The Eclectic Home

You may recognise this fabric from our previous postings!

When this client came to me I thought the world had gone mad, my brief was to select a minimum of 5 upholstery fabrics and 3 curtain fabrics, along with co-ordinating paint colours all for one room!

On my first home visit it became clear that although it technically was 1 room it is actually an enormous conservatory at the back of the house used as a sitting room and dining room off which there is a tv room and the kitchen.

Whilst this project was a little out of my comfort zone, I've enjoyed working with this client and both of us are delighted with the results.................

We chose quite a glamorous claret and bronze metallic damask for the windows at the dining area of the conservatory. It's opulent enough to create a formal dining area when required but subtle enough not to detract from the gardens and the views during the day. Most of the upholstery fabrics we selected have been used in the conservatory area and are a combination of earthy colour wool checks and stripes and a delicate satin dobby weave in beige.

This fabric is actually a vertical stripe but we turned it on it's side to make the most of the colours. It has been used on 2 sets of doors, 1 overlooking a tranquil courtyard garden and the others open from the tv room onto decking and a covered outdoor eating area. The curtains are suspended on a Silent Gliss Metropole with an integrated 'Wave' system which creates a contemporary and unfussy fold to the curtain. The upholstery fabric selected for the traditional furniture in the tv room is a very narrow vertical stripe with the same colours as the curtain fabric and cream.

And finally, 'Gormandise Chantilly' which we used for 2 Roman blinds in the kitchen, one overlooking the courtyard and the other looking through to the conservatory and the garden beyond.

I'm sure many of you think these fabrics would not work together - but they do, especially for an eclectic home!

Some more of our work!

Next week!

Sunday afternoon and planning work for the week ahead!

My blinds made from cakes will be fitted this week, my customer is just going to love them!

The sewing machine will be busy and we are starting on a bedroom for a customer which is going to be fab. It will be a few weeks before we can post photos of this project as the main fabric is out of stock until mid August - any other businesses have this problem?

Contemporary Roller Blinds