tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68319424176282222172024-03-12T21:14:24.039-04:00Southern ChateauSouthern Chateau is an outgrowth of my love of all things French, with a touch of my Southern roots thrown in. I will chronicle my design work and philosophy, my life and family, and whatever inspires me. My main focus is one word: Home.Southern Chateauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925693749711110873noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831942417628222217.post-4331473545702049142015-06-14T12:51:00.000-04:002015-06-14T12:51:16.900-04:00Exciting Things in the Works!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Of course you know that my passion is the thrill of the hunt. Whether it be antiques, vintage items, or all the wonderful to-the-trade items that I am able to procure, it's all wonderful!</div>
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Please stay tuned for an exciting announcement here soon. Our treasures can be yours!</div>
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It's a brand new year. Although I'm not a big resolution maker, I do believe that a fresh new calendar laid out before us can have a liberating and inspiring effect. </div>
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This year feels good to me. I feel hopeful and optimistic. I feel creativity flowing. As an artist and designer for many years now, I know that inspiration and creativity are not always something that can be forced. So with that in mind, let's put these creative ideas to work and strike while the iron is hot. </div>
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This time of year is over the top for a designer. We want to get our clients' projects and homes ready for their guests and get togethers. In my own case, I even do holiday decorating for a few select clients. We love being able to weave our design aesthetic into interiors we have completed, always trying to keep things new and fresh. Here is one of the several trees we did this season. We wanted a bit of "Winter Wonderland" kind of feel, so we added blue and aqua and flocked greenery to the tree. It turned out very nicely.<br />
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This is one of two 12 foot trees we do each year as well. </div>
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While all this holiday cheer was happening, we also have a nice master bath redesign/remodel project happening. We are taking it from brown and drab to clean and classic. </div>
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This is a peek at the shower niches in herringbone marble set into white subway tile. It's a look that I love!</div>
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We are also adding paneled moldings on the walls and curved pediments at the sink and shower areas. We are also adding feet to the cabinets. We are doing this work in-house, which is a special thing that sets us apart. </div>
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And excited is not the word about the Brizo polished nickel faucets and fixtures going in here. </div>
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May I just say, I love this finish ridiculously much!</div>
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A look at one of my own trees, standing lit but bare of ornaments. As they say, the shoemaker's children have no shoes!</div>
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Just wanted to share this scheme coming together at the studio today. Chinoiserie, animal print, luscious trims, all come together in a fabulous tone-on-tone combo. <br />
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Then I would add in this great charcoal grasscloth for the walls for drop dead drama. Stay tuned, because I will be expanding on this design in the coming days.</div>
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These beautiful needlepoint pillows are available! </div>
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They have gorgeous shades of coral, green, saffron, French blue. Needlepoint fronts, velvet backs. 16x20. </div>
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Beautiful landscape painting. I love the colors used. </div>
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I realize this is not a food blog, but I have had several requests for my recipe for my chicken chili so I decided to put it here so that it would reach more people who might enjoy it.<br />
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3 cooked chicken breasts, chopped <br />
3 15oz. cans Northern white beans<br />
1 can mild Ro-tel<br />
2 15oz. Cans chicken broth<br />
3 chipotle peppers in adobo, chopped<br />
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Place all ingredients in large pot and bring to gentle boil. Reduce heat to low or medium low and simmer at least 30 minutes. Serve with chopped cilantro, sour cream, grated sharp cheddar, chopped onions, or any garnish of your choice.<br />
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(This chili is fairly spicy. You could probably substitute regular diced tomatoes for the Ro-tel and cool it down some. A little less chipotle pepper would also bring less heat, but that is where the great flavor in this chili comes from.)<br />
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This is good advice. In all aspects of life. Including online. Do you chase after people online that never give you the time of day in return? Never read your tweets, posts, updates when you constantly high-five them?<br />
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Stop feeding the egos of narcissistic people who feed off the joy of ignoring the people who admire them. If the person is someone in your field that you like to follow, then admire them from afar, but stop giving them more fodder to make themselves feel more superior and you feel worse.</div>
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A narcissist is a narcissist is a narcissist. They ain't ever gonna change. So move on and give your attention to people who deserve it and care about you back.</div>
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January 2 is for me like it is most people, I think. After the holiday festivities, real life appears. The New Year spread before us feels fresh and new. <br />
This morning I was thinking about the usual first-of-the-year diet I need to start, and it got me thinking about all the other areas of life that also need a good detox. So I made a list;<br />
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First, my head. Without a clearing of the mind, no other cleansing can take place. Letting go of negative, self-defeating thoughts has to come first in order to make progress in all the other areas of life.<br />
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Second, my heart. Old hurts and resentments, perceived slights by others, anger, it all has to swept out of the spirit. New happiness cannot come in while these are in the way.<br />
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My home and office need a detox, as well. Out with old samples and inventory. Out with clothes we don't wear and, well.....just stuff.<br />
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There has been an unspoken problem around here for a while. A sort of white elephant in the middle of the proverbial room. This place needs my attention. You've heard the saying that the shoemakers children have no shoes. Well, that is often true for those of us who work in the decorating and design field. We are often so busy with the homes of our clients, that our homes are last on the list. Plus, it's not as much fun when you are spending money instead of making it. So. It is time. Time to bite the bullet, be hard on myself, and get busy. The first thing I have done is have a consultation with myself, and I was brutal with me. I told myself things I didn't want to hear. I did not sugarcoat the facts at all. I walked the house with clipboard in hand and this is what I came back with.<br />
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<li>I need to seriously de-clutter!! When did all this crap creep into my rooms, onto my countertops, into my closets? Where was I when this was happening?</li>
<li>I have too much brown going on in here. Brown wood floors, brown wood furniture, brown wood cabinets, muddy colors abounding. Brown is doing nothing for <em>me</em> lately.</li>
<li>I need to mix it up. I tend to think more is more if I'm not careful. Then I acquire too much of a look that I love. Definitely need to mix some cleaner lines with my more traditional pieces.</li>
<li>Electronics. Got to get a handle on this one. I have allowed the husband to run amok with these big TVs. That is going to have to change.</li>
<li>I hate my palette. Six years ago I was not in touch my own true color-self. I have realized that I love soft, quiet, pastel colors. Now I just feel suffocated by the ochre scheme that I live with. I need to <em>breathe.</em></li>
<li>New living room furniture will need to happen. Like I tell my clients, if you're not using a room, more than likely it has the wrong furniture. Mine is frankly not comfortable.</li>
<li>Artwork and accessories need attention. Some of it will stay, much of it will go. Nice stuff, just needs editing and refreshing.</li>
<li>There is a floorcovering conundrum in the master bedroom. It is carpeted. I wish in hindsight we had run the hardwood into there when we built the house, but we didn't. Now the wood is no longer available. Must decide whether to leave the carpet or replace with a different flooring. If so, what?</li>
<li>The kitchen is driving me crazy. Again, stained cabinets. Now I realize that every kitchen on my Pinterest board is white or off-white. This will be a huge DIY project, as a new kitchen it most definitely not in the budget.</li>
<li>The dining room furniture will also be on the chopping block. It's too matchy and too.....yes, <em>too brown!!</em></li>
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Now that the problems have been identified in a general way, my next step will be to take the advice I give all my clients. Prioritize the problems in order of importance and what the budget will allow, then move into the design phase. Hang with me on this. I'm rolling up my sleeves. I'll share the journey with you.Southern Chateauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925693749711110873noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831942417628222217.post-15120274660497333602012-09-24T08:47:00.000-04:002012-09-24T08:47:48.758-04:00Our Homes, Our Legacies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My Dad passed away a few weeks ago. Since then my Mother has been facing the fact that in the near future she will probably be selling their home and moving somewhere smaller. In the process, she has told me to "take what you would like to have". One day recently I was looking through her chest of drawers full of mine and my brother's baby things. It was like looking through a faded lens into my mother's life, her days as a young mom and making a home for her family. There I found this set of baby bedding which belonged to me. A little handmade baby quilt, a sweet pillowcase embroidered in her own hand, a faded pink receiving blanket, and a still crisply pressed crib sheet. I could just feel the love that she felt for me just by holding these old textiles in my hands. The way she had lovingly stored them all these years and treasured them.<br />
It made me stop and think how our homes and the things we hold onto through the years connect us in such a real way to the people we love. It made me think about what I will leave behind for my children. What will they see through that faded lens that distills my life down to what I treasured and what meant the most to me? <br />
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After I wrote the post the other day on embracing your personal favorite colors, I got to thinking. How do we get back in touch with ourselves as related to decorating and design? I mean, it's not like the deafening noise from blogs, catalogs, magazines, our mothers-in-law, and everybody else who feels entitled to opine on our design style has anything to do with our paralysis in choosing colors for our homes, right?<br />
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Soooo, I've been thinking on some good ways to help you arrive at colors that reflect your true and authentic self. In your home, car, office, any place you are. <br />
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Like I talked about in my previous post, forget about what EVERYONE says and preaches to you about color. Wipe it right out of your head. Now, get out a nice new journal, (or grab an old envelope if you're like me), and think back over your whole life. Think about some of your favorite memories; places to which you have traveled, clothes that you wore, jewelry you owned, anything that you viewed as beautiful and that brought feelings of happiness to you. Write it down. In as much detail as possible. Nobody but you has to know it was the color of an old boyfriends eyes or the color of your 1968 Mustang. (Oh wait. That's me. But I digress.) <br />
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After you get a pretty good list going, start looking for images to underpin your written ideas. Look everywhere; not just on Pinterest or design blogs. Take your phone or camera, get out, and look. Capture images of the colors you love. Now, print them out, stick them in your journal, or to an inspiration board. Like this.<br />
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Then marinate on the whole thing for a while. This is not an overnight thing. Color work is just like any other therapy. It takes a while to get to the bottom but it's worth it. I promise you will enjoy this exercise! And you will become more confident in your own style and ability to choose color.<br />
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If you do choose to consult a designer, (hopefully me!), you will then be prepared to discuss your favorite colors and you will have your wonderful color journal to assist you in communicating about them.<br />
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Now, go forth. Dream, reminisce, wander about, photograph, and find your true colors!<br />
<br />Southern Chateauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925693749711110873noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831942417628222217.post-85144046967080872792012-09-10T08:15:00.000-04:002012-09-10T08:15:02.537-04:00I Tried Being a Normal Design Blogger<br />
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I am sure that my handful of faithful readers has noticed that I disappeared from the blog landscape over the last few months. It wasn't because I didn't think about you guys or my little blog that I do love, it's just that I felt kind of hopeless about blogging. Life threw me some big curves over the last few months; so big that they rocked my world. My Dad, my sweet Daddy, became very ill with Alzheimers last fall. It was aggressive and cruel. We lost him just a few weeks ago. I struggled to work while focusing so hard to do everything I could to help him. But the worst happened anyway. <br />
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During this time, I would feel like writing and I would open up my blog and sit and stare at the screen. I knew that I should post some pretty pictures of furnishings, lighting, accessories, all the things all of us design enthusiasts love to look at every day. The problem was, I didn't feel like talking about any of that. Those things seemed pretty insignificant to me at that point. So, I didn't write. I felt very much <em>not </em>like a design blogger. Normal design bloggers are always happy, have perfect homes and perfect lives, right? At least that's how it appears on so many of the blogs. And maybe my readers don't want to hear about serious, real life. I don't know. But that is what will be discussed here. Life. And yes, how our homes, our workplaces, and our design dreams all fit into our very real lives. <br />
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They say the truth always comes out. The truth is I guess I not a normal design blogger. But I am a designer and I love it and I am passionate about it. So hopefully we can all hang together, be real, and talk about all the beauty the world has to offer those of us living in the real world.<br />
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"<em>And I'm glad to say I've enjoyed every day of the full catastrophe of life"</em><br />
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<br />Southern Chateauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925693749711110873noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831942417628222217.post-35168966679061735492012-09-03T09:32:00.000-04:002012-09-03T11:55:56.917-04:00 Embrace Your Personal Colors<br />
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This morning as I was having my morning cup of joe and was surfing around all my favorite haunts, one of which is Etsy, I ran across this beautiful custom necklace. Several things about it caught my attention; it's unique, it's chunky, it's handmade, and it's purple. I love purple. I always have. When I was in eighth grade, I went through what I call my Purple Period. I painted my room Lilac, my favorite outfit was a purple crushed-velvet miniskirt with matching vest, and all my cheap costume jewelry had something amethyst on it somewhere. This got me thinking. Since I dearly love purple and all the shades and tones it owns, why do I not have a dang speck of it anywhere in my house? This is really just wrong I think. Is it because somewhere I was told it was "out", or that I wasn't seeing it displayed in any of my friends homes, or in my favorites blogs and magazines? It was like a personal awakening. Why would I forsake a color that I obviously loved freely back in the day before I was initiated into the world of Dictated Taste. Hmmmm, now I feel like some kind of color sheep; someone who may be thinking too much about taste, or fashion, and not enough about what <em>moves </em>me as far as decoration and design are concerned. I realize that purple, aubergine, whatever name or shade you like to call it, is somewhat, for some tastemakers, now back in vogue. So I should jump on the bandwagon, right? Well, yes and no. I think I will posthaste get me something beautiful and purple-ish and put it somewhere in my home where it can bring me happiness every day. But when the Color Police say it should be banished in a few months or a year, I think I will be brave enough now to keep it in my life anyway. I'm on the hunt now for that beautiful thing which is purple to adopt and love forever. I'll keep you posted.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love doing simple, yet elegant displays like this design, using a silver container, garland, a few inexpensive silver ornaments, and a pretty candle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Silver ornaments look beautiful among the green boughs on a Christmas tree. Paired with faux silver berries, it is stunning and classic.<br />
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</div>Need a gift idea or a great new addition to your design book library? Go over to At Home Tennessee magazine and check out his months book review column, The Pick. It is written by my daughter Shana, who is also my right hand in the family design business. Shana knows a good design book when she sees one!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We recently held a giveaway of two beautiful framed etchings from Wendover Art. Our winner was reader Marilee Dennis, who was very excited to win and e-mailed me after the drawing was announced that she had the perfect place reserved hoping she would win. She has sent me photos and I thought you would enjoy seeing where the prints went to live.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think she did a beautiful job displaying the etchings! I love her dining room, with the pretty curtains, crystal chandelier, and of course the out of this world silver collection. A girl after my own heart!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you enjoyed seeing Marilee's dining room and her use of her prize. Stay tuned, we will be giving away more fabulous things soon!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Southern Chateauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04925693749711110873noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831942417628222217.post-15857875390447289442011-05-27T08:04:00.000-04:002011-05-27T08:04:35.199-04:00Daydreaming of Summer....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTXYQOoifiW-0QgyyeRij1xGqCRG-9k3OOj91qrJ4osa06VrcpV0CPQPe3mSABj85gZ0enUfAY-8B8cmvpVP6_l_VRHbNs3b0TiKSnbJKynKdQGVMec_trOIvTePc2elsNiGqpOMYCbg/s1600/ce_andalusia1+richard+frinier+century.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTXYQOoifiW-0QgyyeRij1xGqCRG-9k3OOj91qrJ4osa06VrcpV0CPQPe3mSABj85gZ0enUfAY-8B8cmvpVP6_l_VRHbNs3b0TiKSnbJKynKdQGVMec_trOIvTePc2elsNiGqpOMYCbg/s400/ce_andalusia1+richard+frinier+century.jpg" t8="true" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With the holiday weekend upon us, it got me thinking about getting the house ready for all the family goings-on here at our humble home. Ideas are plenty, but funds to make all those grand schemes come to life sometimes aren't so large. But, that doesn't stop me from dreaming and planning, which is really a huge part of the fun anyway, don't you think? So I compiled a few images from my stash to get you thinking and dreaming along with me about the summer season that spreads before us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love greenhouses and conservatories of all kinds and if money were no object I would definitely own one. Some are really grand and would cost more than my house itself, but some are more in scale with what I think would go with an average-size house, like the one above. In my fantasy, I would come out here to my garden house with my coffee every morning and tend to all my lovely plants and flowers. In reality, I have a black thumb, so everything in there would probably be brown and dead. Oh well, this is a fantasy, remember?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Summer here in the South usually involves using any event as an excuse to throw a hen party, I mean a baby shower or bridal shower, or some other soiree where we can bring out our pretty glasses and dishes, eat tiny little sandwiches, and celebrate friends and family.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I am lucky enough to live by the water so I always love images like this one showing great ways to get close and personal with the water in style. Just love.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My house doesn't have a big porch, which really surprises me because I love them. This porch just makes you want to bring a good design magazine and a glass of iced tea and relax.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now that I am thinking about all this, I realize I don't have a porch swing either. What was I thinking twenty years ago when we built this house. I believe this post is bringing me to an epiphany that I need to remedy all these problems in my life before it's too late!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div> Or you could always hit the road and go glamping (glamourous camping) in a decked out Airstream like this one. Again, copious amounts of dollars involved, but still dreaming.<br />
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Before I come back to reality I will pretend this is my backyard where I stroll daily.<br />
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Last but not least, while we are thinking of this summer and the Memorial Day holiday, let's remember what it's really all about.<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Memorial Day!!</span></em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fabrics bring so much to a home. They bring color, texture, and pattern, but mainly they bring spirit and personality to a room like no other decorating tool. I love fabrics of all kinds and lately the trend has been leaning toward using plain, unpatterned linens, silks, and cottons at the window and on furniture. While I love that look, it can get boring after a while. A pretty patterned fabric will forever be current as far as I am concerned. Like classic furniture styles that will never go away, there are classics in fabric design as well. We are gearing up for a custom window treatment event and as I was choosing fabrics for the collection, I noticed that certain patterns seem to draw me in the most. I will share a few with you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Ikat-style pattern just hits me every time I see it. If you don't want a bold pattern such as this on furniture or drapery (although I would!), then a couple of clean-lined pillows done in it would be gorgeous!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I think this sunny Ikat look is just so cheery and pretty. I think would great on a classic French chair or any room needing a burst of sunshine!<br />
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Warm grays are so current now and I have talked before about the bird motif being hot as well. Here you have them both in this pretty print which has sort of a damask-like feel to it.<br />
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I really love the combination of warm gray, cream, and gold colors and this toile is a beauty. So classic.<br />
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</div>Tree-of-life pattern fabric will never be passe. This particular pattern is so fresh with the soft greens and corals on an ivory ground.<br />
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</div> And of course blue and yellow is another classic combo that I never stop loving. Here it is is expressed in this soft and beautiful toile pattern.<br />
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</div>Paisley will forever live and when done in classic blue-and-white it sings.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is another paisley done in soft shades of blue and gray. This just says to me it wants to live in my bedroom!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you want to bring new life to a room, fabric is a great way to do it and can provide a wonderful starting point for your whole design scheme. If you have been living with plain fabrics for a while, consider bringing a classic patterned fabric in somewhere to add some beauty and color.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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