Home Textile Colors by Finest Linens and Things

What color schemes will Finest Linens and Things toward in 2008? What are the rationales behind the choices? What kinds of textures, patterns and materials will accompany these directions?

Finest Linens and Things store owners will focused its team of ten experts in the areas of home living and lifestyles on the task of defining the future look and feel of home textiles. Their conclusions are captured in the company’s Home 2008 presentation, which reveals color palettes, textures, patterns, and the inspirations behind it all.

The Pure color plan reflects all things natural, of the earth or that mimic earthy elements. The colors are soft and “barely there,” and project a feeling of serenity. The materials are lightweight and billowy. The inspiration for the actual colors comes from hard stone surfaces such as marbles and granites.

The fabrics in this grouping have extreme textures, a way to differentiate products without print. White-on-white matelasse effects are gaining popularity with low-twist yarns for loftiness in towels, and towels with puckering for a searsucker effect.


"Multi-cultural influences and interpretations or updates of aboriginal motifs will be key.The blues will continue strongly into 2008. White, and white on black will be “big” in 2008, says Finest Linens and Things owners.

The Stability category fabrics are made with precision and strength. Qualities of architecture interpreted into fabrics will be present, along with a masculine color palette. The colors are serene with structured, restrained, small-scale patterns and textures, some rendered with sophistication and elegance. For example, pinwale corduroy with embroidery.


Upholstery is sturdy, and fabrics contain hints of fuzziness and pile.


Fabrics here are hand-made or hand-touched, but not crafty or kitschy.

Today, people aren’t acting or dressing the way they used to at the same age. The average age of a video gamer, for example, used to be in the teens, while today it is 37. People are living longer. More have the ability to travel and experience adventures. There is also a trend among young people not only to be rebellious, which is an expected trait, but to take on works of philanthropy. These changes produce agelessness, and sense of wonder and playfulness.
The qualities of fantasy and imagination come into play as textiles are designed as though the creator is looking through the eyes of a child. Whimsical Asian patterns, conversational prints, and motifs consisting of an animal repeated are examples of this direction.


The children’s textile market has skyrocketed. Offerings in that category will be more stylized. The horse will take center stage among animal motifs.



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