Beautiful Fabrics

Wall Upholstery

Posted on March 30, 2010 at 9:59 am

The stunning images shown here are the work of creative Designer Jill Sharp Brinson and Photographer Simon Upton from House Beautiful magazine Dec-Jan 2010.  Crewel fabric has been incorporated into this space as wall upholstery.  If you look closely you will see that there is also a coordinating solid fabric piping around the edges, which nicely completes the design.  The overall feel of the room is warm and inviting.

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If you are interested in this fabric it is available from Fleur de Lys Home Finery:

“Tammy – Natural Brown” – Repeat: V 22″ / H 54 “  – Wool on Linen – Retail price $132 per yard

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Making it exciting!

Posted on February 3, 2010 at 12:08 pm

Nice - but could be better...

When working on a project, sometimes it’s better to select items for your room that serve as backgrounds for your furniture or objects.  This particular wallpaper is a faux bois done in a soft pale taupe.  The linen fabric has crewel embroidery done in a geometric pattern reminiscent of the southwest.  Together they look great but let’s see what a little upgrading can create.

Embellished

We used a few decorative nail-heads to create more dimension on the upholstered headboard.  We also applied a wool-like feature mimicking the stripes in the fabric.  We then used decorative nail-heads to form the same design on the paper.

Embellished wallpaper

We think we’ve taken a pretty good looking design and made it more exciting!  What do you think?

Resources:

Fabric – Fleur de Lys Home Finery (888 681-3350) Jill/Black on Stone Linen – $140 per yard

Wallpaper – York (866 967-5925) From Candice Olson Dimensional Surfaces- Pg#28 – $64.99 per single roll

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A Peek at Spring

Posted on January 13, 2010 at 3:47 pm

New Fabric & Coordinating Wallpaper

It’s cold outside and there’s nothing like dreaming about spring to get your juices flowing.  Just before the holidays I received a shipment of some new fabrics I designed – it was just like opening a great Christmas present!  We’ve paired one of them here with a fabulous metallic background wallpaper from York.  

Let’s upholster the walls with the fabric to make the room cozy and paper the ceiling – can’t you just imagine the softly beautiful light reflected back down into the room?  WOW!

Resources: 

Fabric – Fleur de Lys Home Finery (888 681-3350) Olga/Neutrals on Coral Linen – $140 per yard

Wallpaper – York (866 967-5925) From Luxury Papers II-Stacy Garcia Pg#51 – $64.99 per single roll

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The Perfect Chair

Posted on December 29, 2009 at 12:44 pm

Pamela Chair

The Perfect Chair - back

The Perfect Chair - back

I think this chair is perfect.  It blends a contemporary-rustic finish on the wood and large scaled traditional fabrics.  The proportions are great, it’s comfortable and it’s covered with two fabulous fabrics from my Fleur de Lys Home Finery Signature line.  The embroidered cotton fabric on the front of the chair is called “Pamela” in deep taupe.  The plaid linen on the back of the chair is called “Pete’s Plaid” in taupe.  It also features a double welt done in a coordinating velvet. 

The retail price on this chair as shown is $1,900 plus freight and delivery.

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I Love Embroidered Fabrics

Posted on December 16, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Lee Jofa's Jesi Crewel in Espresso

Lee Jofa's Jesi Crewel in Espresso

I’ll admit it – I LOVE embroidered fabrics.  It doesn’t matter to me if the embroidery is done on silk, velvet, cotton or jute – I love them all!  

My new private label line – Fleur de Lys Home Finery features crewel fabrics and will have coordinating solids, and even some wallpapers next season.

I’ve also been seeing embroideries in magazines lately.  Here are some pictures that show a more contemporary side of embroidery used by some very savvy designers.  Aren’t they fabulous?

Both the pillow shams and the duvet use crewel fabric.

Both the pillow shams and the duvet use crewel fabric.

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