Fabric
Friday Family-Friendly Find: Stout Cardinal Linen-Textured Vinyl Fabric
Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means if you click through and make a purchase, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. I’m sitting here scratching my head, trying to figure out how it’s possible that I haven’t already shared this find! Stout’s ‘Cardinal’ is a…
Read MoreFriday Family-Friendly Find: Pindler NuLeather
Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means if you click through and make a purchase, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission. I consider myself somewhat of a connoisseur of performance fabrics of all types – like a sommelier of durable textiles (ha!). I’m always…
Read MoreFriday Family-Friendly Find: Marimekko Coated Cotton Fabric
If you read – and enjoyed – this past Tuesday’s post, then this one will be right up your alley! Marimekko epitomizes the color and pattern-happy side of Scandinavian modern. In researching my blog post, I was reminded of a very cool product they offer – coated cotton fabric. Many of its most popular designs…
Read MoreTrending: Colorful, Patternful, Scandinavian Modern-Inspired Textiles & Wallcoverings
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past ~10 years, you’ve surely noticed the influence of Scandinavian modern design on the interiors of today. Clean lines, varied textures, warm materials, connection with nature, intentional coziness, and what I like to call the ‘bathed in white’ aesthetic, are its hallmarks. If I were to…
Read MoreFriday Family-Friendly Find: Schumacher High Performance Silk Velvet
If there are two words in the world of decorating more diametrically opposed than “performance” and “silk,” I challenge you to come up with them. In fact, silk is so fraught with issues – lack of abrasion resistance, brittleness/deterioration when exposed to sunlight, vulnerability to ‘water stains,’ and extremely difficult to clean, just to name…
Read MoreBefore & After: “The Yes Chair” for IFDA Take a Seat
It killed me to miss my Tuesday blog post last week. So much going on – all good stuff though, so no complaining here! One of those things was the kickoff of IFDA New England Take a Seat; for which I have created a chair. Area designers have concocted creative chairs (23 of them!) that…
Read MoreFriday Family-Friendly Find: Delany & Long Outdoor Leather
When working on a kitchen project, I find that most of my clients want comfortable, upholstered dining chairs and counter or bar stools, rather than wood or metal (which can look fantastic, by the way, but are often not conducive to lingering at the dinner table with the family – though sometimes that may work…
Read MoreFriday Family-Friendly Find: Villa Nova EasyClean Fabrics
Hello there, and Happy Friday! I know I’ve been talking turkey on textiles for the past couple of weeks, so I just figured I’d keep on the theme with today’s (is it National Fabric Performance Awareness Month??). While at the Boston Design Center this week, a window display at the Romo showroom stopped me in my…
Read MoreFriday Family-Friendly Find: OKL Exeter Side Chair in Smoke Crypton
Thank you for the comments and feedback on Tuesday’s post about the significant (and I think, troubling) ‘cons’ of viscose pile fabrics and carpets. I realized yesterday, after speaking with Wayne Southworth at MWI Fibershield, that the onus for education does not fall solely to fabric sales reps, but also to retailers and designers, who have a responsibility to…
Read MoreThe Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing of the Textile Industry
I’ve been thinking about writing this post for a long time, but a recent conversation with a rep for a big fabric company (which and whom shall remain nameless) convinced me that I should just go for it. I’m calling you out, textile industry, for seducing unsuspecting consumers with lusciously soft and lustrous fabrics and…
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