Design Notes

How to Buy Designer Fabric Without a Trade Account

Many high-end textile houses sell only through designers. Here is how the trade system works, where designer fabric goes when it leaves the showroom, and how to buy it well...

How to Buy Designer Fabric Without a Trade Account

Many high-end textile houses sell only through designers. Here is how the trade system works, where designer fabric goes when it leaves the showroom, and how to buy it well...

Why We're Not a Matching-Set Kind of Shop

A matching-set shop makes decorating easy in a specific way: it makes the decision for you. Four pillows cut from the same bolt. A tablecloth with napkins pre-paired to match....

Why We're Not a Matching-Set Kind of Shop

A matching-set shop makes decorating easy in a specific way: it makes the decision for you. Four pillows cut from the same bolt. A tablecloth with napkins pre-paired to match....

The Case for the Remnant

There's a certain kind of shopper who hears "remnant" and hears "leftover," the fabric equivalent of a broken cookie. We'd like to make the case for the opposite: a remnant...

The Case for the Remnant

There's a certain kind of shopper who hears "remnant" and hears "leftover," the fabric equivalent of a broken cookie. We'd like to make the case for the opposite: a remnant...

What Makes a Home Feel Collected

You can usually tell within a few seconds whether a room was bought or built. A bought room arrived together: the sofa, the pillows, the throw, all from the same...

What Makes a Home Feel Collected

You can usually tell within a few seconds whether a room was bought or built. A bought room arrived together: the sofa, the pillows, the throw, all from the same...