I’m trying to nail down some of the details for the show house garden and I’ve narrowed my print/pattern choices down to what I think I want to use. I’ve also experimented with some combinations. These are the details that can make a project sing or fall flat. They always make me nervous.
Color is important, as is scale and texture just like in a garden bed. Design is design is design…it all follows the same principles. The overall look is this…
I’ve been collecting outdoor fabric and trim swatches on Pinterest to make this process easier…I also have a Mansion in May board there to keep track of things.














Very cool. What material will the blue floor be? Concrete?
Doug–The floor is going to float above a tar roof. It will be stained wood, but we’re still discussing the particulars.