If
you're looking to completely overhaul your home by injecting bright bits of
color here and there, renovating your furniture pieces is surely the way to go.
With some gingham fabric and some general mechanical skill, you can transform
couches, chairs, beds, drapes and even pillows. Floral patterns will usually
feature beautifully radiant colors that will look grand in both living rooms
and bedrooms. Woven fabrics and prints are both available.
If you plan to host informal parties in your living room, you'll want your
guests to have elegant furniture pieces to sit on. Chairs and couches that are
plagued by dingy fabrics will look bad. Elegant fabrics will look best on
furniture that is made of cherry, oak, pine, or magnolia. Many upscale
furniture pieces feature ornate carvings that will allow your home to appear
not unlike a Victorian mansion. The fabric that is ultimately chosen should
dovetail with the rest of the decorative scheme. Cream-colored materials, for
example, might work well in a living room in which the walls and curtains are
light greens and blues.
You can ultimately use rare and unique
fabrics to modify homes that have looked less than stellar for many years.
Armed with materials that imitate nature at its finest, you'll be able to
create new living areas that will shortly make your home the jewel of the
neighborhood.
The
geometric zig-zag pattern known as chevron has been around for a
remarkably long time. In fact, the classic chevrons used by savvy decorators in
the 21st century can be found on ancient Grecian pottery pieces that date as
far back as 1800 B.C. Chevrons were the delight of the designers of European heraldry
that emblazoned shields and banners in days of yore.
Passion for the emblematic chevron did not come to an end with the days of
dragon slayers. In 1958, Italian fashion designers Ottavio and Rosita Missoni
re-popularized the classic zig-zag with a forward-thinking line of patterned
knitwear that became the hit of the Milan runways that same year. And, of
course, anyone who grew up in the 60’s or 70’s surely recalls the chevron
pattern on Charlie Brown's ever-present yellow-and-black tee shirt.
There has probably never been a time in modern (or not-so-modern) history when
chevron-patterned fabrics were not held in high regard. Designers and DIY home
decorators will be glad to know that chevrons lend themselves beautifully to
upholstery-weight fabrics and drapery fabrics, too.
If you want an attractive upholstery pattern that won't ever lose its timeless
appeal, consider the gold chevron fabric
in the 1502 Fabrics online catalog. Would you like to see and touch this and
other fabric samples for yourself? Give us a call at (855) 473-2270.
You
probably know linen as a wonderfully versatile fabric used by drapery and
upholstery makers throughout the world. 1502 Fabrics stocks and sells beautiful
bolts of Braemore, Covington and Waverly linen fabric; it wasn’t always so easy
to obtain.
Linum usitatissimum, more commonly known as flax, is one of the oldest
cultivated plants on the planet. Some of the earliest examples of linen were
found in Egypt where flax was spun into a fabric that was used to make
everything from day-to-day clothing to ceremonial tunics. As a testimony to its
durability, the strips of linen fabric that were used to wrap the mummies of
kings Ramses II and Tutankhamen were found to be intact many centuries later.
Once widening trade routes brought linen fabrics and flax plants to Europe,
Asia and the Americas, worldwide linen production began in earnest. Coarse
linen was used to make butchers aprons in France, and heavy linen fabric was used to back the
elaborate tapestries of Britain in the Middle Ages. Today linen fabric is
well-appreciated as a handsome and durable fabric that adds textural appeal
along with elegant, understated beauty.
When you’re ready to know more about linen or any of the other first-class
upholstery fabrics in the 1502 Fabrics catalog, give us a call at 855.473.2270.
