Imperial Trellis Follow Up

After writing my morning post about Erika's use of imperial trellis, I decided to give myself a snow-day design challenge.  My requirements: use Imperial Trellis fabric in citrine and similar fruit prints to create a sitting room in an imaginary Georgian style city home.  I envision this sitting room to be off the kitchen, but in a separate room with access to a gorgeous french doors extending out to a patio with slate tiles in a herringbone pattern, a small formal water feature and a beautifully sculpted boxwood garden.  Would you believe it if I told you it was impossible to find a photo that described exactly what I wanted to convey?  Anyways, here is my inspiration board.  I'll list all the resources later tonight or tomorrow am, as well as a total price for the products. 

Imperial Trellis Breakfast Room

Late last night I was re-reading some of my favorite blogs (Urban Grace Interiors), and I stumbled upon this dining room that she posted last year. (UPDATE) The photograph was taken by the homeowner, Amy R. of Plain and Fancy Living.  More photos of the room here and here.  I love the citrus inspired prints and have seen them floating through the design world recently.  I think the prints are by Giovanni Ferrari and are titled "Baroque Lemons."  Williams Sonoma Home and Wisteria had some similar prints recently, but have since sold out - allposters.com and art.com both carry similar styles now.    I also loved her use of Schumacher's Imperial Trellis (citrine colorway),  for the window treatments.  Naturally, I saved it in my "design ideas" file, and thought I'd refer to it in the future.  

Prints: Giovanni Ferrari "Baroque Lemons"
 from allposters.com

Well, what to my wondering eyes should appear... I woke up early this morning to snow, so I kept warm in bed and read some of my favorite blogs via iPhone.  Right before my eyes Jenny had just posted a fabric sale of Imperial Trellis fabric!  She has both the parchment and citrine colorways at $65/yard.  If I had a space for either of these fabrics I would hop on that sale, but alas, I do not have another window to cover or room to fill with pillows.  I'm sure the fabric will be snatched up quickly, so if you are a fan of the fabric, be sure to purchase now!  


UPDATE: I love finding out more about rooms that I've seen photographed in other blogs.  Amy R. of Plain and Fancy Living so kindly contacted me to notify me that this is her breakfast room! Oh la la, a lucky lady she is!  She ordered the fabric through Erika and had the window treatments made by a seamstress.  The art was ordered through Wisteria.  Now I'm really kickin' myself for not ordering the art when it was on sale!  It would have looked fabulous in our living room.  Amy, if you ever get tired of them, let me know!  


Be sure to read more of Amy's blog, Plain and Fancy Living to see additional photos of the room and to keep up with her newest home projects!

Take a look at this fabric from Christopher Farr.


Indigo and Sage are my favorite colorways of the above design, "36 24 36"



But its hard to choose a favorite design when every single one is lovely.

Don't you love it...

Don't you love it when you find a new blog? Well, this one is not new, and I'm sure you're already in the know, but I just found Ada and Darcy! Oh my, oh my! Total loveliness!

Made By Moi

A new little something to add to the wardrobe made by moi:



I can't take all the credit for this shirt... I was inspired by J.Crew, and needed something to compliment my favorite Stella and Dot necklace. The plain slubby knit v-neck tee is from Old Navy. I added the pleated ruffle neckline. Lots and lots of folding, but it was a fun activity and a great use for the sewing machine.

Liberty of London

I love Liberty prints. So ofcourse I'm excited to see it at Target!!! And they are releasing the line right around my birthday (great use for a target giftcard... hint hint!). Can't wait!

Slipcovering Chairs

These chairs need some serious help:



They were destined for the dumpster, but I saved them from their fate and gave them a second home in my little apartment. I was never in love with the green striped fabric, but figured it was in good enough condition for them to be sitting in our living room until they could be reupholstered.

Halloween passed... chairs still green.
Thanksgiving passed ... still that ugly green stripe!
Christmas... do I even need to say it...
The clock struck 12 and 2010 rolled in - but the chairs were still green!
Now its February and I need to do something with them.

The longer the chairs sit here in my living room, the more that green just annoys me! And the truth about what has been holding me back from making a quick decision? Well a few things...

1. I don't know any good upholsterers around here.
2. I'm not sure that reupholstering is the best idea. These aren't "forever" chairs. They're just here for now. They solve a problem (we need additional seating) and they were free. Basically, I don't want to invest a ton of money in them.
3. I can't decide on a fabric! This should be an easy decision for an interior designer, but I blame it on seeing too many fabric options over the course of one day. Keep in mind my small budget, and that I don't want something that is too trendy. No Chiang Mai Dragon or Imperial Trellis. Love them, but they're so overdone! And no more white upholstery. Our sofa is white and most of the walls are white (renters... so we can't paint).

Those three big reasons make me think that I need to stick to slipcovering the chairs. No frumpy country granny slipcovers though. Definitely fitted, fresh, and maybe even a little sassy? They can be girly, because they won't always be in the living room. Though, Michael did suggest that we put them at the heads of our future farmhouse dining table (Yeah, we still need to find one of those... one day). I'm loving that idea though.

So, dear readers, I want to hear your ideas. Do you have any favorite fabrics? How do you see these recovered? Do you see long skirts on these, or something short and sassy? Maybe with a box pleat? And what about details? Contrast cording? Buttons? Since I'm snowed in, this is the perfect weekend for me to start thinking about these chairs. You send me your ideas and I'll start working on the slipcover design. Can't wait to hear your ideas!



UPDATE: Just searched slipcovers in my google reader and found a link to this homemade slipcover created by this amazing seamstress/blogger:

Found here

I hope mine comes out looking something like this! And I'm rethinking white. Its so lovely, and as I was saying before, the chairs won't always be right next to the sofa.