Chevron is a pretty popular pattern, but don’t call it trendy! It’s been around for a looong time. Credible sources pinpoint its rise to popularity to 13th century Italy. (Credible sources include me and the 40 seconds of google research I just did).
So if you love chevron so hard, sit back and enjoy! If not, you can still use these ideas as inspiration to display your own favorite pattern, whether it’s plaid, polka-dots, houndstooth, argyle, ogee, paisley, or camouflage.
And speaking of patterns, I thought I’d introduce these projects with my favorite one of all: 5-7-5. Yes, the patron saint of patternry in poetry, the haiku. Here we go.
Simple table by
DeDe at Designed Decor.
zigs left, and zags right.
Amber adds gold feet
old chair gets funky.
Sad piano bench
now Nicer Than New
Play on Joan, play on.
Passed-down set of chairs
Robin has chevronified.
One down, nine to go.
bet this called for heavy math.
Liz ain’t no dummy.
And, since I’m in a contest kind of mood lately, let’s have a haiku contest RIGHT NOW!
Leave a comment in the form of a haiku and the best one shall win $10 giftcard to, I don’t know, Target or whatever you want. Fun!
48 Comments
KRISTINA
March 28, 2014 at 8:37 AMSTRIPES MY FAVORITE
LONG GONE ARE THE FLOWERS
BRING ON THE CHEVRON!
Katie B.
March 28, 2014 at 8:37 AMSlow Friday creeps on.
To the web! Anything new?
Better After! Score!
Amber
March 28, 2014 at 8:41 AMNot a chevron fan
Reminds me of the circus
Sorry, sis-in-law
Really, I think chevron is cute in small doses, but my brother and sister-in-law’s house is totally CHEVRONIFIED…like, every room. #whatevermakesyouhappy
Erin
March 28, 2014 at 8:46 AMChevron is tricky
Do not want to sound cheeky
Too much math for me
Heidi
March 28, 2014 at 8:47 AMIf I win today
I will spend it at “Tarjay”
Hello Merona
Kathy
March 28, 2014 at 9:06 AMBefores look woeful
Hope’s restored with Chevron Joy
They’re Better After
Jeni
March 28, 2014 at 9:08 AMMy kids have strep throat:
Mama needs a shopping trip!
Barnes and Noble, please!
Bethany Wimmer
March 28, 2014 at 9:17 AMis chevronified
in the dictionary yet?
it should be, i say.
Michelle L
March 28, 2014 at 9:17 AMOnly you would think
Of this brilliant method
For getting comments
Lindsey, you are hilarious and a blogging genius!!!!!
Shea
March 28, 2014 at 9:19 AMI am bored at work
Better After makes me laugh
time passes faster:)
Carol Hake
March 28, 2014 at 9:42 AMChevron, not for me
Appreciate the effort though
Better After is!
Christina
March 28, 2014 at 9:45 AMChevron is so hot
But don’t call it trendy, man
It’s older than us.
Its lame, but fun to come up with!
Shaleeta
March 28, 2014 at 9:47 AMthat bedframe is rad
Do people say rad these days?
I guess I’m people.
I should stop now, and
Just say that Chevron is neat
(I can’t do it though)
Continuously
Writing haiku’s makes you think
Syllabically
cara
March 28, 2014 at 9:53 AMChevron
Showcase ups and downs
A wall, a chair, a table
Metaphor of life
Katherine
March 28, 2014 at 10:07 AMLindsey is awesome
Her blog always entertains
I love reading it
Colleen
March 28, 2014 at 10:23 AMa zig and a zag
all those lines make me dizzy
chevy in the hiz (zy)!
Sherron
March 28, 2014 at 10:24 AMIt might be trendy
But I’ve always liked chevron
It sounds like my name
Marci
March 28, 2014 at 10:31 AMNot a fan of Chevrons
Yet done in soft grey and white
They’re hard to resist
Bharati
March 28, 2014 at 10:49 AMLife is full of ups and downs
how about a little reminder on the wall
in the form of chevron??
Starla
March 28, 2014 at 11:26 AMWowza powza bam
Pattern paint and genius
Think I’ll try it now
Norienne
March 28, 2014 at 11:27 AMPainted chevrons once–
Or at least attempted to.
I fail at zig-zags.
Mallory
March 28, 2014 at 11:29 AMDidn’t think I liked
ziggy-zaggy stripes, but those
on the bench are rad.
Jake's a Girl
March 28, 2014 at 1:11 PMChevron could make me weak.
But!
It reminds me of A Halloween Pumpkins Teeth.
JaG 🙂
Hanna
March 28, 2014 at 1:14 PMNot even going to attempt it! Just had to say this gave me a great laugh! I love the one about “Tarjay”
Mandi G.
March 28, 2014 at 1:49 PMChevron and gray boo
Your appearance speaks to me
I heart this haiku
Connie Nikiforoff Designs
March 28, 2014 at 1:58 PMChevrons everywhere
Pattern overload have I
Uniqueness is gone
It’s not that I hate chevrons (I mean hey the military uses them for their enlisted rank distinction!) but there are just some things that really might look better without the ubiquitous chevron. 🙁 Let’s introduce something new, shall we? 🙂
denise
March 28, 2014 at 2:08 PMLindsey you are fun
You make us think to compete
Starbucks is my gold
chrissybozz
March 28, 2014 at 2:17 PMlindsey you are too
stinking funny sometimes that
i must buy depends.
Haley
March 28, 2014 at 2:26 PMI’m expecting twins!
Many projects in my head.
No energies t’spare.
Amy
March 28, 2014 at 3:01 PMI love your website
I love it with all my might
And that is a lot
andy
March 28, 2014 at 3:25 PMLove the stuff you’ve refinished! Please check my blog out, we have similar taste 🙂
Nikki H
March 28, 2014 at 5:44 PMWe love our new house
We moved plumb across Texas
Still remodeling
Stephbo
March 28, 2014 at 6:14 PMChevrons may be old,
But like them, I never shall.
Polka dots are best.
Bets
March 28, 2014 at 6:58 PMFirst this way, then that
Chevron should use MapQuest app
for shortest distance.
(hee hee hee)
Tristie
March 28, 2014 at 9:10 PMGot played by Joan’s bench
Amber kicks me with gold feet
Smart Girls paint steals hearts
Alexa Conner
March 28, 2014 at 10:53 PMChevron is ugly,
But Better After’s awesome!
Forever a fan!
Heather k Miller
March 29, 2014 at 3:25 AMBaby is awake
Tis the middle of the night
Chevrons soothing ME
Lynn
March 29, 2014 at 4:56 AMFace worn and dated
Great bones cannot be hidden
Granted one more life
Liz
March 29, 2014 at 10:51 AMI stink at Haiku,
But I love me some chevron.
Thanks for the feature!
Liz
March 29, 2014 at 10:54 AMMy vote is for chrissybozz because Lindsey you are definitely hysterical!
abbie
March 29, 2014 at 3:30 PMI wasn’t going
To write a haiku today
But it has begun.
When my favorite daily email popped up yesterday, I knew I *had* to read all the comments, but only after people had submitted theirs. Thanks for the daily dose of poetry. Maybe you should encourage limerick writing next time? 🙂
Haikus can be fun
But like chevron, overdone.
Limericks up next?
Ariela
March 29, 2014 at 5:29 PMTo chevron or not
Trendiness reigns supreme but
Ugliness remains
Karl Haro von Mogel
March 29, 2014 at 6:15 PMOk, I would like to contribute to this Chevron Poetry Slam,
But I do not feel like conforming to the simple Haiku guidelines. Instead, I submit a pseudo-villanelle to this contest. (It follows an ABC rhyming scheme, rather than ABA as the classic villanelle does.)
Do not put Chevron on that Furniture
Do not put chevron on that furniture.
I wish this trend would simply go away.
Resist, resist, the trendy jagged stripes.
Your antique couch will lose its signature,
The classic styles will never be passe.
Do not put chevron on that furniture.
You want to make me barf without the hype?
You might as well redo in faberge.
Resist, resist, the trendy jagged stripes.
The parents renovating rooms for sure,
Will choose some colors soft for child’s play,
Do not put chevron on that furniture.
If trends you like then build with steampunk pipes,
The old and new can have another day.
Resist, resist, the trendy jagged stripes.
Refinishing can be an adventure,
For Better After there’s another way.
Do not put chevron on that furniture.
Resist, resist, the trendy jagged stripes.
Sofia
March 29, 2014 at 7:37 PMIt’s nice that you talk about a bit of this pattern’s origins! 🙂
I think it works very well in different objcts ans spaces!
xx
Sofia
Ariela
March 30, 2014 at 4:10 PMHeidi and Chrissybozz made me laugh for sure! But wowzers at Karl…Villanelle for the win! 🙂
Kristie
March 30, 2014 at 4:27 PMBeautiful designs
I love the order and stripes
Easy modern twist
Kathleen
March 30, 2014 at 8:26 PMHail, Google research.
Rock on, Wikipedia.
You make us feel smart.
KathieSimmons
April 1, 2014 at 5:03 PMNever do I win
Especially now that Karl
Brought the Villanelle.