The Art of Mix & Match
What if your interior dared to embrace joyful chaos?
At Les Touristes, we've never really believed in discretion. Not in beige, not in overly tame lines, not in pieces that feel like you've already seen them ten times in the same magazine.What we love is the imperfect, the joyful, the unique. And above all, what looks like no one but you.Welcome to the world of mix & match, that sweet chaos that transforms a room into a living tableau, an interior into a manifesto of freedom.
It's an art of detail and offset, an anti-decoration manual for those who dream of a more vibrant world, and an interior that tells a story, rather than wearing trends like a uniform.
A philosophy of travel... at home
Mix & match is a bit like traveling without leaving your sofa. An invitation to cross inspirations, textures, memories, colors. Pairing a fuchsia velvet pouch with a jungle-print cotton voile curtain? Yes. Layering a floral bedspread with graphic cushions and a vintage lamp found at a flea market? Yes again.
And why not a tablecloth inspired by an Indian pattern, curtains that seem straight out of a bohemian London salon, and a yoga mat that would make a California studio green with envy? The world is vast, the home is too. What guides us: freedom, poetry, a taste for joyful eclecticism.
From velvet to cotton, material as language
At Les Touristes, we play with materials like a painter with their palette. Velvet for its depth and sensual side. Cotton canvas for its freshness and frankness. Cotton voile for its lightness and transparency.
This mix of textures gives rhythm, volume, contrast. It awakens colors, it invites touch. Mixing velvet and cotton means making seasons, sensations and styles dialogue — without ever falling into boredom or repetition.
The heritage of joyful disorder
Far from being a recent whim, mix & match has historical roots. William Morris, figure of the Arts & Crafts movement, already proclaimed in the 19th century that an interior should reflect the soul of those who inhabit it. His credo? Abundant patterns, artisanal objects, and above all, the end of the reign of industrial uniformity.
Closer to us, David Bowie, king of style and exuberance, reminded us that creating your world, in music, fashion or decor is also an act of resistance. Against blandness, against convention, against gray.
Against gloom: long live color!
At a time when trends advocate for "quiet luxury," minimalist interiors in "old money" style and washed-out palettes like an Instagram photo from 2015... we say no thank you. Beige? Not much for us. Total gray look? Too silent. Sobriety? It has its virtues, but this isn't where it flourishes.
Mix & match means claiming the right to make visual noise. To layer, to dare, to experiment. To combine what decor manuals would judge "too much." It's asserting that an interior can be a self-portrait. And that color, far from being frivolous, is a way of telling the world: I am alive, free, joyful, and I reinvent myself daily.
So, ready to make the rules dance? Open the floral cotton voile curtains, add a jungle-pattern velvet cushion, place an orange pouch on your weathered wooden table, and let the sun in. The rest, you invent.
Les Touristes ✿