How to choose upholstery fabric for furniture? – Part 2
Colours, Shapes, Patterns, and textures…. Consider colour as it pertains to the furniture function. Choose a colour for your upholstery fabric strategically. If you want your furniture to stay for a long time, use solid hues or patterns with a small repeat that almost looks solid. Compliment by adding more colour with accent chairs and accessories, changing the look of the furniture or otherwise boring sofa. While choosing the fabric for your furniture, remember to consider the furniture piece’s shape itself because, as important is the type of fabric so is the shape of the furniture it will be upholstered on. Take the shape into consideration when choosing a fabric. When it comes to curvaceous piece, patterns and textures with distinctive direction may not upholster well so sticking to solid collared fabric, or adding pleating, tufting, quilting, creating different patterns with stitching could be smart move or maybe chop-up the patterns and textures trickily to ornate the shape and...