Luxurious texture

from The English Home April 2023

ONE FINAL THING…

Enriching the move towards warm neutral tones, textural details are elevating more muted schemes with exquisite features, innovative techniques an ac e, fine a er a .

STYLE NOTES:

• Keep the look simple, allowing the beauty of statement textiles to take centre stage, perhaps showcasing a hand-embroidered design on curtains and cushions.

• Walls can benefit from a subtle but luxurious textured finish.

• Use patterned sheers to introduce another layer of texture.

Swatches

1 Ballad fabric, Wild Mushroom, Schnauzer, and Cremello, all £495 a metre, Brentano at Altfield

2 Kyrielle fabric, Graphite, £184 a metre, Lelievre

3 Tanabe sheer fabric, White, £128 a metre, Larsen at Colefax and Fowler

4 Pavage Antique fabric, Albâtre, £276 a metre, Karin Sajo at Houlès

5 Wisteria fabric, Beige on White, £120 a metre, Paolo Moschino

6 Applause fabric, £450 a metre, Weitzner at Altfield

Decorating

BELOW

Border line

There is a continuing resurgence of border designs from a number of studios as a simple but effective way to enliven walls and upholstery, with fabrics and passementerie featuring dominant borders and stripes for impactful detail.

SWATCHES

STYLE NOTES:

• Use borders to frame each wall rather than simply around the top; consider following architraves around doors and windows too.

• Wide border trims in passementerie can transform a simple cushion into a bespoke, luxury piece.

• Broad stripes and borders on textiles create a self-contained leading edge on a curtain or added interest on cushions and other soft furnishings.

BELOW Dawon 801 embroidered fabric, £353 a metre, Rebecca Duckett-Wilkinson for Christian Fischbacher

BOTTOM RIGHT Bench, Elysium velvet, £149 a metre; cushions, Foulard silk, £115 a metre, Osborne & Little

Jungle fever

With prowling tigers, exotic botanicals, leafy palms and textured animal prints, there are calls of the wild in a number of the new collections. Though bold, this look can be pared down to a single statement piece.