10 Easy Pieces: Designers' Favorite Prints and Patterns - Remodelista
Are you brave enough to strike out and use patterned fabric in your interiors, or do you need a little extra hand-holding? With many island projects in his portfolio, including his own two Harbour Island cottages in the Bahamas, Manhattan interior designer (and trained architect) Tom Scheerer favors the “scale and lively loose line that animates the atmosphere” of Katsugi by Schumacher. New York City designer John Derian opts for prints from Tissus Tartares because “the collection has a nice range and all of the prints are beautiful.” He recently covered a pair of Tulip Chairs from the John Derian Collection in Jar Ptista, “a floral that’s modern and masculine at the same time.” In the US, Jar Ptista is available to order by the yard through Derian’s own John Derian Furniture. London designer Harriet Anstruther is obsessed with old Toile de Nantes, and her favorite source is French antique textile specialist Katharine Pole. Daniel Sachs of New York City firm Sachs Lindores favors Piedmont Embroidery in Tomato from the Guy Goodfellow Collection. Rita Konig, European editor of T Magazine and tastemaker on both sides of the Atlantic, singles out Pommes des Pin by Le Menach, a pattern that evokes memories of her childhood drawing room designed by her mother, famed interior designer Nina Campbell. Wallpaper interiors editor turned London designer Charles Mellersh advocates “Marthe Armitage’s crisp and graphic botanical-inspired designs because they are beautifully handcrafted and yet modern in feel.” Her wallpapers, printed in fanciful patterns featuring flora and fauna and bucolic country scenes, are available from Hamilton Weston, as are several fabrics on request. See an example of Mellersh’s work in The Designer Is In: An Optimist at Home in Notting Hill. Sisters Jayne and Joan Michaels of the New York City firm 2Michaels often turn to Classic Cloth Limoges by Dessin Fournir. New York City designer Rebecca Robertson’s choice of the moment is Domesticate’s Mudcloth, printed on linen-cotton canvas from design-your-own-fabric company Spoonflower. Amy Kehoe of Los Angeles design firm Nickey Kehoe says everyone in her studio is drawn to Jennifer Shorto’s collection. Based in San Mateo, California, and New York City, designer Katie Leede’s favorite is Isis in Bluebyrd Plum from her own line of fabrics at Katie Leede and Company.