Decorating with bright and exuberant fabrics

Long, dark and cold winter days call for more cheerful colors, don’t you agree? Almost all interior designers will tell you that nothing brings your home decor more up to speed than incorporating new fabrics into your space. Although I’m more drawn to muted palettes when it comes to interiors, I’ve never been known to shy away from applying fresh and colorful outdoor fabrics inside the home.

So imagine my delight when I came across a refreshing line of textile from Link Outdoor, as well as some exciting pillows (most of them art nouveau, no less), panels and window treatments from Wende Cragg, an appliqué artist who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. I find her collections appealing because of their obvious fine craftsmanship and incredible details. Wende has been weaving her “magic” in the design industry for the past 45 years and along the way, collaborated with a number of designers and home mavens throughout the States, some of them included designer Heather Hilliard on a custom appliqued bench for the San Francisco Show house. She also contributed to past show houses in Pasadena, Marin County and San Francisco, where she resides. There’s a wonderful synergy between the historical reference she creates, and the colorful and sometimes neon outdoor fabrics from Link Outdoor. And even if they came in separate projects, both styles call for a well appointed home.