The Swatches Are Here

The swatches from Bemz arrived on Saturday

From the top centre: Sybarry - Dove Gray 100% Cotton, Zinc Gray 100% Cotton, Zinc Grey Linen Cotton Blend, Graphite Grey Linen Cotton Blend, Graphite Grey 100% Cotton Chenile.

We have chosen...

The cotton chenille was just too lovely, soft and velvety with a tight weave texture.

The swatches came with a small brochure giving more information about the fabrics. All the fabrics are machine washable, sanforised, treated with stain protector and subjected to the Martindale test.

Which is pretty impressive for E39 a cover.

Dining Room - The Furniture Plan

No. 75 has a lounge-dining room running from the beautiful bay window at the front to the french doors opening onto the balcony at the back. The floor will be solid oak. It is light, it is airy, it is a blank canvas. Having chosen the lounge furniture, dark grey sofa and love seat, we needed something which would tone in while still being a "separate" area. I took inspiration from my beloved John Bates painting: I think we have decided on this table:

Ikea Norden (220/266 x 100) in Birch

These chairs:

Ikea Henriksdal in Gobo White

and this cabinet:

Ikea Hemnes in Yellow

I know, it is a bit "Ikea Heavy" but trust me, we looked at the more expensive options and this is ultimately what works best for us.

To try and alleviate the Ikea-ness of the room and also because with O and The Cat around white is a completely impractical colour. We will be ordering covers for the chairs from Bemz. I have ordered all the grey fabric samples they have so hopefully one of them will work.

I plan on adding a purple table runner and maybe putting a couple of the chairs in purple (we will have 8 chairs in total), to pick up on the colours in the picture