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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Loving Lexington

Feb 212012
 

Since I laid eyes on my first Lex­ing­ton find, I’ve loved the brand.  Sim­ple, beau­ti­ful and time­less design all in one.  Qual­ity & lux­ury in our world where “made in China” is the norm.  It is insanely scares and dif­fi­cult to find in South Africa, so when­ever I hear of a retailer stock­ing it, it instantly gets added to my favourite list of retailers!

The new Spring 2012 col­lec­tion cat­a­logue is now avail­able and it is hard not to like.

Themes fol­low on the phi­los­o­phy of life: Amer­i­can Authen­tic — clas­sic & pure; Amer­i­can Sea­side — sporty & fresh; Amer­i­can Coun­try — charm­ing & rus­tic; Amer­i­can City — clean & sophisticated 

A new jacket

Sep 022011
 

We found this very impres­sive old “ball and claw” suite from Palette fea­tured at Just Begin­ning (remem­ber Flavour Cafe?).

With a dif­fer­ent coat of paint it will instantly fit any dec­o­rat­ing style, depend­ing on the fab­ric you choose for its uphol­stery. This multi-colour throw just begs to used in an eclec­tic interior.

It is impor­tant to keep in mind that the fab­ric you select must suit your per­son­al­ity. If you are a coun­try mouse, choos­ing an ultra mod­ern fab­ric will not only have you want­ing to run for the hills, it will undoubt­edly make you feel uncom­fort­able in your own home. So before you put your money on the table, ask your­self two very impor­tant ques­tions:  Is this fab­ric me and Will I be able to live with it on a day-to-day basis?

To illus­trate this point, these sam­ples show bold colours in a con­tem­po­rary design with a plush and lux­u­ri­ous feel.

  Com­posed of Vis­cose, Poly­ester, Cot­ton, Acrylic and Nylon blends, the Metro range is suit­able for domes­tic use, with a rub count of 15 000– 25 000.

I love stripes and these would suit a coun­try, relaxed feel.  Shore­lines designs are a com­po­si­tion of 80% Poly­ester and 20% Linen suit­able for out­door use, with a rub count of between 25 000– 50 000. Both ranges of fab­ric avail­able at Her­tex fab­rics.  www.hertex.co.za

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A French affair — Where Cotton and Linen meet…

Aug 262011
 

Recently star designer Tanya Stur­geon teamed up with Her­tex Fab­rics, bring­ing us her won­der­ful new range of fab­rics.

Her love for Paris inspired her to for­mu­late her pho­to­graphic images of this great city into designs. The result was the delight­ful col­lec­tions of Paris Damask and Vic­to­rian Alphabet.

Mak­ing use of a high qual­ity linen and cot­ton blend, this fab­ric is an absolute delight to work  with, used either as light domes­tic uphol­stery or as cur­tain­ing, (FYI.… it drapes beau­ti­fully ) Some of the fab­rics are avail­able in widths of 275 & 280cm, mak­ing this ideal for curtaining.

Designs are avail­able in both soft and strong colours, rang­ing from duck egg on linen or white back­ground, to grey and the bold lime green and rouge. Used either indi­vid­u­ally or with plains, these designs will com­pli­ment any room.  I sim­ply fell in love with the range and find it dif­fi­cult decid­ing which design I love best.

If you hap­pen to find your­self in the prox­im­ity of the Her­tex show­room in Dur­ban, pop in and take a look for your­self. Their friendly staff is always ready with help­ful advise and assist­ing you in find­ing fab­rics, ide­ally suited for your unique project.

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