New from Knoll Textiles: Chance, Serendipity & Intrigue
Check out these cool new additions we have to our collection of Knoll Textiles fabrics!
Chance
“Part of the KT Collection of affordable modern design, Chance is a classic multi-color fabric that can serve as a palette builder.”
Chance 'Fern'
Serendipity
“A modern tapestry, Serendipity marries high durability with a playful pattern and colorful palette. For upholstery use.”
Serendipity 'Fortune'
Intrigue
“An organic striped upholstery, Intrigue has a calming effect, created through a boucle wool yarn woven on top of a cotton ground.”
Intrigue 'Captivate'
Look at all of these beautiful colors!
Is Bigger Really Better?
Mark Veltman for the New York Times
The New York Times had an article last week titled “Relax. There’s Plenty of Room” by Steven Kurutz. Apartment Therapy highlighted it and posed the question “Is Bigger Furniture Better?”
When it comes to interior design, the short answer is “no”. However, this doesn’t mean that smaller is a more suitable choice when choosing furniture for your space either. You need to find the happy medium and go with pieces that are in the right scale for your home and lifestyle. Read more
Fashionable Additions to Knoll Luxe
Dorothy Cosonas, KnollTextiles and Knoll Luxe creative director, recently designed 3 new fabrics for the Knoll Luxe 2011 collection that were inspired by current fashion trends: Arabella, Grammercy, and Vermeer. Arabella and Gramercy are both large-scale velvet upholstery fabrics while Vermeer is more like a classic Knoll knubby-textured fabric.
The colors are great, and as upholstery fabrics they’re a fabulous way to bring the fashion industry into your home and onto your Knoll pieces.
Knoll Luxe Arabella
Arabella Upholstered Tulip Chair
Knoll Luxe Gramercy
Gramercy Upholstered Platner Chair
Knoll Luxe Vermeer
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Introducing: The Vista Collection
KnollTextiles has introduced three new upholstery fabrics as part of their Vista Collection. Here’s a look at Framework, Grandview, and Zipline.
Framework:
Introducing: The Ink Collection
Designer Abbott Miller’s Ink Collection is his second collection of wallcoverings for KnollTextiles. Each of the three wallcoverings, Drip, Drop and Run, feature the liquid movement of ink as a departure from a highly graphically designed collection.
Drip:
Rough around the edges
In Rue Magazine’s third issue there was a piece called ‘Rough Around The Edges’ which featured a number of home furnishings inspired by the idea of an imperfect circle. When we saw this we immediately thought of one of our upholstery fabrics – Loop’s ‘Foundation’ textile. Foundation is available in 8 different colors (shown below). It would be a great upholstery choice for pillows, an ottoman, chair, or even a headboard.
Foundation 'Gunmetal'
Foundation 'Zinc'
New Knoll Textiles!
KnollTextiles recently introduced a number of new upholstery textiles. Here’s a peek at some of the items from the new collection…
“Jubilee” Read more
Vastu upholstery in 7 steps: Steps 5, 6, and 7
We’re in the home stretch! We talked about the first two steps in the Vastu personalized upholstery process here, and then went on to share steps 3 and 4 in the process here. So you know that first you choose a style, then you determine dimensions, then you select a fabric (or leather), and then you choose a leg style and finish. Now, we’re going to share the final three steps you take to create your unique upholstered piece made by Steven Anthony.
Step 5: Seat and Back Cushions
You may choose how many cushions you would like for both the seat and back of your sofa or sectional assuming the style you choose has loose cushions. All of our loose seat cushion sofas are made standard with down-wrapped foam cushions. Watch this video for a closer look at how Steven Anthony constructs his sofa, sectional, and chair cushions:
Step 6: Cushion Firmness
Vastu upholstery in 7 steps: Steps 3 & 4
Well, we covered steps 1 and 2 yesterday, so now we can move on to steps 3 and 4 of the Vastu personalized upholstery process.
Step 3: Fabric or Leather
You can choose from hundreds of different fabric and leather swatches located throughout our store for your Steven Anthony upholstered piece. We’ve got some amazing choices – everything from incredibly durable microsuedes, top grain leathers, velvets, gorgeous woven upholstery, and more. We carry well recognized names in the world of upholstery like Maharam and Designer’s Guild. And while we’re confident most customers will find a fabric or leather they like from our numerous options, you do also have the option of providing your own upholstery. We want to ensure you’re getting exactly what you want!
Step 4: Legs and Frame
Wood legs and wood trim details are available in 16 different stains and finishes. Legs are also available in varying heights and a few different shapes. If you prefer your sofa, sectional, bench, ottoman, chair or bed had metal legs, no problem! You can choose from metal post legs, L-bracket legs and metal trim details – all available in a brushed or polished finishes in varying heights.
Vastu upholstery in 7 steps: Steps 1 & 2
Here at Vastu we’ve tried to streamline the upholstery ordering process. Since our Steven Anthony upholstered pieces can be made any way you like, we’ve developed 7 easy steps to help you create the beautiful, personalized furniture you’ve always wanted and we’d like to take a closer look at those steps here on the blog.
To get started, you must decide if you are planning to personalize a sofa, sectional, lounge chair, dining chair, bench, ottoman, or bed.
Step 1: Style
You can choose from a number of standard Steven Anthony styles either shown in our showroom or on our online catalog, or personalize a style all your own with our design staff. And keep in mind, our standard styles are just guides. You can change any of the styles in a number of ways.
Step 2: Dimensions
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