Faux Fur Frenzy

Winter is quickly approaching.  Cold nights and our first frost has arrived.  Warming days in the sun can be deceiving.  What better way to warm up your interior living space than with warm and fuzzy accessories.  A fun little find of a furry throw, a floor rug or even a seat cover.  Here are some light and easy ways to use faux fur.  Obviously we all love the feel of the real deal, but without being cruel and unkind, faux fur can give the same appearance.

Some great finds for inexpensive pricing can be found at Walmart, Target and Pottery Barn.

Work at home in bare feet? Welcome fur under the desk

Cozy up by the fireplace with a furry transformed chair

Welcoming and warm on the bed fur for chilly nights

Accent pillow in faux fur white

Make your own foot stool

Faux Fur plain and simple in white

Bedside fluffy throw rug

Cover a hard seating bench with fur

Place on a wire chair for comfy fur seating

Anthropologie Faux Fur Lux Chair

Anthropologie also has a line of Faux Fur chairs, benches and stools for your accessorizing and WOW factor pleasure.  Embrace the cold with faux fur.

Chenille Loving with Sister G

Recently I've been bombarded with design projects.  All good and loving the consistency.  While designing at my laptop I see a scroll of emails beginning to pop onto my screen.  Hmm, my sister is having a design dilemma.  "Which white bedding should I buy to go with my new sea-grass headboard?"  OK not one email but multiple with multiple bedding links to view.   This has to wait I thought until I was finished with the project at hand..

Scrolling, scrolling and more scrolling the choices were all white and all the same with slight variation in design.  Nothing hitting me until I reached the last link.  OMG (did I just type that), Chenille!  "I love Chenille" was my return reply to Gina.  This set me off so here I go again on a sentimental journey down memory lane.

Matlessee with chenille trim and chenille pillows

The chenille yarn technique was believed to originate in France in the 18th century. Chenille was created and introduced in the 1830's by Alexander Buchanan who was a foreman who worked in a Paisley Scotland fabric mill.  Chenille consists of a pile of different lengths of yarn and twisted together.  This processcreates the softness that we see and feel in chenille bedspreads and robes.  Chenille is primarily made up of cotton and this style of the tufted chenille bedspread became widely popular in the US during the 1920s and 30s,

Chenille used as a slipcover with pillow

I remember the beautiful chenille bedspread my mother had when I was a child.  White with blue, pink, yellow and green florals.  It was so soft and cuddly feeling.  Her spread pattern was just like this chenille bath robe.

Beautiful colors of aqua and deep salmon chenille

Chenille patterns in aqua

Soft chenille morning jacket

 Not only was chenille used in home decor, it was quite popular in fashion.  Bathrobes, outing jackets and capes were a popular trend.

Chenille cape in white and blue sail boats

Creative DIY multi colored chenille Easter eggs

Chenille throw makes a quick chair slipcover

There are so many uses for chenille fabrics.  Accent pillows, slipcovers, and DIY craft projects become fun and stylish when using a fabric that has a history, a fabric from the past.  See what's in your mother's linen closet, I'm sure chenille will shine through!