Harlequin Home Decor

Interpreting Harlequin for Your Home

• You can interpret the diamond-shaped Harlequin theme in a variety of color combinations, fabrics, flooring, lighting, and accessories. The traditional Harlequin colors of red, blue, brown and yellow can be expressed in a myriad of hues, from soft to brilliant, or in black and white, or any two-color combination. You can carry out the scheme in draperies, carpeting, rugs and linens. Continue the theme with lighting that reflects the diamond pattern.

Harlequin Themed Bathroom

• Either do your entire bathroom in Harlequin or simply use it as an accent for walls or floors. For example, choose Harlequin glass mosaic tiles in your favorite color combinations for the floor, and line the shower enclosure and walls with larger tiles in the same pattern. Or, select black and white Harlequin tiles for the floor and only install them three-fourths of the way up the wall. To complete the look, hang Harlequin inspired lighting fixtures.

Harlequin in the Master Bedroom

• Because Harlequin is such a strong design pattern, you want to use it moderately in your bedroom. Employ the colors of Venice, often associated with Harlequin, in your color scheme. Imagine your bed sitting on a small, coral-on-coral Harlequin-patterned carpet and your walls painted in a serene green, with an accent wall that repeats the coral of the carpet in a large Harlequin pattern. Accessorize in silks, brocades and Rococo pieces.

Harlequin Accents and Accessories

• There are Harlequin accent pieces and accessories to be found for every room. For the bathroom, there are Harlequin bath mats or rugs in a number of color combinations, glass mosaic bathroom accessories, wallpaper and borders, and porcelain masks. For the bedroom, you can find sculptures of the Harlequin character in bronzes and porcelains, gorgeous silk bedspreads and pillows in the Harlequin pattern, and reproductions of 17th Century Italian furniture.