A Preview Laura Ashley Spring 13

Last month I was invited along with Design Bloggers to see the new home furnishing collections by Laura Ashley for Spring/summer 13. It is a delightful collection of very pretty fabrics and sofas and chairs... and the lights were lovely.

I have always liked Laura Ashley furnishings, particularly the fabrics. There has always been good drawing for floral prints and the checks and stripes are balanced and made in linens and cottons. I  have recommended the fabric for drapes several times, the print, the scale just worked and luckily  it fit into the budgets. This new collection has a pretty and fashionable Chinoiserie print for bedding, a style that has been seen in many collections. And I love the lights.

Leaves

With the fabulous weather this past week the leaves have pushed off all the blossoms and the streets are lined with canopies of leafy trees. Wanting to stay outside all day I was thinking of the pretty patterns of leaves and trees that have been among the recent trends in fabrics and wallpapers this season.

Hyde Park

Wallpaper and fabric samples from Zoffany, GP&Baker, Colefax and Fowler

Source: degournay.com via Kelly on Pinterest

And De Gourney has provided some of the loveliest of wallpapers of trees lining walls in their Chinoiserie collection. A way to bring the outside inside.