by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
It should go without saying that comfort is the uppermost aim and ideal for all design process. If a home isn’t comfortable, the consequent unhappiness will spread like ripples. There must be comfortable sofas and rooms, beds and bedrooms, personal space and...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
In interior furnishings, describes the mixing of more than one type of fabric: checks in combination with chintz, stripes and checks, patterns and weaves, antique and new patchworks, etc. Combination print and weave collections are often designed by the fabric houses....
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
Brushed paint forming a thin layer over the previous coat – the new layer is uneven, so the effect created is tonal, the brush marks are left to show. But, and this is important, colour washing – for me – is a process of layering not a...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
Colours are identifiers and locators–personal, national and representational–when used as flags, ties, badges, medals, team and racing colours, uniforms, logos and stripes. They can be internationally recognisable: the yellow shirt of the Tour de France,...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
Describes any fabric that has been dyed, laundered and/or treated so that the colours won’t run when wet. All fabrics labelled washable are colour fast up to the temperature advised on the label.
