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Launching just nine years ago (2010), Tilton Fenwick has brought bold designs and sprightly patterns to the traditional world of designer fabric. Named after their college dorms, Tilton Fenwick is a collaboration between Anne Maxwell Foster and Sysel dePedro Cunningham. With an emphasis on the remarkable use of color and pattern in all of their interior product design, both Foster and Cunningham have extensive backgrounds and solid foundations in the world of interior and product design within the home.

With both principal designers living in New York City, the city has influenced their entire collection. They say, “Walking around the streets of this incredible city, we are always soaking up our surroundings, brainstorming about projects and merging the two!” Their experience in traditional design firms, combined with their dedication to creating bold, new designs allows for a unique style that brings new life to any room in a home.

The dynamic duo of Foster and Cunningham is not going anywhere in the world of interior design and boutique designer fabrics. Just a year after their launch in 2011, they were named as one of Traditional Home’s “20 New Traditionals”. Their second collection with Duralee continues to push the envelope when it comes to traditional fabric design.

Housefabric.com’s Tilton Fenwick collection features the pair’s hottest designs at the lowest prices so you can enjoy these industry-changing fabrics without spending a fortune to do so.

All designer fabrics look great in website pictures or on magazine covers, but life isn’t a staged photoshoot. Dogs, kids, dirty feet and anything else that might come through your house can ruin the fabric and your once perfect looking living room or patio. This is where performance fabric has broken through and taken the fabric market by storm. Whether it’s indoor, outdoor or made for both, performance fabric is stain resistant, extremely durable, anti-microbial and some even have UV protection.

Brands like Sunbrella, Crypton, Inside Out and many more all on our website, provide customers with designer quality fabric, but with durability so you don’t have to worry that their perfect looking living room or patio will be ruined. Performance fabric is made for everyday life, not just to look at from afar.

Sunbrella performance fabrics, for example, are UV and fade resistant, mold and mildew resistant and even cleanable with bleach. The dye used in this fabric goes to the core of the fibers meaning Sunbrella fabrics can be cleaned with a solvent such as bleach without losing any color. These fabrics can be used indoor or outdoor, making them extremely versatile.

Another brand carried on our website, Crypton, is perfect for indoor living spaces that need to stand up to the messiness of everyday life in the home. Crypton Home Fabric resists stains, repels odors and keeps moisture at bay, protecting your things and the planet in the process.

Housefabric.com has the best selection on the web, perfectly curated for anyone looking to revamp their living space. With nine different brands of performance fabric to choose from, there is no doubt there is a style for everyone. Even better, Housefabric.com boasts designer styles at outlets prices so redesigning your living room or patio in performance fabric does not need to cost a fortune. Performance fabrics are the future of the fabric industry and perfect as we go into summer. Check out our collection today!

We are beyond excited to exclusively bring you the new Novogratz fabric collection. If you haven’t heard much about this incredible husband and wife design duo then we are pleased to share with you what we have learned and what many decorators and interior enthusiasts already know. The Novogratz style is one of a kind.

Some of their design work done in the Dylan Hotel- Via The Novogratz

The team began their career renovating run down properties in Manhattan. Their work combines the use of distinctive architectural details, unique interior finishes and rare collectibles found while traveling to flea markets across the globe.  Robert and Courtney Novogratz raise their 7 children in a home in the Hollywood Hills they renovated. The couple has successful product lines in many major retailers including WalMart, Amazon and Wayfair and have appeared in more than one reality based TV show about their life and work.  They not only design their own private residence but also many  Hollywood A-listers, as well as design boutique hotels. 

The trendsetting couple’s retro fabric collection brings their high end boutique design to modern living space with ecclectic style and bohemian flair.

Dapper Dalmation Mustard

Housefabric.com will be exclusively carrying this collection. We are very excited to share this amazing collection with you shop @housefabric for your Novogratz style today.

Lacefield Designs, founded by Beth Lacefield, is an artisan design house and manufacturer based in Atlanta. The company creates textiles and pillows inspired by human spirit, nature, relics and culture. Since 1996, the Lacefield Design Team has layered life experiences into its work, hand crafting exquisitely detailed products that enrich living spaces. Via-Lacefield Designs

Beth Lacefield Atlanta based artist and textile designer, is known for her globally inspired aesthetic. As a collector of all manner of things – from vintage textiles, beads, shells, rusty hardware, design books and French manuscripts – Beth is constantly inspired by the world around her.

Design begins by hand and takes shape through various mediums: painting, pen and ink, block printing, paper and scissors. From design to printing, all textiles and pillows are Made in the U.S.A. and feature the detailed artisanship of Lacefield’s Design Team. Details are a hallmark of Lacefield Designs. Every element and component of a Lacefield product are considered. Tassels, tapes and trims are hand designed and embellish the fronts and gussets of pillows.

We have recently added a large variety of Lacefield Designs to our shop! We are excited about teaming up with such a gorgeous brand and cannot wait to share this beautiful eclectic style with our customers. Shop Lacefield Designs today and much more @housefabric

We are so excited to bring in a grouping of Tilton Fenwick’s newest fabric collection, their second collaboration with Duralee. Tilton Fenwick is a boutique interior design firm that brings a fresh perspective to traditional aesthetics. Principal designers Anne Maxwell Foster and Suysel dePedro Cunningham embrace unexpected uses of colour and pattern in all of their interior and product design.

In 2014 the duo released their first fabric collection with Duralee, and it was a hit! In 2018, Tilton Fenwick was nominated to Elle Decor’s A List: “100+ of the Best Interior Designers in the World.”  In the same year, they launched their second collection of textiles for Robert Allen Duralee Group. They are known for their use of eclectic florals in design and textiles.

What are your picks for the most iconic patterns from the collection?
Anne: “Soldo (DE42674). We are known for our use of florals in our interiors as well as textiles. When we had the concept to add a snake to a floral this pattern became my favorite in the collection with this unique twist.” -Via Duralee

Soldo Mint Red 

Anne and Suysel got much of their inspiration from a trip to Portugal. They drew inspiration  from the countries distinct architecture, textiles, ceramics and the people. They mention having a meal at a tiny spot called Botaquim da Mouraria. They loved it so much the chef became their inspiration for the Florebela Pattern. Find more about their travels and many more of Duralee’s designers @ Duralee designers

Shop the rest of the new Tilton Fenwick with us today! @ Tilton Fenwick NYC Fabric

Plaids are always a classic look for home or fashion, so we put together an easy guide to help understand the different types and their uses. From Buffalo Check to Window pane plaids we have you covered.

Decorator Check Fabric

Buffalo Check

Buffalo check or plaid has become one of the hottest trending items. Buffalo plaid is composed of large blocks formed by the intersection of two different color yarns, typically red and black. It originated from Woolwich Woolen Mills, where the company began producing the Buffalo Check shirt around 1850 and it was made only from wool. Today you can find this plaid pattern in a variety of colors and materials, it is a classic look that can be dressed up or give a casual homey feel. Buffalo check can range from 1 ½ to 6 inches, gingham is usually no larger than ¼ inch. The large pattern can be challenging to match but looks fabulous. Check out this Vintage Refined blog for ideas on using P Kaufmann fabric Check Please Lakeland. Although it is a strong design, Buffalo check goes very well with other patterns because it has a balanced structure

http://www.vintagerefined.com/blog/2016/8/6/my-20-craigslist-chair

Gingham

Gingham Plaid is also made up of alternating colored yarns that intersect but on a much smaller scale.  When originally imported into Europe in the 17th century, gingham was a striped fabric, though now it is distinguished by its checkered pattern.

Gingham Charcoal

From the mid-18th century, when it was being produced in the mills of Manchester England, it started to be woven into checkered or plaid patterns (often blue and white). Gingham fabrics work great as coordinates for larger plaid styles, stripes and floral prints. It is another classic style that is versatile and timeless. Waverly fabric Gingham Charcoal https://www.housefabric.com/Waverly-Gingham-Charcoal-P238382.aspx

Tartan Plaid

Tartan is a Scottish word that means plaid. Each color of Tartan was traditionally named for the clans that they represented. 

Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colors that originated in woven wool, but now they are made in many other materials.  Tartan plaids are very traditional looking patterns rich in color and can be used for upholstery, window treatments and bedding. Tartans give a rustic or lodge like feel. Our best selling tartan plaid Mactavish Tartan.

Mactavish Tartan

Window Pane

The windowpane check is a pattern that resembles the pattern of panes on a window. The stripes that cross to form windowpane checks are often thicker and farther apart than the pattern found in graph checks. Window Pane Plaids open pattern makes it a great companion for other smaller more busy plaids and patterns.

Pencil Me In Thunder

04240 Navy Plaid Vern Yip

Houndstooth

by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes, often in black and white, although other colors are used. The traditional houndstooth check is made with alternating bands of four dark and four light threads in both warp and weft woven in a simple twill pattern. In an early reference to houndstooth, De Pinna, a new York–based men’s and women’s high-end clothier founded in 1885, included houndstooth checks along with gun club checks and Scotch plaids as part of its 1933 spring men’s suits collection.

Houndog Black

Houndog Black is a contemporary take on the classic houndstooth style with its oversized, chunky pattern. Add a mid-century modern touch or a more classic style with a smaller and more subtle houndstooth pattern. Houndog Black https://www.housefabric.com/Houndog-Black-White-P102467.aspx. Houndstooth fabric can be found in a variety of weights and colors making it a go to classic for upholstery, accents and more.

Glen

Glen plaid, also known as the Prince of Wales check, is a pattern most commonly found in suits.  It is woven in a twill pattern and consists of broken checks where a conglomerate of alternating dark stripes and light stripes cross each other to create a pattern of small and large checks. This pattern is usually done in a muted color with white. Glen Plaids make beautiful drapery, accents and bedding.

DonnyGlen Natural

Tatersall

Tattersall describes a check or plaid pattern woven into cloth. During the 18th century at Tattersall’s horse market blankets with this checked pattern were sold for use on horses. Today tattersall is a common pattern, often woven in cotton, particularly in flannel, used for shirts or vests. Tatersall fabric’s are good to add an equestrian or rugged feel to your decor. Traditional shirts of this cloth are often used by horseback riders in formal riding attire. The small pattern also makes it a great companion fabric for prints, stripes and textured soilds.

Madras

Madras is a pattern that originated in a city in East India, formerly named Madras. This summer fabric style is distinguished by a pattern of colorful checks and stripes. The stripes of a madras check or plaid consist of different colored stripes that cross each other to form uneven checks. Madras has become a popular “preppy” pattern for shorts and casual shirts.

Shop all our designer plaids, checks and much more everyday @housefabric!