Fabrics
2 March 2009, by Isabella
Beautiful cutting-edge design, exceptional performance, and Gold environmental certification! Get ready for a new line of environmentally-friendly fabrics with unmatched quality from DuraleeContract. Eco-fabrics by DuraleeContract has the unique styling expected of all DuraleeContract fabrics, which features 100% Eco Intelligent® Polyester fabrics that are Cradle to Cradle Gold certified by MBDC (McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry).
With a current and much-needed social movement towards sustainable products, DuraleeContract has designed the Eco-Fabrics by DuraleeContract collection to fit into the lifestyle of the environmentally conscious without forfeiting fine design. Eco-Fabrics by DuraleeContract makes it possible to match unique and remarkable patterns and colorways with the satisfaction of taking a step in promoting a healthy planet.
To achieve the Gold level, MBDC evaluated Eco Intelligent® Polyester material and product ingredients for human and environmental health and safety. As the first true “technical nutrient” textile, Eco Intelligent® Polyester is a material that remains in a closed-loop system of manufacture, reuse, and recovery, maintaining its value through many product life cycles. Certification of a finished product also requires the evaluation of the mills’ facilities within the five categories including Materials, Nutrient (Re)utilization, Energy, Water and Social Responsibility.
DuraleeContract is headquartered in Bay Shore, New York with showrooms nationwide and throughout the world.
Categories: Fabrics, Going Green, Home Improvement, Safety, Saving Money
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26 February 2009, by Isabella
Because of the current economic times, more of us are spending more time at home. The following are tips to help you improve the ambience of your home and to have it be a reflection of you.
Enhance Lifestyle, Boost Seasonal Mood with Smart Updates to Home and Office
Beat the economic-downturn blues with three design tips from leading international designer Lauren Rottet to make spaces inspiring and personal.
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Categories: Bedroom, Fabrics, Home Improvement, Kitchen, Lighting, Organization, Paints, Saving Money, Walls, Windows
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25 February 2009, by Isabella
Now everyone can afford designer fabrics. Fabricut’s new fabric line called Trend offers budget friendly prices to home decor.
Fabricut Launches New Fabric Brand Fabricut recently unveiled its new fabric brand, Trend, featuring a variety of products and styles for the value-conscious consumer. Including drapery, multipurpose, sheers, silks, faux silks, linings, and trimmings, the Trend line is designed to appeal to an increasingly diverse demographic and will help designers and workrooms match the client’s aesthetic sensibilities to his or her budget.
Trend managing director Rebecca Creal dismisses concerns that affordability and style are mutually exclusive. “Trend is fulfilling the general movement in the marketplace of a need for beautiful fabrics at an exceptional value,” she says. “Just because it’s affordable does not mean it can’t be stylish and exciting.” Trend’s first introduction, the Jaclyn Smith Home Collection, mixes and matches wovens and prints inspired by the fabrics in Smith’s own home. Fabric books are available for design professionals and showcase styles that range from traditional to contemporary.
Categories: Fabrics, Home Improvement, Saving Money, Windows
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25 February 2009, by Isabella
Natural woven shades are gaining popularity and Graber is offering more variety in textures and colors. Graber®, a Springs Window Fashions brand, is updating its popular Natural Shades with a variety of new materials and textures. The Tradewinds® Natural Shades collection features options in woven rattans, bamboos and reeds – all available in an exciting range of color options, from deep rich hues that beautify a warm space, to neutral options that lighten and brighten a room. Graber also is expanding the shades styles available for its Natural Shades, including an elegant new Looped Roman Shade design and Panel Accents™ Sliding Panels for larger windows and open floor plans.
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Categories: Fabrics, Going Green, Home Improvement, Windows
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23 February 2009, by Isabella
SCHUMACHER TERRA, THE NEW BRAND FOR EARTH-FRIENDLY DECORATING, DEBUTS WITH THE BY NATURE COLLECTION
New Schumacher collection to support WaterAid America—An Industry First
In its on-going effort to bring environmentally responsible products to the design community, Schumacher is launching its Schumacher Terra™ brand of eco-friendly fabrics and wallcoverings. The products featured under the Schumacher Terra label include natural and renewable materials — linen, jute, bamboo and certified organic cotton — and meet authentic third-party certification, such as USDA certification and Oekotex standard 100, for environmentally and socially responsible processes, from field to finished product.
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