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"Adjust your choices-don't postpone your decorating plans," Brenner recommends. "Rather than a fragile textile like velvet or silk, choose leather-simply wipe up spills-or more durable slipcovers and upholstery such as indoor/outdoor fabric." Waverly offers a range of patterns in its Sun N Shade collection of polyester indoor/outdoor fabrics that resist soil, stains or fading and now are also made to feel soft and comfortable. For a garden, kitchen, bathroom, playroom or great room, they come in cheerful stripes-Ocean Drive or Marina Del Rey-and novelty motifs such as Key West's whimsical sea life or charming Flip Flops. Sophisticated vintage botanicals St. Croix and Curvature would dress a handsome home office or elegant living room equally as well as pillows at poolside.
"Avoid fabrics with threads that pets can pull," Swanson suggests. "Instead of delicate painted kitchen chairs, choose chairs with an antique finish. Another scratch or chip would add to the desired distressed effect."
Brenner finds "lots of baskets, metal candlesticks and picture frames, trays and books from flea markets or bargain stores" to be kid and pet friendly. "Look for multiple-purpose objects-storage ottomans that also make great coffee tables and extra seating and floor pillows for kids to lay and play on or watch TV."
For more information about Waverly and Sun N Shade indoor/outdoor fabrics, visit www.waverly.com online or call (800) 423-5881. These days, indoor/outdoor fabrics feel soft, enhancing their other benefits such as resistance to fading, soil and stains. Here, the Waverly Sun N Shade collection includes fashionable coordinates St. Croix on the chaise and the curtain in Curvature.
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