Let's Party--Toile Style!

(In my best Paula Deen accent): It's time for Toile, ya'll! Yes, that rhymes, in case you didn't know how to pronounce it. Now you do!



I'm excited about today's Toile Party, hosted by the Pretty Organizer at Pretty Organized Palace. If you like Toile, or just want to see how others use it in their homes, be sure to visit her party for lots of links to other Toile lovers in the blogosphere.


Let's get this party started!

For those who don't know, my kitchen is black and white. That's pretty much how I fell into Toile. I saw the fabric somewhere and the lightbulb went off. I had been stressing about how I would decorate my new kitchen almost 8 years ago. Since I didn't get to pick the counters or cabinets, I had to work with what I had. The plates match my kitchen valances perfectly.

There are five plates in all over my large pass-through wall to the family room.

A full shot of all five plates.

The fabric that started it all for me...Waverly Country Life. I ordered the curtains online, but they ended up being back-ordered for months (guess a lot of people jumped on the Toile train at the same time!). Eventually, the lady who owned the store offered to make the exact same valances since she had the fabric, so I agreed. She did a wonderful job; the fabric is on both sides of the valances and are very well made. They were well worth the money we spent on them. Right now I'm debating adding some type of trim and putting up smaller rods so they can hang down a little further, using the top opening on the fabric.

A close-up of the fabric. Isn't she lovely?!

Over my sink.

This fabric is in my family room. Somehow I have roosters in my kitchen, but rooster Toile in my family room--go figure!

A shot of part of the family room. I used to have a yellow floral couch and brick red chair, which is how the curtains ended up in here. They were never supposed to be permanent. As you can see, they are really a cafe' length. I recently started opening them up, but that makes them look more obviously like cafe' curtains. My plan is to get full length curtains in here. My windows are so high up that the curtains are going to cost a small fortune, which is why we haven't gotten them yet. I think I found some I like, though.

I don't know if this would be considered Toile or not, but it reminded me of it. These are in my hall bath upstairs.

I use this bag to hold my Bible study stuff. It goes with me to class every week. It was very inexpensive, but it's held up for several years just fine.

Does transferware count as Toile? It just looks like Toile, doesn't it? I think this is Royal Stafford.

Some more Country Life Toile in the kitchen.

This organizer used to be in the kitchen, but now it sits as the lone touch of Toile in my study.

Happy Toile Day!

Linda