Raoul Textiles

Raoul Textiles are gorgeous, I sent Courtney home with a couple samples... one of which was the fabric on the sofa below. (it's Amijao linen #909B82, for fellow tradespeople who might be interested)

I love the repetition of the same fabric on the draperies. Love the grasscloth too. (my grasscloth is going in my pantry on Friday!) I also like the frames over the sofa.  This image is from Elle Decor, July/August 2007, photographed by Pieter Estersohn.

I've been stewing over how to frame the antique scrapbook of match books I scored at the Kane County Flea Market.  I have a few frame samples and a million mats I'm sorting through, and was leaning towards a deep frame so I could have some relief and a shadowbox affect so you could see the cool depth and crunchiness of not only the matches themselves, but also the pages of the tattered old scrapbook ($$$$$$). But looking at that image above I wonder if I shouldn't just go with a classic (plain jane) metal frame ($) and white mat (oh the decisions).  I would usually never go with a metal frame... but it works there.  But they have grasscloth on the walls, which is a nice soft element, and what they have framed has hardly any color.

Okay, enough thinking out loud.

Comments

[Courtney]

I like the idea of shadow boxes rather than metal frames like this - I think these frames would make the matchbooks look a little crafty and not as beautiful and textural.

Your collection needs to be showcased - it's insanely awesome!! Perhaps just do 2 pages at a time until you can finish them all. Framing is so pricey!

[Jessica]

I love shadow boxes too - I think it'd be worth the price, you just might need to do it gradually, like Courtney suggested.

[seleta]

Shadow boxes with simple modern frames.

[Sara Beth]

I love the shadowbox idea! Do you remember Fran Keenan who used to write for cottage living? She has an amazing collection stored in shadowboxes on the wall of her dining room. I tried to find a picture from when they did the article on her house but couldn't locate it! I'll keep looking...

[Annmarie]

Sorry, my vote is for shadowboxes, too. Perhaps we (c'mon, girls!) can find you an off-the-shelf frame and then the artisans at the frame shop can do their matting and archival magic - marrying it all together? What ideal size are we talking about, per page?

[Jen R]

I have to go for the shadow box thing too.. and I love the Kane county fair..Isn't it a blast? Jen R

[megan]

I love both, the fabric and the matchbooks!
I vote for shadow boxes as well.

[d]

okay, totally unrelated, but i had to say that in an overwhelming attempt to catch up on my feeds since my NY trip, i was tempted to hit Mark All As Read, and reading your LA Recap made me SO HAPPY i didn't. that was great:) the pics, your take on the whole thing...i don't know...just a great round up of a cool experience.

i sort of can't believe someone i knew FOREVER ago is such a kickass blogger.

[WOW Gold]

yeah, cant agree with u more. this blog just rocks.