Wow! Beautiful house.

For the kitchen I like Kasmir Tinker. It's light and bright. Very pretty. It's more traditional. The second fabric is pretty and more vintage IMO. But the 1st takes my vote. I would keep the roman shade solid with a little texture, like a linen. You can underline the valance with a strip. I like solid drapes. You can also line them or add a Kasmir strip to the bottom or top, or just have solid.

Love the Porto for the living room. Very neutral pattern that you can easily add other patterns to in furnishings or use with all neutral textured furnishings and add splash with accent pillows and area rug. Very elegant.

Okay, I'm done with MO. Sure this will be a long thread.

Very nice home, and I agree with jerseygirl on the Kasmir Tinker! really like your paint choices and I almost used the same light fixture for my island!

Looks like it is going to be wonderful when it is all done!

Kitchen: The first fabric is great, I love it, but it is not country - very Jacobean feeling, more formal and sophisticated. Not that you shouldn't use it, but it isn't the grandma's kitchen fabric you say you want. The second fabric is more along the lines of what you are thinking, but it is a lot of blue. What about something more like this:

eldorado blue

or this:

rocor blue

or this:

jaques softbutter

Then I would look for a coordinating check for the liner side and any trim or reveal.

As for the DR, the first fabric feels very contemporary - not the feeling I am thinking you want, especially with the tin ceiling, etc. I like the second fabric, but I think the room may read very dark with that, the wall color, and the large black furniture piece - and then the bright white ceiling ( and white beadboard, I think?)

How about something like this:

bosporous 197 toile

I agree with les917. I don't see grandma's kitchen in those fabrics. They're nice, but not what I was expecting to see after you described your vision for your kitchen.
I like the second DR fabric, but can't see it fitting into your room there either.
Back to your kitchen -- consider test washing a bit of fabric you're considering to see if you can get that softer, been-around-for-a while look before you make your curtains.

Fabric #1 for your first pick

For the dining room, I wouldn't use either of those fabrics, but would find a blue and brown or blue and black toile.

that I like les' toile choices with the soft blue backgrounds, the 197 toile and eldorado blue. You might also consider a smaller print in the kitchen if you're looking for a grandma's farmhouse look.
Annie

The one thing that bothers me about the first fabric sample, is that I'm not sure if it's kind of "Pink" and if that will flow well with your bricks, which should be a focal point. (They're gorgeous). Does the second have a bit more of the brick tone in it? THat would push me towards number two (but I'd actually keep shoping before i picked that one).

I'd like to see some blue pulled into the other room. Your colors are so pretty it would be nice to see them flow throughout the house.

I love your home and all the fabric choices.. I lean towards the second option for both and while they are very different, they kind of echo one another.

My fear though is that the blue in the kitchen fabric will compete with that fabulously blue kitchen island rather than enhance it. I like the first two options Les shared but I wonder if they'll look too washed out with the butter yellow and blue island. I think you'll have to try some swatches.

I also think Les is right about the dining room choice darkening the room. I love it but I am afraid it will overpower and suck the light out of the room. Again, I'd give a swatch a try .. and a toile.

It's all really beautiful though.. you have a great eye!

Les how do you put more than one link in a post?

And here's a few ideas..

Igloochick.. WHERE are these fabrics from? I absolutely must have the yellow print with birds (are they hummingbirds? I am on a small screen right now)

OMG! You all are terrific! Thanks for all your suggestions. I agree that Tinker is very bright and fresh - it looks great with the cabinets, brick and the touch of blue ties in great with the island. I found Waverly Colette in Jute as a complementary fabric to cover the window seat cushion with, it plays up the chamois color of the walls. And it coordinates well with the adjacent FR color.

Actually, the same pattern is also available with a black background - Tinker Onyx - is it 'legal' to use the same pattern in two different colors in two different rooms?

Then I go back to the Fabricut Effusive blue. It has a nice, vintage look and it carries the blue over to the eating area of the kitchen. The Waverly Colette works with it as well.

Then - les917 - I really liked the Eldorado Blue and the Jacques Softbutter - both are very nice. I'm not a big fan of toiles, they seem a bit French Country to me, I guess the same goes for paisley.

Jerseygirl - great idea on the roman shade - do you think I could use burlap (sorry, I'm not kidding!) or is it too 'rough'. I really like the visual texture of it in small doses. I had a simple burlap valance over a Waverly fruit print roman shade pre-remodel - that would be one less treatment to make :)
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('scuse the mess, we were packing for remodel!)

Annie1971, great suggestion on washing the fabric to give it a more worn look. Thanks.

Anybody got any more vintage-y suggestions?? Less sophisticated, we're beer folks, not martinis or fine wines (not that there's anything wrong with that...LOL!)

Thanks again!

Funky, that fabric is called Chinese Birds and it's on sale today at Design Diva Fabrics (website). $22.50 yrd skew DD-5637.

I am DDF's best customer...or at least I am now, since I found their site after seeing someone ask about it here last week :oP I look at their offerings constantly and when my...ummm I think I'm pushing 100 yards, shows up, I'll tell you more about them (the thread actually does discuss the quality of their fabrics being fabulous).

rciklish, you want texture...how about Linen? Design Diva has several gorgeous linens on sale right now. There's also a fabric called raffia which has a great deal of texture in it, and comes in great colors.

That house is not a beer house darling...it's not :oP

No, not the one in the window pre-remodel. It would not do justice to Tinker or your kitchen. There are so many textured fabrics that would work. Linen came to my mind in my original post but there are many with the same texture value.

well, burlap with a nice check or floral would be cool-- esp if the burlap were edged with a trim of some kind. We had a whole thread dedicated to the merits/demerits of burlap. I recently made a dining room tablecloth out of burlap with black long fringe. It is next to silk taffetas and a Horchow sofa, so who knows what the look is. Beer meets champagne? I like the juxtaposition of the burlap with the finer materials. I like burlap anyway. I was just in a super high end house (the decorator who owns the French store in town that I mentioned on another thread)and she had burlap with printing on it (like old seed bags) used as roll pillows on super posh chairs.

One thing about ordering from Design Diva--get a sample first. A couple of their fabrics were way, way darker IRL than the way they looked in website photos. Usually, if the description says maroon or burgundy, but the photo looks rose, it's the description that is correct. I'd like to see how a ticking stripe or check with a more complex trim or lining looks.

Something along these lines for a lining would pick up the bricks, the island, and the moss.

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Here is a link that might be useful: Ralph Lauren plaid

For something totally different, this is one of my favorite linens. You would definitely need to see a sample in order to assess the blue with your island and the cream with your cabinets. I would love to know the name and brand of your island blue, BTW.

BTW
On Igloo's list, I own the last one. It is very delicate, probably not the best for a kitchen (I have it on throw pillows in a blue and yellow guest bedroom). I've eyed that peacock feather for months. It's exquisite, but super delicate and quite formal. You might want to check out Bennison linens, but you would need a showroom. The website doesn't show the whole collection.