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Designer Obsession: Tartan

April 5, 2016 • By

It’s National Tartan Day!

If you’ve got Scottish roots then it’s time to celebrate! April 6 is National Tartan Day, when people of Scottish heritage within the United States are celebrated for their contributions to the country.

Even if you don’t have Scottish roots you can still celebrate National Tartan Day by rocking your favorite plaid looks!

You can learn more about National Tartan Day here.

Take a peek at some of my favorite ways to bring in a little – or a lot  – of tartan.

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

Classic tartan is made with alternating bands of dyed thread woven together to form diagonal lines where the colors cross over which result in blocks of color in distinctive squares.  This patterning originated in Scotland.

Here are a few ways to incorporate this iconic plaid look in your home…

Carpets + Rugs

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

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Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

The Rug Company

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

My Domaine

Home Décor Details

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

HGTV

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

Ty Pennington

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

Itsy Bitsy and Pieces

Furniture

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

My Domaine

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

House Beautiful

You see that plaid beauty? It was painted. It’s not a stencil, it’s not contact paper, it’s Velvet Finishes! Jenna from Rain On a Tin Roof didn’t measure one iota of a thing to do it….lazy girl painting at it’s finest y’all. See her full tutorial, here.

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

Rain On a Tin Roof

Walls

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

HGTV

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

Plumsiena

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

Ty Pennington

Now, let’s check out this little roundup I did of some awesome plaid finds that you can incorporate into your home and wardrobe!

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Here are some crazy plaid looks and funny photos I found while researching. Enjoy!

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

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Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

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Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

Coool Stuff

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

Wild Eyed Southern Celt

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

Pixoto

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

Rock n Roll Bride

Want more Plaid? Remember this post that I did a while back on Mad for Plaid? Take a look back at it here.

Happy National Tartan Day! Take a look at this Designer Obsession: Tartan including ways to use Tartan in your home & Tartan fashion! #tartan #plaid

What are your thoughts on using Tartan in the home and fashion?  Do you love it as much as I do?

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For more info on tartan check out The Scottish Tartan Authority.

This post contains affiliate links.  If you click and purchase I may make a small commission.  Yay me!  However, it does not cost you one red cent more.  Yay you!  I call that a win/win.  Thank you for helping me beautify my home + wardrobe with tartan!

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