Good catch jab, I had that thought too. I don't entirely understand fading; I have throw pillows in the windowseats in the octagon here and the fabrics all fade at different rates. I guess Id take the risk.

You could turn the rug every season so it fades evenly. My mom did that.

Good idea!

BTW, I didn't phrase that clearly. What I meant was that IME, different fabrics, in the same spot, seem to fade at different rates. Whether it be material, dies, or finish, some fade much sooner than others. I don't know if, a priori I should expect this rug to fade easily or not. I will say, it was used for maybe 4 or 5 years before becoming a skeleton in my closet and it looks new. : )

i don’t know anything about this, but would window film both help with fading and cut down on solar gain? i know that’s what it says on the tin, but don’t know how nice the end result would be.

BELOW - Latest moodboard for new sunroom using old rug

SO now I added a ceiling fan and some green lattice fabrics KSWL, the cabana green stripe (Ballard) reminds me of your gingham in your old guest suite, paired w the brick floor and vintage black botanical posters? Love love.All "art" is derivative. I may have been channeling that memory!

Robo,

It's Maine; we love solar gain LOL!

Interesting point though. We don't have any AC on the first floor of the home, just the upper floors ( handful of nights it is more pleasant for sleeping., esp. on the 3rd floor). With cross ventilation I wasn't planning on putting any in this room, though maybe i'll want ceiling fans. (more wicker!). The room would be at the NW corner of our house.

Edited to add the proper salutation and closing -

Dear Queen of Blah,

I leave to look at fabrics for my room and you've got the whole thing decorated already! I think bamboo blinds will work well to take the edge off the rug. I like all the fabric options you showed with the exception of the wide peach stripe, but that's my mishegaas not yours. Fading could be a real issue, OTOH good E windows will help, and being in ME the sun angle might make fading less of an issue? Don't know, I'm pulling that one out of my arse.

Yours very truly

The Procrastinator

LOL DLM, I'm a little manic. Of course I was supposed to feed my son but now he had to grab something on the way to class. (hangs head in shame)

Good luck! I do like the olive Pal posted.

PS: I learned how to spell mishegaas. Two a's! Who knew?

Imo, rooms that incorporate pattern effectively, do so on more fixed surfaces--such as upholstered furniture, wallpaper, drapery, etc. In your room, it seems the only pattern will be the rug, throw pillows, and chair cushions. So I would introduce pattern slowly. (Btw, I love that the rug is flat weave.)

What you don't want is this look:

I'm not saying you'd create that, but you get the picture.

In this room below, there is pattern on more surfaces that make it collectively look pleasant to me:

In this bedroom, which incorporates A LOT of pattern, imagine if all of these various patterns were limited to throw pillows and rug only, and all of the other surfaces were solid. It wouldn't work at all.

This could be an abomination to some of you, but I think it works with your rug. Maybe someone can photo shop it better? (or, lol, at all?)

My fear with wicker is falling into the "Golden Girls" vibe.

I love all your fabric choices but i think the brighter greens lean towards a different vibe .. a different room.

It will take a careful curation to achieve the kind of effortless collected look I *think* you are going for -- and it is hard to do with screen shots. Maybe pick up a bunch of sample swatches and do a mini try on?

Where my imagination takes me: an old ( mid 1800’s?) Boston family home. Builder a sea captain, AND owner of shipping company , hence the $$$ for two beautiful homes.

The Maine bome is the more relxed family -at-ease house. The long, rectangular sunroom is slightly English shabby, with always-needing -fluffed, cotton, cabbage print covered easy chairs, faded from many washes . It contains bookshelves with well read books, board games, baskets of magazines….AND…a billiards table at the far end. Yes! Of course , with a small bar or drinks table near the billiiards table.

A Pasadena showhouse once had a long room with a rug not unlike yours…placed over a somewhat worn sissal/seagrass W-Wall carpet, that lent an elegantly old and comfortable feel. Barely a foot ‘hem’of sissal showd.

A more garden feel would be to exchange the billiards with a painted cream baby grand. Of course the captains daughters played. 😄 Tall potted palms freshend the space. Oooh, Im seeing the winds and rough waves through the wall of windows on a winter day, and moi cozy in the sunroom.

P.s, I dont play pool, but your kids and adult friends may enjoy, I mostly placed it for atmosphere

Marti,

You're so romantic! Whatever the story in my mind, and DH and I both agree we love for the home to feel inherited and somewhat "out of step." I do like the sisal idea - would def consider that!

In our first home, the brick Georgian, we had a beautiful old pool table. We bought it from the PO. When we sold the house, the next "O" bought it from us. We didn't use it enough to warrant moving it and finding/building a spot for it, but it was fun while it lasted! No piano players, but the harp always looks nice.

The layout for the room uses the things I own. The white rectangle on the left would be decorated as a library table, with stools (another chance to use fabric) tucked underneath. It could double for dining or games if we kept a few occasional chairs around and/or dragged some from the DR (the two french doors on the left wall adjoin the DR) or even chairs from the K or outside patio.

Funky, I agree. This exercise is just a feasability study. Normally I would not think about decor so soon, but once I had the idea for this room, The Rug idea dictated size. We need to walk it when we are up later this week. We are just in the idea stage on this project. I am worried an addition this size may look ungainly.

LOL, Jojo, I had to look up the set for GG. At the risk of being rude, let's just say their wicker tastes were less than timeless? I also think the dominant furniture piece will be the white slipcovered sofa, by far.

Feathers, that is a really nuanced and excellent point! Thank you. I have made a note to use patterned fabric lampshades, pattern on the stools (for library table) and maybe on the french doors leading to the DR.

Sure, I totally get it-- and we've all experienced choosing fabrics, etc and being surprised. I think it is a great exercise to help firm up your vision ... but as I followed the thread, I was reminded of my reaction to some recent videos (homeworthy being part of that-- because now they are hitting my feed lol). They helped me to see that I am missing the mark on the curated but collected pattern combinations. I sounded like I think I have it all figured out-- I sure don't! I am struggling in my own spaces. I think you are on a good path!

Working with three of your swatches I could see this look working.

Not sure if you are recommending or cautioning, LOL.

I think any fabric has to be the slightly washed out, creamier version, prob no true whites. And one color that is not anywhere in the rug, is blue or aqua.

A little less is more here with the rug. I do like the stripe, a simpler stripe. The patterns, florals, fruits, graphics get to be visual overload for me. But that's only me. The rug pattern is such a beautiful thing that I don't think it needs any competition. This is where "how to blend patterns" expertise is helpful. But truthfully, it's about what looks good to your eye. The peachy floral with some "dead space" is easier on the eye (i.e., mine lol) and looks great with the wider stripe with cream.

I think your colors need to be pretty saturated but a little dusty/dirty.

The greens you showed are too bright and acidic.

Back to Dan Carithers, he often used a khaki linen stripe. That might be a good neutral for your color scheme.

pretty saturated but a little dusty/dirty

Close enough, I said "slightly washed out, creamier version, prob no true whites."

I think, if you look at the six fabrics across the bottom, left to right, 2,3,4,5 are all good colorways. I take KSWL's point about scale for #3 but I just happen to like that a lot. : )

Will take some work and in person fine-tuning to find a dusty/dirty cabana stripe. I like this but where do they tell you the width of the stripe, maybe i missed it.

https://www.calicocorners.com/p-33584-savin-13-vert.aspx

More importantly, when we go up later this week, need to walk it out and see what its like to sit there.

Wouldn’t the horizontal repeat be the width of the stripe?

Repeat is 3/4".

dumb question --- isn't the repeat actually 2 stripes wide though?

Not Stripes but how about any of these? Maybe a bit too white.

https://www.thibautdesign.com/AFcatalog/product/details/product/saybrook_check_aw15145/material/woven-fabrics/colorway/green_30/

Since the repeat is the distance before the pattern starts over again, you are right, Mtn. Which would mean the stripes are 3/8” each, right? in other words, very narrow stripes.

https://www.thibautdesign.com/AF/catalog/product/details/product/julian_af15160/material/printed-fabrics/colorway/green_30/

Love this one.

Others do look too white to me.

Back to my dumb question. If a fabric is a pattern of green and beige striped, and they say the repeat is 3/4", isn't that 2 stripes? The green one is 3/8" and the beige one is 3/8"?

yes, bbstx, we posted at the same time. SO not cabana-y

Mtn, my understanding is the repeat would include both stripes. So the 3/4 repeat would include both stripes.

Here's another stripe color combo idea. This seems tie in the border color of your rug. It's linen, though... but just an idea.

Yes id like linen. Not sure if that veers blue. Saw others but hard to post from phone.I think i feel ok with the viability of concept decor wise.

Next i have to decide if i want a room that large

There are some really nice Quadrille fabrics that I think would work but I hesitate to even show them because of, you know, $$$$.

Yes, you Quadrilled my Maine living for me, I believe? Or is someone else to blame?

I am ok with more expensive fabrics if I can't find something I like as well.

Esp since I am not using that much yardage; cushions for the wicker chairs and ottoman, 2 stools, maybe lampshades, maybe curtains on the 2 french doors to the DR

That was me.

I just tried to post a bunch and lost the entire post. I will break it up into multiples

Il Gioco

Volpi

Carlo II

Fiorentina

La Tour Damask

Mojave

Fez

Bijou Stripe

Mandarin Moire

Gazebo (looks a little harsh in this photo)

Lyford Trellis

Wow, I think that could be a really stunning room. Thanks, Pal. The coral lattice is dead on, love the top left green, and the bottom right floral is a nice touch of lightness. I hadn't though of using black fabric but I think it makes the rug seem even more intentional instead of something to be accommodated.

That black would be fabulous welting for cushions, it would look even better on the

bias. i know you won’t have much wall space (except where it joins the house) but that coral bamboo Lyford trellis in wallpaper… ooh la la!

KSWL I was thinking about wallpaper too, but its even worse, as I hate to tell you but that wall adjoining the house will have 2 fr doors, a fpl and a ... (sigh) TV.

Welting! Fab. Leave it KSWL to take it up a notch.

I like a lot of the Quadrille/China Seas/Alan Campbell stuff. It's very specific and tends to dictate a look, but I think the rug still does here, and their Colors happen to work because they do their own thing and don't pay much attention to trends (which you aren't doing here).

The Lyford trellis, especially the brown, I could cover a whole room in, walls, windows and furniture. Arbre de Matisse, too. Except I have too much artwork and not enough money (two separate issues).

I feel like the Mandarin Moire is a real sleeper. It's one of those fabrics that you will pass over a dozen times and then one day it's the exact thing. It's very 80s 90s in a way, and I don't think in a bad way.

That Mandarin Moire us my favorite of all that have been suggested. It’s got that Impressionist feel that is timeless AND incorporates every color from the rug.

Mtn, I hesitate to suggest this, but I would paper the ceiling with Lyford Trellis. How fabulous would that be??

KSWL, dreamy

You could also do something along the lines of jute wallcovering

This may seem like it skews too tiki/tropical, but jute and burlap were used in traditional interiors at the beginning of the last century. Gilded burlap was sometimes used on ceilings.

Pal is spot on, as usual. I hesitated to post earlier that the peachy floral (right) side of a collage was starting to say Shabby Chic.

Pal's work is unerring. I did sense this was not a decorating feat for lay people,

(whispering) ... i've always liked Shabby Chic. Am i not supposed to?

😬

PS

Pal, the PO in CT had that color grass cloth on the ceilings. (have to find a pic) and, because I am an idiot, I had it all removed.

I also like shabby chic (especially the name!) but think it’s trickier than it looks and easy to get wrong—- can’t be too shabby or too chic, iykwim.

I am very late to this, but the rug and look are all very Sister Parish Maine cottage. Perfectly summery and appropriate for the setting. Not sure how much SP fabrics cost in comparison to Quadrille, which I love, but it might be fun to have some SP fabrics for pillows.

No, liking Shabby Chic is fine. I just didn't think that was the look you were going after.

LOL, I am not exactly sure what I am going after. I think it is a combo of several comments:

- Funky's BF's grandparents

- English cottage (forget who said it first)

- Pal's "pretend it isn't there and do what you like"

- Pal's Quadrille Tour de force

- Sister Parish

- Shabby Chic

and

- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

... with a quick audit to make sure we are not going Golden Girls!

I think what they all have in common is a strong use of patterns, and avoidance of colors that are too clear or bright or white etc.

Here are vintage drapes and fabrics that, could possibly, work in your room. I'd pick one with a minimum tone with a little richer movement, then release some solids in other area that are similar to the drapes. https://www.etsy.com/listing/930946219/modern-vintage-floral-pattern-washed?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_ps-a-home_and_living-curtains_and_window_treatments-curtains&utm_custom1=k_Cj0KCQjwteOaBhDuARIsADBqRejQMKlk0cHXM9Mw9BXKdot2U9oFMQgUW5V6PJkKEzvL6N5ABGejHnwaAv1nEALw_wcB_k&utm_content=go_12567673668_122422053791_507203914935_aud-459688891635:pla-304504407523_c__930946219_103150882&utm_custom2=12567673668&gclid=Cj0KCQjwteOaBhDuARIsADBqRejQMKlk0cHXM9Mw9BXKdot2U9oFMQgUW5V6PJkKEzvL6N5ABGejHnwaAv1nEALw_wcB

Your rug is not channeling "dowager countess" but Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson, at Home in Her ‘Full-Color Life’

NYTimes article here https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/arts/design/emily-dickinson-museum-renovation.html