Favorite Pillow Sources For Your Home Refresh

Few things refresh a room faster than new pillows. Below are twelve sources I return to regularly: five Etsy shops doing work you won’t find in a big retailer, and seven retail destinations that cover a wide range of styles and budgets.

Note: if you use my links I may get a commission but several of these sources are not affiliates…I just think you should know about them!

Etsy: small shops, great finds

Etsy is still one of the best places to find pillow makers working in small batches, using fabrics you won’t find at a retailer, and often open to customizing. These five shops are in my regular rotation.

1. Krinto Global Textiles: Vintage-Inspired

Krinto draws on global textile traditions with a color palette that has a faded, collected quality. They work well with linen, rattan, and layered interiors.

2. Pillow Fever: Prints · Color · Versatile

Pillow Fever has a wide range — stripes, geometrics, printed designs — and the quality holds up for the price. This is where I send friends who want to try a new color without a big commitment.

3. Spark Modern Contemporary · Graphic · Design-Forward

Spark Modern is for interiors that lean contemporary. The designs are graphic — geometric patterns, clean lines, color used with purpose. Great quality.

4. Pop O’ Color: Bold Color · Playful · Statement Pieces

Exactly what it says. This is the shop for anyone ready to commit to color.

5. Flying Tack

Flying Tack pillows are at home in a library, a reading room, or any space with a traditional/transitional point of view.

The Retail Shops I keep going back to:

When I want a broader range or the ease of a familiar return policy, these are my go-to retailers. Each has its own aesthetic, and together they cover most styles and price points.

6. Walter G: Artisan Textiles · Global Prints

Walter G is an Australian textile brand that works with artisan weavers and block printers, primarily in India. The fabrics have depth of color and a handmade quality and they coordinate well together.

7. Pottery Barn: Classic · Accessible · Widely Available

Pottery Barn earns its place here for one reason: consistency. The range is broad, the quality is reliable, and the classic aesthetic integrates with most interiors.

Our striped pillow and soft throw blanket are from Pottery Barn. The printed pillow is from Spark Modern.

Also, Pottery Barn is my favorite place to go for solid Belgian linen covers with 19 different colors.

8: McGee & Co. Studio McGee · Transitional · Elevated Casual

Studio McGee’s retail line has a signature of warm neutrals, natural textures, and understated pattern. A good fit for interiors that sit between classic and casual.

9: CB2: Modern · Graphic · Contemporary Edge

CB2 is where I go when I want something with more edge (like with lumbar pillows above–no longer available). The pillow selection is graphic and contemporary, and it’s useful for introducing a modern note into a room.

Their sister company Crate & Barrel is also a good place to look. The blue velvet stitched lumbars are from Crate & Barrel.

10: Bastideaux French-Inspired · Provençal · Boutique

Bastideaux brings a French sensibility to its pillow range — Provençal prints, toiles, and a farmhouse aesthetic rooted in the south of France.

11. Linen and Cloth Natural Fibers · Organic · Artisan-Made

Linen and Cloth is rooted in natural fibers and undyed textures. They serve as the quiet neutral in a layered arrangement, and they suit any interior that values the organic and the handmade.

12. Wayfair Wide Range · Every Budget · Discovery Shopping

Wayfair isn’t the first name that comes to mind for design shopping, but for sheer range it’s hard to beat. The pillow selection spans every budget, and the filtering tools — by color, pattern, size, material — make it easy to find exactly what you have in mind. I use it like a search engine when I know what I’m looking for.

In fact, I have a fresh post coming up on how I decorated the screened porch off the office using Wayfair.

A well-dressed sofa, a layered bed, a window seat that makes you want to sit — in almost every case, the pillows made the difference.

• My advice: pick one room, decide what it needs — more color, more texture, more calm — and start there.
• Mix your scales, mix your textures, and don’t be afraid of an odd number.
• When you add a draped throw blanket, that can act as a throw pillow too from a color and/or texture standpoint.
• When you order your inserts, size up by 2 inches. If the cover is 20×20″, buy a 22×22″ insert. It fills the corners, holds its shape, and gives you that full, designer look you see in styled rooms.

I’d love to know if there’s a shop I should know about. Please leave a note in the comments.

Happy decorating!

Also check out: Read This Before You Buy Another Throw Pillow!