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Hemsby Check Sand
Hemsby Chks & Stripes FabricF3728-03
Hemsby Check Sand is a softly muted check in warm sand beige, lifted by fine linear accents in pale blue and terracotta. The small, orderly grid gives the cloth a calm, tailored look.
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About this fabric
Woven with a 12cm vertical and horizontal repeat, Hemsby Check Sand shows a balanced check rather than a bold tartan, with the intersections kept light and restrained. The ground is a pale, dry sand tone that reads warm and neutral, while the finer stripes add just enough colour to keep the surface from feeling flat. Its 143cm approximate width and blend of 57% viscose, 21% cotton, 12% linen and 10% polyester suggest a versatile decorative fabric with a softly refined handle. It is suitable for upholstery or drapery use, and the checked pattern sits neatly on both relaxed seating and uncomplicated curtains. The overall effect is understated and traditional, with a crisp but quiet texture that suits rooms needing warmth without heaviness.
How to use it
Use this sand colourway on a tidy armchair, bench or roman blind where the pale ground can keep a room light. It pairs especially well with oak, painted off-whites and chalky blues, echoing the small blue stripes in the weave.
A muted sand check that feels easy and timeless on upholstery or curtains.
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Hemsby Check Old Blue
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Hemsby Check Red
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Hemsby Check Tomato
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Marldon Check Green/Beige
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Marldon Check Tomato/Sand
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Pairs well with
A pattern needs somewhere for the eye to rest, so these are the plains and textures that sit beside Hemsby Check Sand without fighting it. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.
Paint that goes with it
Two ways to take the room. Both colours are from houses we hold, so a pot can come off the same order as the cloth. Screens shift colour, so treat these as a direction and bring the cloth to the shelf before you buy the paint.
To sit quietly behind it
Light Gray
Farrow & Ball · #b0a593
To stand against it
Rhodera
Sanderson · #bb687a
Other beige fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 5,031.
