A recent trip (see here) inspired me to pull together colorful fabrics to use for some of my summer redesign projects.
Using the rainbow of shades ~ turquoise, blue, sand, orange, pink, coral, yellow ~ from the Turks and Caicos was all I needed to start my hunt!
Not to be cheesy, but I wanted to find fabrics with BEACHY icons….. shells, crabs, starfish, bathing suits, nautical stripes.
I was NOTÂ disappointed in my search.
Duralee, Stroheim, Kravet, Lilly Pulitzer, Jonathan Adler, Thom Filicia and Robert Allen all delivered in spades on the fabric front. Â Most of these fabrics are very reasonably priced. Â The few that are more expensive can just be used as accents in a room.
Love these two bright pink fabrics from Kravet. Â The same color as a beach rose in Turks.
Sunsets and windsurfer sails inspired this group of orange fabrics.
Shades of blue were everywhere. Â Turquoise water…
Clear blue skies.
You can’t do a beach theme without a little navy and white!
Mixing lots of stripes with patterns. Â I might need to be reigned in a little.
I could go crazy in my house with all of these fabrics, but my husband has his big eyeballs on me, so I think I will set aside the majority for clients (I qualify as a client?).  I am doing adorable beach window treatments with the coral Stroheim “Canton” fabric.  Big oversized pillows for a screen porch in the navy Duralee crab and yellow/white stripe.  The turquoise shell is going on two blond x-stools for a beach house living room.  Let me know if you want any information on the fabrics featured here!
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