Cindy Lloyd, Interior Designer, and owner of Feather Your Nest in Warsaw.
Choose fabrics that have great wearability, offer a variety of colors and prints, and complement your inside and outside décor.
‘Rivah’ style is meant to be easy and worry free and making smart choices that look great, perform well, require little care and are, OH BY THE WAY, affordable can be quite the challenge.
Looking great and performing well haven’t necessarily gone hand in hand until now. For fabrics that are sun and fade resistant, soil and stain resistant, great wearability can be found with Sunbrella fabrics. Selections include solids, stripes and prints that are soft enough, you can use them as slipcovers for that iconic cottage look.
Now that we have gotten you past the challenge of fabrics, we need to find you rugs and flooring that can take a lot of abuse.… Don’t fret there really are rugs out there that look so perfect with a river house and have the added bonus of cleaning with a bleach solution and/or certainly washing. There are selections of wood planking that are solid vinyl and so realistic that you must touch it to know that is isn’t wood. These are scratch resistant and waterproof making them ideal with children and pets.
It goes without saying that the views outside the windows are the draw to your getaway. So how do you keep the view and block the sun, control the glare, heat and cold and have privacy? You look to Hunter Douglas. Their extensive selections with innovative options offer a product just right for every situation. I have always been of the mindset that a window treatment should look as though it is part of the window and the décor rather than an appendage to the window. From shutters and blinds to soft roman shades to screening shades to draperies, there truly are many choices. After all, who wants to get up with the sun at the river?
Decorating your ‘Rivah’ house should and can be fun. Whether you are going for the consummate beachy look where lighthouses, mermaids, seashells, flip flops and bright playful colors dominate or you prefer the “local River” views of marshes, driftwood, heron, crabs, oysters and boats, rest assured that there are home fashions available that will give you peace of mind that your ‘Rivah’ home is the haven you hoped it would be.
Feather Your Nest • Cindy Lloyd Design
5011 Richmond Road, Warsaw 22572 • 804-333-6463