Design Tip: Choosing a Fabric

I remember when I was a teenager and my mom was redesigning the master bedroom and inadvertently taught me a key design principal that I still use today. When she sought out to redesign the master bedroom she spent weeks looking for a vase. She went to swap meets, IKEA, malls, thrift stores, antique shops, and any where else that home decor pieces. She finally found a vase that was exactly what she was looking for. Within a day she was buying paint, furniture, drapes, linens, lamps, and other trimmings needed to fill the room.

What she did was use this one vase as the focal point of the room and design the room around the vase. What a novel idea! Instead of trying to envision the entire room before you even have everything, simply buy one piece and build around it.

When deciding which fabric to go with for your next window treatment - find your focal point first and then choose the fabric for your drape that compliments it.