Yummy Choices!

I am presently working with some of the loveliest clients.  I've been lucky to make a connection with most everyone I've worked with and I feel that most of them have very good taste.  Sometimes it's about encouraging them to trust their taste.  This client not only has good taste, but she has made some choices that I would love to put in my own house.

Now that her children are older, she wanted to jump onto the neutral wagon, but she loves chinoiserie. She couldn't quite figure out how to do both.  When I showed her this linen fabric, I knew by her reaction that we were on to something.

An all neutral room is not too exciting, so I urged her to add another color, and we chose a soft, soft, almost turquoise blue.  This leopard pattern is the thriller of the group.

Then I found some solids with texture and some wonderful trims.

There's even a stripe that we are considering.

And grasscloth!  It's back in full force in the design world.  

None of these fabrics are expensive, but the look they give when combined is elegant and rich.  We'll be working hard on this living room after the holidays.  Then on to the dining room, I hope!

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Yummy Fabrics

Don't these fabrics make you happy?

I do not try to use this blog to promote my design business, as a rule, but I just had to show you all (not y'all, since I live in Georgia, but grew up in the north) how wonderfully this room is coming together.  I always try to protect my clients' privacy, but let's just take a peek at the choices we've made for this beautiful room.  We're buying no new furniture, but recovering ten pieces that she already owns.  The lay-out won't change, but it will be a huge change in the looks of the room.  There will be a pair of tufted chairs in this blue geometric and a pair of club chairs in this blue strie twill. 

Look at the colors in this fabric!!!  This is a very traditional pattern, going back to colonial times, but produced here in current, vibrant colors.  As we pondered this sample draped on the sofa, we noticed that the Encore azaleas just outside the window had blooms the exact shade of this coral background!  There will be four game chairs covered in a matching herringbone chenille, which I forgot to photograph.  This room has white walls and a soaring ceiling and is filled with light from a huge Palladian window and French doors. This all looks out onto a magnificent garden.  You can see a post I did this spring at this home here.  

Throw pillows from this linen will be trimmed out with this tape and fringe in cream and French blue.  I'm sorry that I didn't get a photo of the ottoman fabric, either, but it is a perfect complement to the others.  The workrooms should be working on this as we speak, so I'm eagerly awaiting load-in day!