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You've bought your pillow cover, but, now what?! To help it live its best pillow life possible, I really want to help you easily determine what size inserts you should buy for your pillow covers! It can be a confusing world, with sizing nuances from every manufacturer, knowing what to size up on, how much, etc. I'm so excited to give you my tried and true recommendations!    Design: Eye for Pretty || Photo: Amy Bartlam   SIZE MATTERS The one thing you ALWAYS want to do, is size UP on your insert size.  Which means that whatever size your...

One of the most asked questions I get is, “Where should I buy inserts?” There are so many options out there, and I have religiously stuck to a few major retailers over the years. But, I’ve always wondered in the back of my mind, especially when I’m asked for recommendations; what if there are better options out there that I don’t even know about!? Beautifully stuffed pillows chilling in this room by Lindsey Brooke Design (Photo: Amy Bartlam)   WHY IS IT SO HARD? Not only are there so many manufacturers making pillow inserts, every single manufacturer uses different amounts and...

There has definitely been an influx in the demand for neutral colored textiles within the past year!  I received a request for a combo similar to the pillow covers in this Instagram Post:    View this post on Instagram A post shared by BOHO PILLOW (@bohopillow) on Jan 28, 2020 at 4:24pm PST   Except in the world of one of a kind textiles, offering similar/exact prints can be very, very difficult!  So, I started to extract anything in neutral tones, and started to amass quite a bit of pillow covers. As I began to play with them and match...

Have you ever excitedly and perhaps hastily, tried to stuff a pillow and suddenly hear the horrid sounds of ripping or tearing?!  Ugh, it's the worst!!  And not to mention, your precious pillow cover is pretty much ruined and you just want to delicately hold it and sob into it, apologizing for the pain you caused it.... OK, maybe I went a little too far there, but, you get my drift.  This video will only take less than two minutes of your time, and just imagine all of the pillow lives we will be saving together!  I really hope it helps!!...

 I've been meaning to share an excerpt I wrote from a collaborative post that was featured on The Everygirl!!  I hope some of my tips can help you in your future pillow mixing and matching endeavors!! Here we go! The first rule of mixing pattern is…there are no rules! But for those of us that weren’t blessed with the natural ability to do so, here are a few tips I swear by to get started. Determine your color palette: This is where all of the fun starts because color is the powerhouse of this operation. Take time to decide what colors you want...