As designers, we often share photos of rooms which are ‘finished’ but rarely show how the design process starts at the beginning. When I begin a project, I usually start with an ‘inspiration’ fabric that sets the color palette, style and theme for the room.
Thankfully, new prints are always coming out and our wonderful fabric reps will come by to share the newest options.
We were really excited when our Duralee fabric rep came by the other day to show us some of the latest fabric collections, including the collection by designer/blogger team Tilton & Fenwick.
I had just seen this spread covering the fabric in the latest Traditional Home magazine…
It features an entire room done in the multi-layered collection. I thought it was cute, but when I saw it in person, I was really impressed. And, I wasn’t the only one!
The whole team loved everything about it. It really helped to see it in person and in the large swatches. There are so many ways to use the different textures, different color ways, different patterns.
Online and in print I think they look a little more traditional than they are. I love traditional, but these definitely fall in the “New Traditional” category.
All of us, no matter our age or stage in life, had a smile on our face as we looked through the fabrics.
Geniesse in Sea Green (below) was definitely a group favorite. Someone described the collection as having a bit of an Anthropolgie vibe.
Here are just a few others from the collection:
The fabrics are available now and I already have a project in mind to use them in! I will be sure to share photos!