Comments on: Observation: Green Striped Sofas

By: What is Railroading? | Fabric Market Knoxville

What is Railroading? | Fabric Market Knoxville — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:01:25 +0000

[...] Looking at the fabric hanging on the bolt (left photo), the stripes are horizontal. But when applied to a sofa or anything wider than the width of the bolt, the stripes would be vertical on the piece, with no seaming in the larger areas like the outside back of the sofa or the front platform. (Image borrowed from The Inspired Room.) [...]

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:33:59 +0000

The room works, it’s very cozy. I like many of the details. But it looks way too cluttered with small objects. I assume that some of these are props for the photograph. If you add in the actual things that people leave around — books they are reading, e.g., it becomes impossible. I don’t believe that every horizontal surface must be filled with things — after looking at this, I immediately put several things on display in my office away . Thanks for this exercise, and hope you continue with it.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:01:35 +0000

I really am drawn to the wood walls. They have such a natural look. The turquoise trunk on the table is a nice bit of color that keeps the lime green from looking like too much. I’m not really partial to the striped slipcovers, maybe if they were totally lime green I could live with that. I think the stripes in the sofa compete a little too much with the vertical lines of the walls. Maybe I’m overthinking it here, but that’s what I’m observing.