Two-tone upholstery packs a punch

Sep 032012
 

Pair two con­trast­ing fab­rics on an uphol­stered chair to bring edge and an ele­ment of the unex­pected to your inte­rior dec­o­rat­ing.

What’s bet­ter than a chair uphol­stered in a gor­geous fab­ric? A chair uphol­stered in two gor­geous fab­rics. It is a ter­rific way to add visual punch and a sur­prise ele­ment to a room. The secret is to vary the scale, pat­tern or color enough to cre­ate a high degree of con­trast. Limit your­self to two fab­rics and choose ver­sa­tile pat­terns that will stay fresh and that you’ll love for a long time.

Here’s a few ideas on how to ele­vate a sim­ple piece and trans­form it into a one-of-a kind gem.

Two-tone upholstery

Two-tone upholstery

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Linen Luxe

Aug 132012
 

Linen is one of the old­est fab­rics in the world and traced back to 8000BC in Switzer­land. It is pro­duced from the Flax plant tra­di­tion­ally from West­ern Europe. The high­est qual­ity Linen comes from Ire­land, Bel­gium and Italy how­ever, now France, Ger­many, Den­mark, Nether­lands, Spain, Britain, India and USA pro­duce linen of equal qual­ity. It is light­weight, breath­able and durable, requir­ing far less main­te­nance than cot­ton and silk. It’s also a great insu­la­tor mak­ing it ideal in kitchens near hot objects or curtains.

To pro­duce linen for uphol­stery pur­poses requires quite a com­plex process which is depen­dent on just the right har­vest­ing con­di­tions. This is also the rea­son why it is often expensive.

Linen is a ‘must have’ clas­sic in any inte­rior. When it’s used indoors for home fur­nish­ings it is one of the most beau­ti­ful, lux­u­ri­ous fab­rics. Ver­sa­tile and unde­mand­ing, Linen can be used just as eas­ily in con­tem­po­rary inte­ri­ors as indus­trial, rus­tic or traditional.

It can add instant integrity to a space — Def­i­nitely worth the price.

Linen

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Linen

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Decorex Joburg | Part 2

Aug 122012
 

For those of you who missed Part 1 of our Decorex adven­ture, Decorex is the largest décor & design show in South­ern Africa, fea­tur­ing the lat­est on the local and inter­na­tional front.  Today we have some more of the fab­u­lous items & designs exhib­ited at this year’s Decorex Joburg in the 2nd part of our post.

Tex­tiles & Linen

 Decorex

Her­tex Fab­rics’ stand with some of their new ranges on dis­play.  Her­tex is launch­ing no fewer than 45 new ranges this year.

Decorex

100% Linen with a sil­ver Foil print from the Van­ity Range by Her­tex Fab­rics.  I absolutely fell in love with the look and feel!

Beau­ti­ful bed linen and unique scat­ter cush­ions by Anne Colle.

Clas­sic Stripes, Burlap and Typog­ra­phy at Clas­sic Bond

Fur­ni­ture

TradeS­e­cret buys “can­celled orders” and offers it to the pub­lic at a dis­counted rate.  On dis­play was hand­crafted French oak cab­i­nets & dressers, 100% nat­ural linen sofas and tex­tiles and a huge “got to have” oak indus­trial style side­board.  No longer a trade secret!

The “Con­tem­po­rary Coun­try” dis­play by Entrepo.  The name itself is derived from early 18th cen­tury French, mean­ing ‘to store’, ‘among’, or ‘to place’.  The place to find unique decor items, their felt run­ner is hand­made from 100% wool.  The size of the indi­vid­ual fibres are roughly as thick as a fin­ger!  It has to be seen as the image sim­ply doesn’t do it justice.

Sus­tain­able Design

RAW offers designs in sus­tain­ably sourced, engi­neered mate­ri­als.   Ikonik™ is their take on the tra­di­tional steel locker, pro­duced exclu­sively from Finnish Birch Ply­wood (even the hinges).  It has become a very pop­u­lar must-have object.

Bam­boo fibre home prod­ucts offer a fresh and styl­ish solu­tion for peo­ple wo want to live a green lifestyle.  Made mainly out of bam­boo pow­der, it is sold by Bam­boo Fibre Table­ware.

Walls & All

Fresh ideas to cre­ate a per­son­alised, unique inte­rior.  These gor­geous wall pan­els are avail­able from What Works Design.

Exquis­ite is the only way to describe these tiles from Shell Shock Design.  As well as fresh­wa­ter and wild sea Mother of Pearl, they incor­po­rate all kinds of nature into our prod­ucts: plants, shells, peb­bles, semi-precious stones, even beans.  The mother of pearl is cut into chip sizes which are secured to Mesh, Acrylic, Alu­minium Hon­ey­comb Board or Mag­ne­sium Board.  Options include Capiz Shell Dec­o­ra­tive Pan­els, Shell Lam­i­nates, stun­ning Mosaic Tile Designs and Wallpaper/Border Strips.

The Luxe Factor

Vic­to­rian is not my usual style, but this bath­room by Vic­to­rian Side Bath­rooms are the ulti­mate in luxe.  Vic­to­rian Side Bath­rooms are renowned for bath­rooms of time­less ele­gance.  The high­est atten­tion to detail with only the best fit­tings, much thought has been given to the lay­out and the ulti­mate sen­sory experience.

I could spend extended time in a bath­room like this…

 

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Home furnishings Textile trends

Jun 142012
 

I’ve just received the lat­est newslet­ter from Her­tex Fab­rics and here’s what they have to say about Home fur­nish­ings Tex­tile tends:

The gen­eral trend of the tex­tile indus­try in the cur­rent econ­omy is “Adap­ta­tion”; fac­ing the facts and deal­ing with the sta­tus quo, which has brought forth atten­tion to detail and mean­ing­ful inno­va­tion.  This cul­ture focuses on ideals instead of greed, with the empha­sis on “sus­tain­able sophistication”.

The themes at the 2012 inter­na­tional fairs, as attended by Her­tex over the past six months, cen­tered around the fol­low­ing: mod­ern, nature, clas­sic and ethnic.

Home furnishings Textile trends

Play­ful, pas­tels and vivid accent colour giv­ing this both mood and youth­ful energy. Designs con­tain abstract ele­ments, paint splash, as well as  del­i­cate brush patterns.

Home furnishings Textile trends

Griz­zled pas­tels, greys and neu­trals.  Designs are con­structed, quilted, peb­bled and with irreg­u­lar fin­ishes. Tex­tures and yarns con­sist of cro­chet and knit, as well as nat­ural yarns such as paper, bam­boo and hemp.

Home furnishings Textile trends

The Gentleman’s club, offer­ing ele­gance with a mas­cu­line old world air, cler­i­cal grays and black with a hint of camel, maroon, ochre yel­low and navy. Designs con­sist of hounds tooth, Burberry checks, ani­mal prints and geo­met­rics.

Home furnishings Textile trends

A sam­pling and com­bi­na­tion of cul­tures, muted sat­u­rated colours, com­bined with black and white.  A rich, warm palette of mid tones, mid brown, blood-red, saf­fron ochre and teal forms the basis of this trend. Designs include tribal and authen­tic with large-scale colour block­ing. Blue hues show the time­less­ness of indigo, one of the old­est dyes to be used in tex­tile man­u­fac­tur­ing. We also see denim treat­ments, batiks, mud cloths and degrade finishes.

View the indi­vid­ual col­lec­tions online at http://www.hertex.co.za/

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Buffalo Checks

Apr 262012
 

I’ve been see­ing a lot of Buf­falo checks around.  It looks espe­cially sweet in kid’s spaces, don’t you think — love it or hate it?

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