Decorating with black and white buffalo check is a timeless and classy way to add a touch of hominess to your house. Whether you prefer a modern farmhouse vibe or just love black and white, we’re sharing over 20 ways you can decorate.
You’ll love these black and white buffalo plaid ideas!
I’ve always had a thing for black and white decorating, but buffalo check takes it to a new level. What I love about this style is it’s perfect for both the holidays like Christmas, it’s a fun and crisp way to decorate in spring and summer too!
We’re sharing our favorite black and white buffalo check home decor ideas whether you’re looking for decorations, furniture, DIY ideas, or holiday inspiration.
✅ This is the most popular buffalo check reader favorite!
Where did buffalo check originate?
And by chance you were wondering (because I certainly was!), where did buffalo check even come from?
The buffalo check pattern originated in the 1700’s in Scotland and is a simple pattern associated with the MacGregor Clan, according to the Scottish Tartans Authority. It wasn’t manufactured in the U.S. until Woolrich produced the first ever Buffalo Check Wool Shirt in 1850. When many people today think of buffalo check, they think of Woolrich and that famous red and back wool shirt.
Again, while I have nothing against plaid clothing at all, I’m absolutely in love with the decorating options in this post and it’s really inspired me in my own home. I also love that it blends perfectly with either fall or winter decor.
Here’s our favorite 20+ black and white buffalo check decorating ideas to hopefully inspire you all year long! Enjoy!
Buffalo Check Throw Pillows
Buffalo check pillows are the perfect and inexpensive way to add a little bit of black and white buffalo check to your life. When I’m testing out a new decor idea, buying inexpensive throw pillows is a great place to start.
Whether you’re looking for a cozy year-round look or decorating for the holidays, you’ll love these throw pillow ideas.
If you’re like me and constantly like to change your furniture pillows but don’t have tons of storage space, this is when buffalo check pillow covers are perfect!
If you need inexpensive and highly rated pillow inserts, these are a terrific option.
Home Accessories
Home accessories in popular styles are a great way to enjoy trendy decor styles or you can swap your accents out seasonally, without breaking the bank.
Whether you add a layered rug under your door mat, a large dining room rug, or accents like stools or other decor, it’s fun to add a splash of black and white that can easily be moved around to other rooms as inspiration hits you.
Buffalo Check Flooring
Becky from The Other Side of Neutral shares a black and white buffalo check painted floor tutorial on her blog if you’d prefer the DIY route.
This stunning floor was also featured in a prior Better Homes & Gardens magazine!
If you’d prefer to buy something ready to go, while this isn’t exactly buffalo check, black and white peel and stick flooring, which is an inexpensive and easy alternative!
What I love about the peel and stick flooring is it’s great if you just want an inexpensive trendy look that doesn’t commit you for many years. It’s also the ideal flooring for a rental house, apartment, or RV.
Buffalo Check Furniture
Buffalo Check Curtains
Buffalo Check Fall Decor
What I love about buffalo check decor is how versatile it is all year round. Black and white buffalo check gives your home cozy rustic charm every month of the year, but it especially shines in the fall and winter.
Whether you decorate with black and white buffalo stuffed pumpkins, pillow covers, or cute throw rugs, the black and white plaid contrasts beautifully with traditional fall colors.
Black and white buffalo check fall decor basics like rugs, simple pillows, curtains and kitchen accents work like a charm with transitioning your home from fall into Christmas.
Buffalo Check Pumpkin Pillows
The simple square black and white buffalo check pillows are so adorable, why not quick it up a notch with cute as can be seasonal pumpkin buffalo check and burlap pillow covers?
You can find these adorable handmade pillow covers here by Sherri Sew Sweet. She makes the cute handmade pumpkins in the photos too!
If you need inexpensive and high-quality pillow inserts, these are a great choice.
Buffalo Check Table Ideas
Adding a cozy farmhouse touch is perfect any time of year, but adds to the rustic vibe for the holidays. Whether it be a table runner, dishes, napkins, or accent pieces, you’ll definitely find a buffalo check table charming!
Why not add festive and cozy buffalo check dishes to your holiday table? The Gather plates and mugs are simply adorable and such a bargain!
Or use your everyday dishes and go for the layered look like Kailleasinkyle did.
Amazon sells adorable black and white buffalo check disposable plates if you’d prefer to use them just for a single holiday occasion.
Buffalo Check Christmas Decor
Here’s some adorable ideas to inspire you for the holidays! Whether it be easy and inexpensive accent pieces, handmade pieces by talented Etsy sellers or popular items from your favorite stores, black and white buffalo check is everywhere!
I adore this faux buffalo check wreath from Pier 1!
The Etsy seller Rustic Lola paints these black and white buffalo check mason jars, to be honest, they sell out like hot cakes! Be sure to check out her Etsy shop for other cute buffalo check and buffalo plaid items.
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Hi there! Love your round up of Buffalo Check, it’s been a fave of mine in decorating for years! Just wanted to say the Buffalo Check flooring that you found in Better Homes and Gardens is mine. ? I write the DIY blog, The Other Side of Neutral as well as my Instagram @theothersideofneutral. I’d love it if you would link my page in your awesome post! Thanks so much!
Absolutely! I’m obsessed with your floor and am so impressed with your DIY skills! I just saw your instructions in the latest BH&G magazine earlier this week and it was on my to-do list to find the link to you directly. We’ve been renovating a beat-up 80’s rental house the past 5 years and am doing round-ups of my favorite things until I start doing posts about my own home. I just checked out your blog this morning and it’s given me so many great ideas! Congrats on your BH&G feature!
These are all super cute and inspirational. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Lily!
Where can you get the Buffalo Chex floors?
Hi there! By far my favorite pattern too! Quick question, where did those white salad plates with the script “thankful” and “gather” come from? I’m dying for them.
Hi Megan! Those exact plates are sold out, but here’s some cute ones at Pier 1 with a buffalo check pattern! http://shopstyle.it/l/UpLo
I am trying to find folks who might use buffalo check — with true vintage decor. I would love to see them combined. And what other patterns or colors can you combine with it BESIDES WHITE!!! I am not a fan of the farmhouse movement. But there are elements of it I would like to borrow — if only I did not have to resort to white, white, everywhere. — especially the walls! How about Sage? Or another grayed-green? So sage, buffalo check, and ?? Red? Blue? Need that third color. Just meandering now. Trying to envision possibilities.
Why cany i use red and black buffalo plaid all year around?
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I Love BLACK & WHITE BUFFALO CHECK, Thanks For Sharing.
I love the black and white buffalo check print dacor