Fabric Friday

This week's Fabric Friday is brought to you from the Design Centre at Chelsea Harbour. Twice a year they have an open week for trade and on the Friday the public are allowed to view the most recent home decor collections. It's a great chance to see what's out there, as inspiration for Cheeky Leopard, but also for inspiration and colour palette ideas for the design work I do at Makower UK. It's great to have every showroom under one roof and to get an over all view of trends.

The main atrium had a massive chandelier made from richly coloured tassels.

I love the richness of this Sarasa-inspired fabric at Colefax and Fowler.

The floral above was heavily embroidered and the flower heads were huge!

Scion does lovely fresh colour ways like the one above. I love the use of pinks and mustards with soft grey.

Villa Nova also does some pleasing colour ways. There seemed to be a lot of grey and yellow out there......

....as well as coral and grey. The silhouette leafy fabric above has a lovely soft watercolour feel to it. The collection is called Hana and is inspired by crafts and motifs of Japan.

The Kelso collection by Romo draws on heritage charm and uses delicate florals with plaids and stripes. It has been inspired by the British countryside as well as stately homes and country cottages. The designs are historical but have evolved to suit a contemporary client.

Fabric Friday

London Design week is now on and I'm slowly dipping into some of the things that are happening around the city. This morning I went to the Design Centre at Chelsea Harbour to check out the fabric shops there. They have an open day when the public can come in and see their ranges and there is always something to inspire me! I came back with lots of great ideas and here are just a few of the things I saw.

Stunning wallpaper by Missoni.

I lvoe a pink chevron and this one really took my fancy, with its mustard yellow back.

Bright sketchy kiddy prints at Romo.

This sofa makes a statement. I love the fact that it looks like it's been scribbled alcove in crayons.

Sumptuously bright cushions.

I love a bright geo!

A funky of back in yellow, grey and white.

Fabric Friday - Focus 2014

I'm using this Fridays fabric slot as a chance to talk about my excursion to the Design Centre in Chelsea Harbour on Wednesday. I went there to visit the Focus event which is held twice a year and offers a chance to view the latest collection from the interior design world. There are 99 showrooms at the Design Centre, a pleasingly light space consisting of three domes over a galleria. It's a great chance to see hundreds of designs under one roof and was very inspiring.

A colour scheme that I liked was the combination of putty and grey mixed with a vibrant orange.

I found this stylised leaf motif at the Jane Churchill show room.

I love the combination of geometric designs on this chair, all held together by the colour scheme.

There were quite a lot of soft pinks and greys. I liked this combination by Scion.

The Scion showroom had this soft pink chair as part of its display. It has a lovely 50s vibe to it.

Scion also had a collection of vases to illustrate how the colours could be used in home accessories. 

Throw in a touch of mustard and brown to make the pink less girly.

I like the painterly feel of this simple triangle design on furnishing fabric. 

Blue and green was a popular colour combination.

Bold lime green florals in overlapping shades were applied to big florals at Villa Nova.

Add some grey to this floral to make it cooler. It still has touches of green.

A lovely simple black and white floral.

This is a nice colour carrier and a simple way of doing a co-ordinate.