Felt is a very versatile material that we can introduce in different ways in our home. It is relatively easy to work with it, hence in the market we can find furniture, accessories and other decorative elements, made with this material, with relative ease.
Children's rooms can be inexpensively decorated with garlands, mobiles, and other felt ornaments. The organization of our house can also be benefited if we use this material to create baskets and boxes. It can also be used to soundproof and decorate the walls. And that's not all.
Felt walls
Made from a blend of wool and rayon fibers, felt is a lightweight and moldable material; characteristics that make it a comfortable material to work with. Another of its best and most useful properties is that reduce noise And it can be used to soundproof the wall.
It should not be surprising, therefore, that this material is being used more and more in wall cladding. The Submaterial felt panels They have very elegant geometric designs and have been the protagonists of important publishers. More fun is the idea of combining small geometric pieces on the wall, completing it as a panel or in isolation.
Felt furniture
Felt furniture is not common in our homes, hence they bring a lot of personality to those rooms in which they are located. Getting them has a price and although felt is an accessible material, designer furniture in this material they are very exclusive.
The Ruff Pouf designed by Romero Vallejo is one of our favorite pieces. You can find it for sale at GAN, for between € 800 and € 1500. Another of our favorite proposals, due to the many possibilities that we find, is made up of acoustic screens designed by Goodrum. They can be used as a screen, to insulate the desk, to decorate the wall ...
Felt beds for cats and dogs
Not only we can enjoy furniture made of felt, our animals can also do it. Both large firms and small artisans who work with this material have seen the possibilities of felt to create beds and original houses for dogs and cats of the most original.
We love the little house with cat ears and the basket with handles, both for cats and both for sale at Esty at the Agnestfelt and Elevele stores, respectively. Simpler is the bed of Hello Pets, but very practical for our dogs. And in the same store you can find the teepees, practical both for some and for others and even for the smallest of the house.
Felt Accessories
Decorating our home with felt accessories is much cheaper than doing it with furniture of the same material. We can find rugs, magazine racks, flower pots, boxes and even lamps like Outofstock. Most in gray, very in tune with a Nordic style.
Desk accessories
Wall organizers, “moodboard” type panels, iPad or notebook covers, keyboard mats, cases… If you are looking for an “inexpensive” way to change the appearance of your work corner, felt accessories are a great alternative. Only on Etsy can you find a long list of accessories that can give your work table a different air.
Felt boxes and baskets
Boxes and baskets are very useful in our homes to keep closets and shelves organized. Those made of wood and plastic are the most popular, but in the last decade felt boxes and baskets have taken on a leading role. With sober designs and rounded shapesThey have a more delicate appearance than those made of other materials, but they can be equally useful in different rooms of the house.
We can use them to organize towels in the bathroom or rags in the kitchen. In a reading corner, they can be used to collect our books and next to the desk they can be useful to store stationery. We can also use them to organize toys for the little ones or pick up the blankets from the sofa in the living room.
Felt to decorate the children's room
In the decoration of children's spaces, creativity plays a very important role. With felt you can make numerous crafts in which we can involve the little ones, from simple garlands to mobiles or different elements to decorate the wall.
Pinterest is a great tool for finding different ideas and how to carry them out. It will not be difficult for you find patterns to create animal heads with which to decorate the bedroom wall or different figures with which to compose a mobile to hang over the crib. And if you don't dare to make them with your own hands, you can always buy details like the ones in the image above on Etsy.
Do you like our ideas to decorate your home with felt?