Zara Home Just Collaborated With A Historic Icon In British Design – And It's 2026's Answer To Fresh Yet Whimsical Florals
The new Zara Home x Morris & Co. drop softens iconic prints into accessories for modern lives and stylish pets
Zara Home is famously minimalist, a sensibility that feels at odds with the pattern-rich legacy of British textile house Morris & Co. But if you caught last March’s debut, you’ll know these two worlds are already in conversation. This latest chapter deepens it, placing textiles front and center while riffing on Morris & Co.’s most iconic prints.
‘Textiles’ here is, of course, code for a generous new collection of bedding and throw pillow covers, which are now reimagined in thoughtfully desaturated palettes. Tones of powdery mustard, sage green, and pale blue make us fall back in love with familiar florals whilst scratching a very specific 2026 itch for whimsy.
This historically referential collection was shot inside a modern London home, a move that underscores Morris & Co.’s ability to live comfortably in both worlds. This floral bedding feels as relevant now as it did one hundred-something years ago.
Tonally, this collaboration is cooler than you might expect from a house best known for more traditional patterns, and lighter in spirit, too. Among the jacquard and matelassé cushions is bedding woven from natural fibers like cotton and linen, with touches of satin for movement, giving the collection the easy, unfussy feel modern bed sheets demand.
Even furry friends are invited. The floral pet cushion is so generously stuffed and so unexpectedly stately, complete with printed motifs and neat topstitching, that you may briefly question who it’s really for.
Behind the scenes, the Morris & Co. and Zara Home design teams worked in close dialogue, reimagining the house’s iconic florals through a muted, powder-soft palette. A shared tonal base ties each piece together, giving the collection cohesion.
Minimalism is often critiqued for feeling cold or unmoored. This soft-sided collection of subdued florals grounds that very 21st-century sensibility in something real, pushing back with one simple question: how's 165 years worth of weight?
This throw pillow cover lands on a happy, sun-warmed yellow that looks as if it’s already lived a little. It delivers the charm of true vintage, minus the trawl, rendered in a breezy cotton-linen blend that we wager feels about as good as it looks.
Last year’s surprise patterned fitted sheet trend hit its stride, so consider this the natural evolution. Bring that hit of play to the top sheet, or try your hand at pattern drenching. Like the rest of Morris & Co.’s archive, the florals across the duvets, sheets, and pillow covers are designed to mix, mingle, and ultimately make sense together.
A duvet William Morris himself would have approved of. This soothing rework of a storied print is rendered in smooth, lightweight cotton sateen and washed in a cool, restorative green that feels tailor-made to transition into brighter, spring days ahead.
You may already love your sofa, your accent chair, or the foot of your bed, but drape these seasoned florals overtop and suddenly there’s a better backstory. With gentle yellow undertones and a grounded, neutral palette, the pattern plays just as well with dusty pinks, blues, and purples as it does with earthier notes like chocolate brown, cream, or terracotta.
A pillowcase is the safest place to let pattern run a little feral, so consider the garden its new venue. Paired with otherwise solid bedding, this floral print spices up the bedscape with a gorgeously ghosted effect and the kind of silky payoff only a 300-thread-count cotton sateen can deliver.
Pet beds are typically… uninspired. This one is not. With more than a century of pattern history baked in, it's dapper enough to own real estate on the living room floor. Chic for them, convincing enough for you, and in a pinch? We won’t tell if it becomes auxiliary seating.
It’s a milestone year for Morris & Co., and Zara Home isn’t their only collaboration worth noting. If you’re craving a little more linen to round out your bedding lineup, their collection with Piglet in Bed is also worth a look, breathing fresh life into some of the season’s most scene-stealing bedding trends.
