A room feels welcoming in winter through the surfaces we touch: the upholstery of a favourite armchair, a cushion against the back or a rug beneath bare feet. These details give comfort a physical presence, while their colours and finishes shape the atmosphere. At Maison Territo, winter interior design can begin with this interplay of materials. Leather, wool, velvet and cotton each bring a different quality, creating spaces that feel inviting without requiring an entirely new arrangement for the season.
Leather and shearling for a welcoming living room
Combining smooth and richly textured surfaces gives a seating area depth. The Peekasit armchair by Fendi Casa illustrates this through a Signoria leather shell surrounding an interior offered in fabric or shearling, where the shearling version brings a particularly enveloping texture to its sculptural form. The Mere armchair by Bentley Home, available upholstered in fabric or leather, offers another way to introduce contrast alongside softer accessories. Together these examples show how comfort can emerge from varied surfaces rather than a single material repeated throughout the room.
Wool, velvet and cashmere, from the floor to the bed
Wool introduces another tactile dimension, and underfoot is where it registers most. The Iman Ivory rug by Loloi is knotted by hand in India, in wool and cotton, with linear and braided details that create tonal variations across the surface. At seating level, the textile can stay an open question: the Big George sofa by Moooi, designed by Cristián Mohaded, is customised from a wide selection of fabrics, which lets the material be decided last. The same logic carries into the bedroom: the Eve bed by Gallotti&Radice offers removable upholstery in velvet or nubuck, while the First Dream mattress by Midsummer Milano brings wool and cashmere to its winter side. Each surface keeps its own character.
Finding your materials at Maison Territo
None of this calls for redoing a room. A single texture introduced where hands and feet actually land changes more than a full rearrangement, which is why the pieces shown here work as starting points rather than a finished scheme. The collections are online, and at the Royalmount showroom in Montreal our advisors can place the materials side by side, since touch settles these questions faster than any description. Maison Territo is where that comparison is easiest to make.
