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Romantic Red Faded Florals: Get The Look

<div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's take a languorously long look at fabrics with vintage florals, this time in romantic red. Even the nostalgic qualities of the phrase '<i>faded red roses</i>' seems to hang in the air long after the words have been uttered. Little wonder, then, is it that there have been enormous numbers of attempts to squish the essence of that phrase into fabric form.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Pillows & cushions Cabbages & Roses, fabrics, linens, vintage" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/49/c8/1a/49c81a48f1e54cc161b709347f45efd3.jpg" width="480" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The range of reds in faded floral fabrics is quite staggering. We'll see reds ranging from the softest umbers, through scarlet, raspberry. crimson, cherry and more...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFlw-5p8N1MRX30PmVCGFg8bObvvdoM93XFTzZqrgYleiOmG3TaqSG88akwciwYFyKfLGE62GhoxqNU-XPYP7HCcLAQ96zxoEeYHe2-2BzFRrmVmYEf2wz3x4KXzwEVCgBi1WfQnebN6y/s1600/Modern+Country+Style+Faded+Florals+Reds+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFlw-5p8N1MRX30PmVCGFg8bObvvdoM93XFTzZqrgYleiOmG3TaqSG88akwciwYFyKfLGE62GhoxqNU-XPYP7HCcLAQ96zxoEeYHe2-2BzFRrmVmYEf2wz3x4KXzwEVCgBi1WfQnebN6y/s1600/Modern+Country+Style+Faded+Florals+Reds+1.jpg" width="496" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clockwise from top: Kate Forman Roses fabric is an absolute classic with its softly neutral background and gentle rose print; faded florals and stripes are a match made in Modern Country heaven...; Clarke and Clarke Marie is 100% linen and very reasonably priced; a stunning window seat with long puddled curtains - try Cabbages and Roses Catherine Rose for similar.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOh-A954zCFr4DCIIGldFsLLAaWD__x9wBK7Da9dvJk7rn4J6-nqzLhf085DaN2X1qXlkpRJkod35zsPCom2uHQieH2KcR0D_KBoQ7uGgPkVkk6vN31j0HiFaT2vYnf8pLYukWiZaWSKWO/s1600/unsoireautomne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOh-A954zCFr4DCIIGldFsLLAaWD__x9wBK7Da9dvJk7rn4J6-nqzLhf085DaN2X1qXlkpRJkod35zsPCom2uHQieH2KcR0D_KBoQ7uGgPkVkk6vN31j0HiFaT2vYnf8pLYukWiZaWSKWO/s1600/unsoireautomne.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Coarse weaves and dainty rose prints are Modern Country must-haves.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcI9h54Hr0r41MN7_G4i2PkXHJ579ipL9_ucPSxkv-MXdZH-0XIdGJ3cqljN9K0oy-rNNnufJKheNgSZxba9JQaOkILQphFKezoVxHBv0C9v68umhVfeQfwNq8kV8OcXUuSOZpTXCclW4/s1600/clarke+and+clarke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcI9h54Hr0r41MN7_G4i2PkXHJ579ipL9_ucPSxkv-MXdZH-0XIdGJ3cqljN9K0oy-rNNnufJKheNgSZxba9JQaOkILQphFKezoVxHBv0C9v68umhVfeQfwNq8kV8OcXUuSOZpTXCclW4/s1600/clarke+and+clarke.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oooh, yes! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4JeQcQaKPfTtaud5WuVISjTwfUtm8uQjFW8WvL8bu0dzpIuX1idQGOTgtaG_k08kjB_Jl0d_h5rg-l7HRx85JkYFm_w114WZV6Pl0qqTqVMUFJ11EoYO7apdQ3ojuWwQ_9Zl9bi-JxHw/s1600/Modern+Country+Style+Faded+Florals+Reds+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4JeQcQaKPfTtaud5WuVISjTwfUtm8uQjFW8WvL8bu0dzpIuX1idQGOTgtaG_k08kjB_Jl0d_h5rg-l7HRx85JkYFm_w114WZV6Pl0qqTqVMUFJ11EoYO7apdQ3ojuWwQ_9Zl9bi-JxHw/s1600/Modern+Country+Style+Faded+Florals+Reds+2.jpg" width="496" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clockwise from top: Begin with a paint palette that draws out the richness of your chosen fabrics....try Susie Watson paint in Ramsbury Red, Fired Earth Alabaster, Susie Watson Evening Seas, <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/case-study-farrow-and-ball-blue-gray.html" target="_blank">Farrow and Ball Blue Gray</a>; the wonderful things about reds is that there are so many to choose from, as with this delicious pile of vintage red fabrics stacked upon an old peeling glaucous grey chair; Cabbages and Roses Paris Rose in Raspberry, on a natural linen background; ebay can be a magical hunting ground for genuinely faded florals such as this lovely cotton remnant; the contrast is beautiful between the rich red throw with its soft satin border, and the pillow in Bennison Roses fabric, in their Lipstick colour-way on an Oyster background.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Bo Peep - Honeysuckle Rose" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/45/dd/13/45dd135c684ccc88918e9838af1c3483.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Perfect for the school run?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="headboard and pillows in bennison roses in lipstick pink" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/2a/5d/40/2a5d4036bafe2934684da532a81750bd.jpg" width="464" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What a stunning Modern Country bedroom with its stark white walls and bed linen, combined with an over-sized headboard upholstered using Bennison Roses fabric in Lipstick.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBVvDiqp_HJ3dwN8PCEiVBUjlSwrQSq4O_oSgiJ4hJ0wu6qFsMvFeGmDnQ-JBdlPRjZ6Paph9954u7-sd81UrgBqbJZzqwiZaZd4AUZMqr9h4XLNI0Bv6WiD4piNi_Nnf5sA4FPynd1jk/s1600/Modern+Country+Style+Faded+Florals+Reds+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBVvDiqp_HJ3dwN8PCEiVBUjlSwrQSq4O_oSgiJ4hJ0wu6qFsMvFeGmDnQ-JBdlPRjZ6Paph9954u7-sd81UrgBqbJZzqwiZaZd4AUZMqr9h4XLNI0Bv6WiD4piNi_Nnf5sA4FPynd1jk/s1600/Modern+Country+Style+Faded+Florals+Reds+4.jpg" width="496" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clockwise from top: Symmetry in the chairs and cushions brings a Modern edge to this Country scene; these two seats, both shabby and worn have a quiet charm when combined with faded red florals; Roger Oates does some fantastic runners that bring a timeless elegance to stairs; I adore Emily Bond fabrics - shown here are Wire-Haired Jack Russell on a grey linen union, a bold Red Dashchund on olive linen union and Horses Head in a warm pinkish red.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="toile closeup" height="560" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a3/6f/ae/a36fae82ae2d8f4920b78cd9c646d955.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even when they're old and worn, classic red prints, particularly in faded florals, keep on giving. This sofa clearly has seen better days but, don't you agree, that its squishy loveliness still looks inviting?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="flowers and Cabbages and Roses Hatley pillow decorating detail" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/10/08/b9/1008b91a3d494a8abb8d913886792cf7.jpg" width="480" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't be afraid of combining faded florals with real life garden scenes....more on that to come!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfwUhSsxwFvO9I5Z6gDLsrx-4SkzJiSplI1eACGEk1KHqKCEDHnkKMYAV_vJpJfu7CG3IwzGgf3WLBPbDUj9TQjkhV7FNwJlFqXoru4qrmRJpc04TXZ7YbfRvWy21nvfxNUkfZOajOYxH/s1600/Modern+Country+Style+Faded+Florals+Reds+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfwUhSsxwFvO9I5Z6gDLsrx-4SkzJiSplI1eACGEk1KHqKCEDHnkKMYAV_vJpJfu7CG3IwzGgf3WLBPbDUj9TQjkhV7FNwJlFqXoru4qrmRJpc04TXZ7YbfRvWy21nvfxNUkfZOajOYxH/s1600/Modern+Country+Style+Faded+Florals+Reds+3.jpg" width="496" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gingham checks and toile combine to give a relaxed French Country feel; stick with similar reds for mixing patterns...and the world's your oyster!; painted white furniture and echoes of grain sack stripes make the best of this bold red quilted throw; Laura Ashley Roses cotton in Berry, and Tinsmiths Gingham check in Red will make you smile every day!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="weathered wood. Delicate linen prints" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/01/df/00/01df008bbe5d651de4886a78a0b0c5d1.jpg" width="418" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Peony and Sage are a relative new-comer but I love the romance old-fashioned of their fabrics.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="cabbages and roses" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/b4/86/b5/b486b591f8a9a09861abc2e0b8807838.jpg" width="473" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Make the most of every corner in your home by creating small seating areas piled high with pillows in faded floral fabrics.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3wCfrgI48pI6Ui6sMZUHut6d9nJusNZPE3tPayCDWT6pP-go1hlMal7jqpGZDUHXuk36praUG0nDdkcnpJwMZlLJ62bWiXfoceYQ8H6gxBAZ0HsToEfnDYQsLEsSPdrykH7MHjomfjnj/s1600/Modern+Country+Style+Faded+Florals+Reds+5a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3wCfrgI48pI6Ui6sMZUHut6d9nJusNZPE3tPayCDWT6pP-go1hlMal7jqpGZDUHXuk36praUG0nDdkcnpJwMZlLJ62bWiXfoceYQ8H6gxBAZ0HsToEfnDYQsLEsSPdrykH7MHjomfjnj/s1600/Modern+Country+Style+Faded+Florals+Reds+5a.jpg" width="496" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clockwise from top: a perfect example of faded florals making an impact on three different levels -  the enormous drapes at the floor-to-ceiling window, the cosy armchair, with its darling little cushion - there's something in the budget for everyone; with pillows, you can dare to be a little bolder; Red gingham check lampshades from Jim Lawrence; a whole stack of grain sack pillows means there's spare seating for a sudden house full - and can rest in style when not in use; Cabbages and Roses Hatley....say no more!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="with Vanessa Arbuthnott fabrics" height="640" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5a/3b/54/5a3b54ff1a663c99c68c8bbb14548da7.jpg" width="640" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Vanessa Arbutnott brings a slightly more Modern edge to the Faded Red Florals table, showing that, whether your preference is Modern or Country, or, a perfect blend of the two, there's a faded floral fabric for YOU - and not just one, but two, or three...or....!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Images via: Cabbages and Roses, Modern Country Style Moodboard 1 (K<span style="background-color: white;">ate Forman, Pinterest, Clarke and Clarke, Cabbages and Roses), Modern Country Style, Clarke and Clarke, Modern Country Style Moodboard 2 (zsazsabellagio, Cabbages and Roses, ebay, Country Living), Pinterest, Natalie Finham for Bennison Fabrics, Modern Country Moodboard 3 (Pinterest, Cabbages and Roses, Roger Oates, Emily Bond, Cabbages and Roses), The Nester, Hill House Diaries, Modern Country Moodboard 4 (Cabbages and Roses, Ana Rose Tumblr, </span><span style="background-color: white;">Pinterest, Laura Ashley, Tinsmiths), Peony and Sage, Cabbages and Roses, Modern Country Moodboard 5 (Kate Forman, Cabbages and Roses, Jim Lawrence, Pinterest, Cabbages and Roses), Vanessa Arbuthnott</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Romantic Red Faded Florals: Get The Look

Let's take a languorously long look at fabrics with vintage florals, this time in romantic red. Even the nostalgic qualities of the phra...

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Faded Florals In Soft Neutrals: Get The Look

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">All that looking at Cabbages and Roses book review loveliness got me thinking about the enormous versatility of lovely fabrics, particularly neutral faded florals, which, it has to be said, Cabbages and Roses does to perfection.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4eaQ5sGy8VBBycr2cfDJNwFYF_iayRZ_B84Nm_eVM3PR6gwr7zhFZGjTN4OZWlf4mY09ArgVQWRM-ZdGCOmV-QCn_yAxU2z4UZWA95EKO9__VNCbtuZuE4TN0e3khNtB4aIsMPNklaIV/s1600/833d84c8d86024a023a6f0d7675db4a1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4eaQ5sGy8VBBycr2cfDJNwFYF_iayRZ_B84Nm_eVM3PR6gwr7zhFZGjTN4OZWlf4mY09ArgVQWRM-ZdGCOmV-QCn_yAxU2z4UZWA95EKO9__VNCbtuZuE4TN0e3khNtB4aIsMPNklaIV/s1600/833d84c8d86024a023a6f0d7675db4a1.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Somehow, they manage to overcome the whole faux-vintage horror that many shops fall prey to. Cabbages and Roses neatly sidestep any pretence, or any pretension by skilfully combining their gorgeous faded florals in a range of soft neutrals with a variety of backdrops - the modern, the country and the divinely Modern Country.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidr_iWnWiO2NySb6aEj-J-NEof6rQxOQ-6uQawqBITuq5T_cCGbdrTbF5ykCz8-SKVByxBsEudZg6003GXXeLPexT3f3aBi7-rjgtdPY22MIdCAj-R3FKjVDjfT0NuWBvx8TKS1Q_ezWIY/s1600/54c50596f0acd88c0e3f76df0b29a1eb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidr_iWnWiO2NySb6aEj-J-NEof6rQxOQ-6uQawqBITuq5T_cCGbdrTbF5ykCz8-SKVByxBsEudZg6003GXXeLPexT3f3aBi7-rjgtdPY22MIdCAj-R3FKjVDjfT0NuWBvx8TKS1Q_ezWIY/s1600/54c50596f0acd88c0e3f76df0b29a1eb.jpg" width="562" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{This curtain fabric is Cabbages and Roses Alderney Grey.}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't be put off by these sumptuously-styled rooms, look how simple it is to Get The Look...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaH_LzQr0NY_cEErbK2D5aBagkO9N3ZiZmd6nYn6dY4Yr6S46HjE1zdbXyWopZh3Jqx6_jEqtQNcjI_GWPJryQNXSUiz5n5RMXzk03lPNaqnsRa4O9LYuGNTxjUfuNHkwYr30bJMW8zwHO/s1600/Modern+Country+Cabbages+and+Roses+Neutrals+1+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaH_LzQr0NY_cEErbK2D5aBagkO9N3ZiZmd6nYn6dY4Yr6S46HjE1zdbXyWopZh3Jqx6_jEqtQNcjI_GWPJryQNXSUiz5n5RMXzk03lPNaqnsRa4O9LYuGNTxjUfuNHkwYr30bJMW8zwHO/s1600/Modern+Country+Cabbages+and+Roses+Neutrals+1+copy.jpg" width="496" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clockwise from top: A girl can never have too many bags, right?! Particularly ones as lovely as these (in Tulips and Roses, Paris Rose and Hatley), which remind me of <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/home-made-vintage-bucket-bag.html" target="_blank">this posts about making your own Cabbages and Roses bucket bag</a>; faded florals and washed-till-soft grain-sacks are a match made in heaven - use, as here, by flinging one over a scrubbed pine table for a feast fit for a princess; big wall clocks bring a definite charm to any room, and, when combined with these plump feather cushions in soft reds and gently greyed linen, you can knowingly relax in Modern Country Nirvana; making your own faded-floral-lined bag is easy-peasy but, if you're rushed off your feet then there's a whole range available from boutiques on Etsy; bring in a pop of cheerfulness to your neutrals with Farrow and Ball Pale Powder, Fired Earth Garden Folly; Little Greene Grace; Farrow and Ball Blazer</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVzapfZKVsNnD4e_C4gDtKp62rzYwiqQUsMlHbxhznpKnM4k1EmTWtm_uRlWNWhRDqOTUTw7nN2w1ViX0mlnX_iWztDpWeb7zhjL5ftShE2gdo3Az2jCNQ2MhzEDosMTo12NXz0OaL2M/s640/3+001.JPG" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's one I made earlier!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Cabbages & Roses French Toile Aqua Kitchen Blinds" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/32/cd/02/32cd02844e93fe0968f93ab171ae8c4d.jpg" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A simple blind can be tucked in at any window (this one is in Cabbages and Roses French Toile)...concealing an unwanted view.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihEtR0ucGDtBA4RSXKzIWOxXruKSeY6KEZ6-SharoEyUJLK5kAHma4w0spzTzmpBb-l9NCM37JTlwAyvhJT2DauJ76Sm0xuOuzN3ysgpONkfRrQL4IFEDdxQ5WhOumEm2hidw91ChnDWc/s1600/Modern+Country+Cabbages+and+Roses+Neutrals+2.+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihEtR0ucGDtBA4RSXKzIWOxXruKSeY6KEZ6-SharoEyUJLK5kAHma4w0spzTzmpBb-l9NCM37JTlwAyvhJT2DauJ76Sm0xuOuzN3ysgpONkfRrQL4IFEDdxQ5WhOumEm2hidw91ChnDWc/s1600/Modern+Country+Cabbages+and+Roses+Neutrals+2.+copy.jpg" width="496" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Clockwise from top: Painted brick and a huge chandelier, over an iron roll-top bath in battleship grey, creates a calm, warm but firmly Modern Country vibe; a neutral greige palette of Little Greene French Grey, Fired Earth anvas, Farrow and Ball Elephant's Breath and Fired Earth Alabaster; beautifully-made roman blinds and soft, curtains that drape elegantly takes the eye away from this low, cottage ceiling...and can frame a heavenly view such as this verdant garden. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMAfQalabG77ZmNLzbi-DgJ8WkOHj42DDhuZ_oGU1B9XC7Pw0iB3Ch3iXEt-UZQm1wJ4CFKXUHkiBEPHuSQq72RR_O3G2wtVyYsW65c-gNmjXvfT7yKI7lUIMpN-gE3upCL11-OT3ksPx/s1600/ellington.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMAfQalabG77ZmNLzbi-DgJ8WkOHj42DDhuZ_oGU1B9XC7Pw0iB3Ch3iXEt-UZQm1wJ4CFKXUHkiBEPHuSQq72RR_O3G2wtVyYsW65c-gNmjXvfT7yKI7lUIMpN-gE3upCL11-OT3ksPx/s1600/ellington.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love the sparse, neutral simplicity of these official Cabbages and Roses images....these curtains are in New Penny....and this blind is in Burleigh Grey.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYIPYOQ9uZH97CqYqGbhDSO6BDVDiursGovmHV-7YeZjQrjWLqrYukmTAuOpwtwPLWvPK9KEHA2c53CcVIg8EH11Pv1-l4fv0Q2XgndqLdPXC7gcn3mV6jLQh3qLqoue7Cqybbb9zRaRI/s1600/f4fc6927da601a5348aea1103b286dbf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYIPYOQ9uZH97CqYqGbhDSO6BDVDiursGovmHV-7YeZjQrjWLqrYukmTAuOpwtwPLWvPK9KEHA2c53CcVIg8EH11Pv1-l4fv0Q2XgndqLdPXC7gcn3mV6jLQh3qLqoue7Cqybbb9zRaRI/s1600/f4fc6927da601a5348aea1103b286dbf.jpg" width="476" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Using Neutral Faded Floral fabrics gives a sophisticated, time-worn ambinence to even the newest of rooms. Now...I wonder if the same can be said for the reds...shall we find out? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On Wednesday, you say? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">{It's a date!]</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Images via: Cabbages and Roses; Cabbages and Roses; MCS Moodboard 1: Pinterest, Un Soire Automne, Cabbages and Roses, Ana Cuca; Modern Country Style; Cabbages and Roses; MCS Moodboard 2: We Heart It, Eye For Design LFD, Cabbages and Roses, Cabbages and Roses; Cabbages and Roses; Cabbages and Roses</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Faded Florals In Soft Neutrals: Get The Look

All that looking at Cabbages and Roses book review loveliness got me thinking about the enormous versatility of lovely fabrics, particularly...

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