Decorating With Fabric Using The Rule Of Three

You know that old saying about how things come in threes?

Well, despite all the other meanings and sometimes negative connotations, I'm a firm believer that when it pertains to design, three is a magic number.

There's something about the repetition that just ties a room together.


And brings a calm, cohesive feeling to a space.

So when it came time to pick a new fabric to cover the glass cabinet doors above the desk in my kitchen, for summer, I went for the familiar.

Oh, not at first. No, no.

Apparently, taking the easy road when it comes to decor is not my specialty. 

I have to hem and haw about things. I need to gather 100 swatches, pin them up, reject them and then revisit them.


Over and over again.

It's funny, I never used to be this way, I always seemed to know exactly what I wanted, before I even started the redecorating process.

Now, not so much. 

Don't get me wrong, I'm still all about those quick and easy DIYs, but these days it takes me longer to commit.

Thankfully, the results justify the means, because I adore the new look above my desk.

The fabric here is the same one I used to cover my curved kitchen bench.

The one my husband made me out of two old wooden picnic benches we found at the curb.

It's also the same fabric that I used to make my velcro sink skirt...the one that covers my cabinet doors.

It coordinates with the checked curtain panels I made a few years ago.

And my newly upholstered kitchen chair.


That pretty fabric punctuates the breakfast nook, the main kitchen and my adjoining office area linking all three spaces together.

With a bright airy look for the upcoming season.

Then when the fall comes back around, I can put the checks back up.

The ones that match the curtains.


Of course, I'll need to add a checked pillow to the bench behind the desk.

To even out the look.

With an uneven number of decor.

Makes perfect sense.

Don't you think so?

😉


Are you trio kind of decorator?

Here are a few more glass covered cabinet doors:

• Glass Fireplace Cover For Summer
• Replacing Fabric On Glass Cabinets
• The Original Glass Covered Cabinets

Happy Decorating, Friends!