40 square meters can be placed 3-7 items. The textures and sizes can be different or make a monophonic composition.
• For the bedroom the French suggest using rollers. However, on the floor with one roller you will not manage. A hill of square, round pillows and a cushion will look very interesting.
• In the dining rooms flat pillows at the low table or puffs - at the coffee table are appropriate.
• Pillow in the nursery must be safe, not contain sharp or scratching decorative elements.
• Poof for the veranda should be thick and warm, made of non-staining material.

Having decided on the functions of the product, you need to think about which filler to choose. It must be hypoallergenic, optimally rigid. Such products should keep well shape.

Natural fillers:

• Feather and feather: a pillow tightly stuffed with such material will be heavy, slightly barbed and expensive. Such a filler like dust mites. It is not intended for wet rooms.
• Plant origin: shavings, soft twigs of trees and shrubs, buckwheat husks and grass. These are aromatherapy and orthopedic remedies that will help to relax, relieve pain, relieve nervous tension. Allergy sufferers should use them with caution.
• Vata used in decorative pillows, as it is heavy, it is inconvenient to drag it from place to place. When used, it becomes confused and unpleasant to the touch.
• Natural latexmade from rubber, nicely spring under the head. It is hypoallergenic, but rather expensive material.

More often used artificial fillers:

• Polystyrene 90% of the air, it is very light. It is an inexpensive, anti-stress, water-repellent material.
• Foam rubber - one of the most popular fillers. Used in the form of a layer or cut into pieces. Short-lived.
• Silicone balls - it is not only a filler, but also a developing toy for children. It is pleasant to the touch, contributes to the development of fine motor skills.
• Sintepon soft, which gradually leads to the obynaniyu. It is warm, antifungal. In synthetic, mites and other parasites do not live.

• Sintepukh perfectly replace the natural fluff. At the same time it is not subject to rotting, retains its properties in a wet room for longer.
• Streamfiber - A good option for modular pillows used under the sofa or bed. Elastic material.
• Holofiber - a popular modern filler for many products. Polyester balls are lightweight, machine washable. To give the original shape you just need to shake the product.

What you choose for yourself depends on the function of the pillow. You may need an anatomical roller of juniper shavings, a sun with silicone balls for the child and a decorative pillow filled with cotton wool.

The choice of cover will also depend on where you are going to use the pillow:

• Decorative pillow can be decorated with embroidery or appliqué, framed with lace, braid, tassels or fabric of other texture.
• Case, connected by large or small viscousIt will not be durable, but such products look very beautiful - due to the created volume.

• Fillers of plant origin They will produce aromas, they should be packed in natural fabrics. This corresponds to the purpose of flavoring and the idea of ​​using natural materials.
• From the remnants of the skin You can sew a seat cushion cover.
• For modular cushion take thick fabrics with synthetic thread. This will help to keep the "transformer" for a long time.
• Separately pillowsput together can make a picture. To do this, cut a large print into several pieces and use them as the front side of your pillows. A print with a cartoon hero will turn such pillows into a puzzle for a child.

• Garden or Veranda Pillows it is better to cover in water-repellent materials. A puff that is accidentally forgotten on the street will not get wet and will not collect dirt on itself.
• For classic style Fit silk or satin covers with embroidery.
• Pillow, sewn and decorated with a child - This is the best gift for any parent.

There are not just designer cushions. The authors of these masterpieces learned the whole world.

• Todd von Bastians and Brian McCarthy came up with floor cushions in the form of pancakes and fritters. Pillows with a filler of highly elastic foam and a cover with a pancake print look very interesting. A hill of such "pancakes" will warm you on a cold floor, such products are soft and pleasant to the touch.
• There are pillows in the form of scrambled eggs and hot dog, sliced ​​orange and sandwich, sushi and rolls. There are even products in the form of a piece of raw meat.
• Still, the theme of toys is more familiar, only sizes of such pillows may be different - from a small roller dacha under the neck to a cat that occupies half of the room. Someone sews the most real puzzles, and someone builds wireless lanterns in poufs so that you can read while lying on the floor.

• Korean designers have released a series of round flat pillows with a picture of The moon. The idea was supported, and now you can fall asleep on Earth, the Moon and even on a meteorite or comet.
• Another interesting idea - harnesses or snakes. Long "sausage" can be wrapped, transformed as you like. As a result, you can even make your nest. And there are interesting products with fasteners that easily turn a round pillow into a chair or a pouf.
• The most unusual are considered pillow waves. They appeared in a special room, at the exhibition center of the city of Metz (France). They were created by Celine Merhand and Anais Morel. Large soft waves cover the entire floor of the rest room and help tourists to relax.

The following video is about how to make an original pillow-knot with your own hands.