Good Reads: Colorstrology

By Darcie St. Onge + Rachael Bell

Our interior design studio has been around for many moons, but today we’re celebrating the birthday of our new(ish) shop and to-the-trade showroom which are turning TWO! While the last couple of years have been a crazy, joyous, challenging, and ultimately gratifying rollercoaster ride, we are delighted to feel as if we’re finally hitting our stride and couldn’t be more thankful to spend another year doing more of all the things we love.

On this milestone, we’re getting into the woo and looking to the stars for some guidance by way of Colorstrology: What your Birthday Color Says about You, by Michele Bernhardt. Our colorstrology for both the month of May and for our birthday, May 5th, are totally aligned - hues of vibrant, hopeful, spring green!

THE MONTH OF MAY // Pantone Bud Green

THE FIFTH OF MAY // Pantone kelly green

Pantone’s Kelly Green, integrates “joy with stability”. It is defined as versatile, profound, and talented. - Colorstrology

It’s no wonder we find ourselves coming back to all the spirited shades of green in our interior design work and in our own surroundings alike.

If you snag a copy of the book, let us know what your colorstrology is!

Schuyler Samperton

WALLPAPER // INTERIOR DESIGN FOR YOUR DESKTOP

Enjoy our latest collection of free downloadable desktop, tablet & smartphone wallpapers, courtesy of one of our favorite textile designers, Schuyler Samperton. Check out her entire collection and if you love 'em as much as we do, get the real deal to swath your home and make it look as good as your tech.

Click to download // Nellcote Apricot

Click to download // Nellcote Montego

Click to download // Nellcote Petunia

Click to download // Nellcote Wisteria

Click to download // Nellcote Sky

Click to download // Firefly Ocean

Click to download // Firefly Deep End

Click to download // Doshi Lake

Click to download // Doshi Persimmon

Click to download // Pendleton Spring

Click to download // Black Currant

Click to download // Pendleton Academy

Click to download // Celandine Sunset

Click to download // Celandine Azure

Click to download // Celandine Mulberry

Click to download // Celandine Sangria

Click to download // Caledonia Peony

Click to download // Caledonia Sapphire

Click to download // Cordoba Juniper

Click to download // Cordoba Spice

DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS // Click on the links to the patterns you love above. Once on the large image of the pattern, simply right click to download and save the image to your desktop. Here at CLOTH & KIND, we save all of our favorite Wallpaper downloads to a folder and set our Desktop & Screen Saver preferences to pull from that folder and rotate the images frequently for maximum gorgeousness while we're working. 

IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT STUFF // Y'all know this, but it's worth saying that all images in our Wallpaper column are the exclusive property of the textile and wallpaper designers that have so graciously shared their proprietary designs with us so that our tech can look all kinds of cool. Under no circumstances may any part of their work be copied, duplicated, manipulated or used in anyway without their express written permission. 

Palette No. 59

TOP // ZAK+FOX, Hanami Campaign
RIGHT // ZAK+FOX, Tail Of Heaven Zana
LEFT //  Unique Fine Fabrics, Cordoba Luscious

Palette No. 56

TOP // Bramalta, Mokume Citron on Yellow
LEFT // Wayne Pate + Studio Four NYC, Indian Summer Plum
RIGHT // Schumacher, Chelsea Chevron Peacock

Palette No. 49

RIGHT // Malatya in Basil by Clarke & Clarke for Duralee (#F0798-03)
BOTTOM LEFT // Roxy in Jade from Cowtan & Tout (#11192-03)
TOP LEFT // Rufus in Ink from Larsen (#L9017-07)

Hue: Malachite

FABRIC // Malakos in Malachite from Dwell Studio // Chair // Interior // Glass // Wine Stopper // Art

EDITOR CREDIT // This post was developed and written by guest editor Molly Velte.

No. 46

TOP LEFT //  Zanzibar in Green from Peter Dunham Textiles (#111ZAN03)
RIGHT // Marco Jute Soumak Woven Rug in Juniper by Bunny Williams for Dash & Albert
BOTTOM LEFT // Bukhara in Blue/Green from Peter Dunham Textiles (#111BKH05)
MIDDLE LEFT // Shanti Wallpaper in India from Paper Mills (#P2006)

Palette No. 44

Hey, it's #fabricfriday! Today we have the pleasure of welcoming a talented interior designer and friend of ours to our Journal. Amy Berry of Amy Berry Design in Dallas, TX has compiled this stunner of a Palette which we're both feeling big time. If you don't already know Amy, you must check out her beautiful work AND her newly launched online shop (which has the coolest dog beds we've ever laid eyes on, amongst lots of other lovelies for your home). Thank you, Amy!

LEFT // Miramar from Clarence House (#34873-1)
TOP RIGHT // Shang Extra Fine Sisal Grasscloth Wallpaper from Thibaut (#T-5020)
MIDDLE RIGHT // Laundered Linen in Aloe from Peter Fasano (#LA15)
BOTTOM RIGHT // De Rosine in Pearl from Mokum (#10207-011)

Palette No. 42

We had a visit from our Donghia rep this week and were completely enchanted with Pierre Frey's Spring 2015 Origines collection, which is a textile tribute to indigenous tribes from around the wold. Sandy, with its embroidery and shells, is a motif based on the necklaces made and worn by Aboriginal people and Kagura is a printed linen toile depicting partially overlapping traditional Japanese theatre masks in bold colors.  Gorgeous, no?! We paired these two stunners with a versatile new Dominique Kieffer tweed and simply adore the fact that its salvage can be cut and used as a brush trim. 

LEFT // Sandy in Lin/Corail from Pierre Frey (#F3022002)
MIDDLE // Kagura in Tutti Frutti from Pierre Frey (#F3009001)
RIGHT // Tweed Couleurs in Laguna from Dominique Kieffer by Rubelli (#17224-02)

Young Huh

ABOUT // Young Huh is the founder of Young Huh Interiors, a NY based full service design firm specializing in residential and commercial interiors. 

I am sharing with you two pillows that I have in my living room.  These are special to me because they were the first purchases I made for myself.  I absolutely adore Fortuny fabrics, but I couldn't afford to cover an entire sofa or even a chair, so I had four pillows made in one of my all time favorite prints - Persiano.  I chose the color seafoam green and white.  It’s a classic persian flower motif that you see globally in textiles, but the Fortuny printing process gives each flower a unique quality - like a painting.  The white background is not a pure uniform white, but slightly mottled and the green flowers have undertones of blue which gives the fabric a depth and singularity that continually interests me.

To accompany the Persiano pillows, I had others made in Fadini Borghi's Subbiano in color azzuro.  The print looks like marbleized paper but it is woven - not printed - giving it wonderful color depth, sheen and texture.  I love to get lost looking at the waves - its like looking at the ocean.  While the green and blue colors carry me away to the sea and to a very peaceful place, the gold silk threads add glamour and contrast. 

I made sure my workroom slightly understuffed the feather and down filling for the pillows.  I don’t like pillows that look or feel too dense.  Silk fringe and rope trim from Rogers & Goffigon complete their look.  I sink into these pillows daily.  I lay my head on them to read or take naps, behind my back for extra support.  These pillows have become soft and pliant over the years, but they haven't lost a bit of their beauty or charm.