Live Breathe Decor

A story about this ubiquitous (I still love it) fabric:

Schumacher's Chiang Mai Dragon in aquamarine

alabaster colourway image from fabric studio

the babs blog

mocha colourway via bryn alexandra

image of Hudson chairs via Pink Wallpaper blog

Little Green Notebook

Did I mention that bargain shopping is hit-and-miss? I received some fabric today that I purchased from an online end-of-stock warehouse where you can get some real bargains:

Even though with my new decorating business I have access to gorgeous fabrics at trade prices (yay!), this fabric was only $12 a metre (it’s close to ten times that retail!) and I have used the same fabric in other colourways in the past so I took a risk and bought it. To me it looks like a pale-ish denim blue with a hint of turqoise (right?). I was picturing a revamp of my living room by using the fabric to recover these:

And then using Chiang Mai fabric for these:

Chiang Mai cushions on etsy

And then pulling out more of the denim blue, the coral and dark blue colours in other cushions and accessories. Or maybe I’d do green and coral/orange instead and use the Kelly Wearstler Imperial Trellis cushions I have in the cupboard:

Then I saw this image which is another version of what I was picturing:

image from i suwannee via living livelier

Or, I thought I could use my new bargain fabric with the blue colourway of Chiang Mai Dragon:

Schumacher's Chiang Mai Dragon in blue

Like these clever girls have done:

The above images are from Style and Grace blog; I love the white and blue scheme, the natural rug and the white ginger jar behind the sofa (am a sucker for ginger jars).

image via odietamoblog

I love the geometric blue rug and the coordinating lamps - and the Imperial Trellis fabric in blue!

Anyway, this has all been going on in my mind until today, when the fabric arrived and it’s completely different to the photos, much darker and much more green:

So, it’s back to the drawing board! I could return it but it’s still a nice fabric so I might keep it just in case…