Sanderson dandelion clocks in John Lewis

[messybessie]

We are redecorating the sitting room.

DH and I both really liked this print when we saw it last year and thought we would use it for curtains now we are redecorating.

However now it seems to be EVERYWHERE. We are buying a sofa from John Lewis too and I worry slightly that it is already a bit ubiquitous and we will just look like a window display.

Or is it just because I have noticed it and now notice everywhere.

Your thoughts please

[montmartre]

I really like those Little Greene wallpapers, particularly the lines one...

[hester]

Another one here who is gutted by the ubiquity of the lovely dandelion clocks. I do actually have a length of it, bought ages ago with the intention of making a curtain for the utility room.

Have now decided to use it in dd's room - you can get away with naff in a kid's room, can't you?

[DisparityCausesInstability]

I am so out of touch with interiors - I only spotted this pattern in John Lewis on Saturday, thought it was lovely and started planning where to put it - nothing like it being everywhere to put you off. Still some great ideas on this thread to keep me on my toes - I'm loving the St Jude cushions.

[UrsulaBuffay]

Ooh!!

[messybessie]

Arrrgh

I now know why I don't do interior design very often. I get panicked by choice.

Have just checked the John Lewis sofa and they now have a whole load of new colours including aubergine - which has the added advantage of being the colour of red wine!

But now I'm in a complete quandry and am going to skulk off and slap myself about at bit!

[VeraNofftopic]

It's nice! Aubergine & that lovely green sofa would be just my cuppa tea though. You could go with some nice blues and greys and mustardy type accessories (I think?)

[messybessie]

How do we all feel about this one.

I would go for the aubergine but we already have aubergine in the bedroom so need something different.

Do you think it will be cosy enough, given we will mainly be using the room in the evening.

[ALurkerNotAPoster]

Hi Messy. I'm glad the link helped!

As a teenager I saved up my hard-earned Saturday job wages for a picture that I later saw on Gail from Corries living room wall. I've never really got over it

[herethereandeverywhere]

Was passing a DIY shop and noticed the Little Greene Paint Co's '50s inspired wallpaper collection amd thought of your post OP! I know you were looking at fabric but could you do plain blinds/curtains and a feature wall of wallpaper? (Also cheaper to change and update if you get bored of it!)

HERE

I do love the St Jude and Fiona Howard fabrics though. Think Marimekko might be too strong/bold for the sofa.

[gettingeasier]

@ Eastenders making the decision !!!!!

[messybessie]

Lurker I love you.

I showed the picture to DH and he fully accepted that we can't have Phil Mitchell's curtains.

Hurrah!

[DaisySteiner]

[UrsulaBuffay]

I thought that Daisy but I think I'll look for something a bit cheaper in case I bugger it up

[trixymalixy]

None of them are quite as stand out lovely as the dandelion clocks though. Bet Sanderson have made a fortune from it, wonder what cut she got though?

[treacletart]

Dandelion Clocks was designed by Fiona Howard and she has some other lovely designs on her website here

[trixymalixy]

The dandelion clocks is lOvely, bit has been done to death. I really like the Khoti.

[DaisySteiner]

Ursula - can't you use the same fabric that those blinds you linked to are made from?

[noddyholder]

I have an old lampshade in the clocks fabric but it is original design from the 50s given to me when I finished a job. It is virtually the same as the update and I do like it and wascgutted to see it everywhere.Go with what you love I do think it will age ok but maybe not a big piece. Having said that ter is a sofa in a cafe in town in clocks and it looks great

[montmartre]

Ah, x-posts.
I love hedgerow too- I have a tote in that fabric.

[onesandwichshort]

That sounds fab, I'm a bit envious too - and pleased you like St Judes too, they ought to be better known as they are such wonderful fabrics.

[montmartre]

Oh- so many lovely fabrics on this thread!

I really love that sofa MB- I keep suggesting to DH we need to replace ours with it, but we don't really

Anyway, I like Lumimarja from Marimekko.
I think this Keisarinna is very very pretty.
I am a sucker for anything with a ginko on it.

Or Rautasänky is really bold!

[UrsulaBuffay]

That sounds LUSH! Who said you're bad at this, I'm

[messybessie]

Right - I've ordered some St Jude fabric samples, which look lovely, Hedgerow especially.

I think it's actually the colour combinations I like best so I think maybe, I should have plain blinds in either the grey or the light blue, as the sofa already covers off the green. Then we can throw in some dandelion cushions and it will all go together.

[midnightexpress]

Oh not the dandelion clocks - they really are everywhere. I wouldn't. Love some of those St Judes fabrics that onesandwich linked to. The dandelion one on there is really nice, and the hedgerow one would look nice with the sofa (which is gorgeous, btw). I agree that it really is the easiest thing to make roman blinds if you know your way round a sewing machine. Dead simple. You can often pick up lovely ends of rolls on Ebay too. I got some gorgeous fabric for my kitchen blind - lovely heavy linen, and the seller ended up giving me twice as much because they found a tiny flaw on the end of roll piece I'd bought, so wanted to make sure I had enough for my project.

[messybessie]