Design inspiration, workroom wisdom, and expert tips to help interior designers navigate fabrics, finishes, custom soft goods, and the details that bring a design vision beautifully to life, one thoughtful detail at a time.
A designer sends over a chair, a headboard, or a bench with a fabric selection and a general sense of the look they're after, and trusts the workroom to fill in the rest. That trust is usually well placed, but the projects that come back exactly right on the first try tend to have one thing in common: the designer specified more than fabric and silhouette before the order went out. Frame condition, fill type, seam and welt decisions, and how the fabric will actually perform o
