Close-up of warm barley-beige plain fabric with fine slubbed horizontal texture

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J Brown

Soulful Barley

Name: Soulful Barley
Brand: J Brown
SKU: 180

Soulful Barley is a softly striated neutral with a warm barley-beige cast and a quietly tactile surface. Its woven texture gives the colour a gentle depth rather than a flat finish.

warm barley beige plain none relaxed upholstery

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About this fabric

This plain from the Soulful collection has a subtle slubbed look, with fine horizontal ridging and a lightly mottled weave that softens the overall beige tone. The colour reads as a warm barley neutral with hints of oat and stone, making it feel calm rather than stark. Woven in 100% recycled polyester, it is specified for heavy domestic use and has a Martindale rating of 40,000, so it is well suited to everyday upholstery. The back-coated fire performance to Cigarette & Match to BS5852 adds practical reassurance, and professional dry clean in situ is recommended for care.

How to use it

Use Soulful Barley on a sofa, banquette or headboard where you want a warm neutral that won’t dominate the room. It pairs especially well with linen whites, pale timber and darker natural textures for a layered, understated scheme.

A softly textured neutral that suits relaxed upholstery and layered natural interiors.

J Brown Soulful Fabric

Specification

Aftercare: Professional Dry Clean in situ, please refer to the pattern book for further care instructions
Composition: 100% Recycled Polyester
Designs in the collection: 26
Fire rating: Supplied Back coated to Cigarette & Match to BS5852, other treatments are available upon request.
Rub test (martindale): 40,000 rubs
Style: Plains
Suitable for: Heavy Domestic

Specification as published by J Brown. We will confirm the current details with them before you order.

Made up by us

Every metre we order is cut, sewn and fitted in our own Heybridge workshop, with Simon over every stage. Reupholstery, bespoke pieces, curtains, blinds and headboards.

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Soulful Barley is a quiet cloth, so it carries a pattern beside it: one of these on the curtains and this on the chair. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.

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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

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To stand against it

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