October 15th, 2024

When I decide to develop a sketch further, I know it will cover walls and fill rooms where people want to feel happy and relaxed and creative. It will be part of a carefully chosen layer of pattern, color, and texture that helps set the mood for the space. That brings something unique to my work as an artist. I imagine the different homes that inspire me and the different worlds my art can help create, then I consider how the new patterns will live with and evolve our assortment. For me, no collection is a capsule. I want our new patterns to look perfectly at home with older ones; they’re all meant to be layered in an organic way that’s easy and natural.

I’m proud of how our line grows more expansive, diverse, and full of creative possibilities with each new collection—and I’m especially proud of what we’ve accomplished this year. We rolled out large-scale murals, made new patterns available on our sheer linen and performance woven fabric, and debuted new grounds for wallcoverings, including metallics and our beautiful non-woven fibre paper ground. Now, we’re launching three new patterns and our first fabric made using super-soft chenille yarn. I think you’ll love it as much as I do: It absorbs light beautifully, and the colors look so rich.

I’m always amazed by how layering these new materials and designs with older ones makes everything look and feel new again—it reminds me just how broad our selection is.

We also want to bring you fresh inspiration by sharing projects that use our patterns in creative ways. This summer, I had the opportunity to collaborate with designer Allison Elebash on the 2024 Southern Living Idea House here in Charleston. Allison chose the patterns for the wallpaper and upholstery, and we brought in pillows for styling. I also hand stenciled artwork of a camellia flower in the bathroom. (You just might see the design in a future collection.) It was fascinating to see which colors and patterns Allison gravitated toward and to think through what to use to complement her designs. For a bedroom immersed in our new Bubbles mural, for instance, she chose patterns of a similarly small scale in varying blues and different woven textures: Gridded Ikat in Pale Marine, Channels in Blue, and Ombré Stripe in Sea Blues. That brought much-needed depth to the petite room. The walls of another bedroom were finished in our Marble Fern wallpaper, complemented by pillows in Scribble in Eucalyptus and Mini Check in Green—all soft gray greens; for contrast, we added a pillow in Gridded Ikat in Goldenrod. It instantly warmed everything up. The third bedroom she covered almost entirely in Little Palm in Taupe: walls, ceiling, curtains, and shades. Pillow shams in Linear Cloud in Cream and a pillow in Floret in Wheat rounded out the palette of warm whites. We added a pillow in Channels in Sunset to broaden it with golden-hour colors. 

See how one new choice naturally leads to another? I love how none of these patterns come from the same collection. That’s exactly what I want, for every new pattern to give us—and you—more options for building a landscape, setting a mood. The challenge for me is narrowing each collection down to just a few ideas; I always have more than we can possibly launch at once. I’m constantly thinking about how new designs will layer with one another, how a new shade can add depth, how a wallpaper will look against a textured fabric. That leaves me feeling excited for the next season, and the one after that, and all the ways I envision our assortment growing. There is so much to come.

Thank you, Rebecca