Swatch Watch

I’m watching my mailbox for a few fabric swatches that I ordered last week from Lewis & Sherron:

Khandar Indigo - lsfabrics.com

Niso Cobalt - lsfabrics.com

…and one other one that seems to have gone missing from their site. Hmm…Hope I get it – I was most hopeful about that particular small-scale print and would love to show it to you!

The goal is to choose a fabric to make a faux roman shade for our powder room. The powder room is immediately off the dining room, a location I will avoid when purchasing our next home. Nothing’s more awkward than a guest needing to use the facilities while everyone is around the dining table!

The slightly open door is the powder room.

If the door is wide open, the window in the powder room is visible. However, I don’t want the new roman shade to match the valances exactly. Instead, I’d prefer to leverage the navy in the dining room’s rug. You can also see a hint of bright blue in the dining room’s valance:

Detail of dining room valance

Inside the powder room I plan to accessorize with the brown, green, and bright blue of these valances to tie the two rooms together. I think we’ll use the powder room as a “testing ground” for a new kitchen/dining room paint color as well.