Good Questions: Where Can I Find This Fabric?

Kate sent us a good question: Does anyone know where I can find this fabric? Or something similar? I’m looking to recover some craigslist chairs and love the color and print! Help!

Kate, that sofa is from Lena Corwin's house. (You can see a full tour of her place from AT here.) The fabric is Hable Construction's "bead" pattern in green, which they sell by yard to the trade only. However, Maine Cottage has an almost-identical fabric called Hotty Dotty which they sell online for $15/yard. Good luck with your upholstery job!

Other suggestions for Kate?

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Of the pillow or the sofa?

posted by medusa12120 on September 3rd 2008 at 1:11pm
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The sofa fabric is from Hable construction (www.hableconstruction.com)

posted by cinema on September 3rd 2008 at 1:15pm
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Contact hable and ask them how to go about getting a sample and where a non-design professional can purchase this fabric.

posted by Seaside on September 3rd 2008 at 1:51pm
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If you're willing to go oversize with the dots, Marimekko's Piinet Kivet print looks almost identical to this, but with 3.5" dots.

Or go really bold and get fabric from the Kivet line, which has 11.5" dots.

If I were you, I'd get the original Hable fabric for your chairs, but make some curtains out of one of the Kivet prints to hang in the same room.

posted by Mies van der Robot on September 3rd 2008 at 2:01pm
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Thanks SO much for your help guys!

posted by Khakigrl on September 3rd 2008 at 2:13pm
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I really, really like this!

posted by krister on September 3rd 2008 at 2:40pm
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I like the pillow fabric -- who makes that?

posted by madampince on September 3rd 2008 at 3:17pm
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Hable Construction has also partnered with Pottery Barn Kids -- you can purchase chairs already covered in this pattern there... Not sure about pillows/other furniture.

http://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/k864/index.cfm?pkey=cslipcovered-upholstered-chairs|b

posted by wormchic on September 3rd 2008 at 4:02pm
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oh man, I'm more interested in those floor lamps...I've been looking for something similar. any recommendations?

posted by jenniejenjen on September 3rd 2008 at 10:50pm
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There is a service I use called LA Design Concepts that allows you to buy "To Trade Only" items for 20% above net (trade price). They might be able to help you get the fabric at a good price.

http://www.ladesignconcepts.com

posted by RichardinLA on September 4th 2008 at 1:50am
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Just FYI. Hable Construction fabrics are VERY expensive. So a 20% above net price might be outlandish. Even with my "Trade Only" discount, depending on the pattern, fabric costs an upwards of 70$ a yard and there is a 3 yard minimum, on many (if not all) patterns.

posted by Manders22 on September 4th 2008 at 6:57am
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I would highly recommend Maine Cottage's fabric line(s). I have a 1950s chair that I wanted to recover in Hable, but after pricing it out with an interior designer, the cost was astronomical.

Instead, I bought fabric from Maine Cottage's "Hotty Dotty" line, and would have to say that it's comparable in quality and the colors are amazing. I own a couple of small pieces from Hable, and although I think their fabric is slightly weightier, it's a pretty even comparison.

posted by londonverve on September 4th 2008 at 7:52am
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the pillow is lena corwin's design. see her shop at http://www.lenacorwin.com/shop.php

posted by merry on September 4th 2008 at 8:11am
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http://tinyurl.com/6cz2rt
Amy Butler's Full Moon in Lime has the look (though not the weight)

posted by polkadot on September 4th 2008 at 11:33am
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