Schumacher Celebrates

Designers
August 26, 2014

I’m not a fashion maven, so when the NY Times Style Magazine arrived this weekend I was thrilled to find an article on Schumacher, one of my favorite fabric houses. As most of you know, I covered two slipper chairs in my living room in Schumacher’s Pyne Hollyhock Chintz, a fabric that I had lusted after for a very long time, and since then and the success of that fabric, I have found myself being just as inclined to explore what Schumacher has to offer as I am with Quadrille. This weekend’s article was about the arrival of Dara Caponigro as Creative Director, and some of the historic fabrics that Schumacher will be pulling from the archives to reissue this fall in time for the fabric house’s 125th anniversary. I couldn’t be more excited for the reissue of the fabrics in the photos above. Dorothy Draper’s Manor Rose, and Josef Frank’s Citrus Garden. Finally Indian Arbre, seen here as the wallpaper in this bathroom, layered on top of Valkryie Flame Stitch. Schumacher has a long history and played an important role in the availability of upholstery fabric to both upper and middle class Americans. Their fabric archives are one of the largest of its kind, and I look forward to seeing more and more reissued historic fabrics as they celebrate their 125 years. For the full T Magazine article click here.

Photos via T Magazine

Carnival Chic

Finds
August 20, 2014

Carnival of Roses, manufactured by Bob Collins & Sons out of West Palm Beach. It was designed by artist James Reynolds in 1942 for a fabric company called Kent-Bragline, and apparently the fabric was so successful that it kept the company afloat during WWII. Available in a variety of colors and fabrics such as linen, cotton, and chintz – I have fallen completely in love. The artist, James Reynolds also has and interesting and impressive story. Aside from designing fabrics, he designed sets for the Ziegfeld Follies, painted murals for Dorothy Draper, and illustrated book covers. Above and below are some of my favorite color-ways of Carnival of Roses available at Bob Collins & Sons.

Divine Decoupage

Finds
August 13, 2014

John Derian, the king of decoupage makes switchplates! I am quite upset that I didn’t know about these lovelies sooner. I have been a big fan of John Derian for a very long time, as many of you remember from my search for a sofa, but these? They are divine. Now while I don’t plan on getting rid of my Forbes & Lomax switchplates and replacing them with these decoupage beauties, I will keep them in mind for other projects, and purposefully attempt to have locations where there are single switches so that these might be incorporated. I have always been a big proponent of replacing switchplates to dress up a room, but using one of these switchplates is like hanging a small piece of art. How chic. This is just a sampling of some of my favorites, visit John Derian’s website to see more!