Five Yards

Okay, so it's really 5 1/4 yards.

  Of this business.

Pretty gorgeous, no?  I found it here in town (Associated Fabrics for you locals).  I had seen this fabric on the 50% off rack time after time thinking it would still be there if I ever decided I couldn't live without it.  But when I went in there last week the roll was noticeably thinner. 

And the print is discontinued.  So what was I to do?!?!??  This was a purchasing situation if I've ever had one. And I have. 

And so I find myself with a bit of a conundrum.  What to do with 5 yards of this fabric.  5 yards is a challenging amount.  It's too much for doing just the seat cushions for my dining room chairs. And the print is big and I don't think you could appreciate the beauty and the fabulous movement of the fabric.  

Observe.

See what I mean?

And it's not enough to recover a pair of these chairs I got for my living room.

So for now, I'm thinking about making a showstopper kind of wall treatment with it.  

Maybe one enormous framed panel as a backdrop for my dining room buffet?  Something like this...

Erin Williamson

Or even two smaller framed panels flanking each side of my dining room buffet. Like this. (Insert my buffet for the french doors in the photo below)

Kelie Grosso in House Beautiful

That's the direction for this week, anyway.

Do you have any other ideas for my 5 yards of fabric?

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Pleated Lampshades

First of all, I want to congratulate you for clicking through to read this post.  You're a design geek of the highest level.

I firmly believe that it's the details that take a space from "pretty good" to extraordinary, so I tend to scrutinize rooms that I admire and make mental notes of all of the details.  One of the details on my radar right now is the use of pleated lampshades.  

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Pleated lampshades were big in the 80's and 90's, but fell out of favor for the more streamlined drum shade.  Apparently someone smarter than me thought that if brass could make a big comeback, why not bring back  pleated lampshades too.

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I think this is just part of a larger movement to more classic interiors, where the pretty details are layered on.

Nick Olsen in House Beautiful

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Are you ready to revisit pleated lampshades?  I found a  diy tutorial here and source here.

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Lattice on Walls

It seems I  still have wall treatments on the brain, and the latest option I want to share with you is using lattice on your walls.  And I'm not talking about lattice or trellis wallpaper, I mean real lattice. The kind they sell at Lowe's.  

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After sourcing images for this treatment, I've come to the conclusion that it's pretty versatile.  It can go casual, as demonstrated in the next few photos.

Style at Home

Office of New Orleans decorator Vesta Fort

Attic Mag

In this Paris apartment the lattice is backed with mirror, and is used in a formal setting.

Here's a modern interpretation of a custom trellis design I found on Apartment Therapy

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Again, the treatment above is certainly custom made, but has a modern feel.

Southern Accents

As does this wall treatment, which was made to mimic the iron railing outside the window.

So what do you think?  Like the lattice?

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