The Best Textiles from Our 2024 Small/Cool Design Awards

There’s no better way to experiment with pattern and color than through textiles, whether it’s a bright bath towel or striped sofa slipcover. That said, accents like area rugs and brand-new bedding can still get expensive, so if you’re wondering which pieces are worth investing in, you’ve come to the right place. 

Apartment Therapy’s first-ever Small/Cool Design Awards just launched today, and we’re highlighting 44 of the coolest, smartest, most small-space-friendly home products. That includes big-ticket furniture and trendy lighting fixtures, but also design-forward textiles for your bathroom, bedroom, living room, and beyond. Get inspired with our roundup of textile winners below. 

• Bath Towel: Dusen Dusen House Stripe Towels
• Area Rug: Cold Picnic Embrace Rug
• Duvet Cover: Lulu & Georgia Tiger Hemp Duvet Cover
• Slipcover: Bemz Färlöv 2 Seater Sofa Cover
• Bedding: Cammie Bedding Ensemble

Our textiles category is here to instantly elevate your space, with winners ranging from a playful area rug unlike any you’ve seen before to stylish slipcovers designed specifically to cover IKEA sofas and seats. Your perfect bed makeover starts here, too, whether you love vintage-inspired bedding designs or want to mix and match more colors in the bedroom. 

Of course, there’s so much good design out there, so to compile this list of bests, we first consulted our editorial and commerce teams for the need-to-know products on their radars, plus reviewed a handful of reader-favorite bestsellers. We also welcomed submissions from some of our go-to brands, but to be considered for inclusion, all products must have been released within the past three years and cost under $1,000 (with the exception of sofas).

We tapped a team of in-the-know panelists to share their own design-forward faves as well: Ellen Van Dusen, founder of colorful textile brand Dusen Dusen; Sebastian Brauer, senior vice president of product design at Crate & Barrel and Crate & Kids; Priya Vij, founder of cabinet hardware company Hapny Home; Sarah Sherman Samuel, interior and furniture designer; DuVäl, interior designer and Small/Cool pop-up alum; Deirdre Maloney and Minya Quirk, co-founders of online shopping platform Afternoon Light and two of Apartment Therapy’s 2024 Design Changemakers; and Jeremiah Brent, interior designer and Queer Eye star.

Want to see more winners? See here for the full list of winners for the 2024 Small/Cool Design Awards.

All prices were accurate at the time of publishing, but may have changed since then.