Simon Houlding Upholstery
Close-up of Layer Natural’s warm taupe plain weave with fine crosshatched texture

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Layer Natural

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Layer Natural has a warm taupe-beige appearance, softened by the subtle variation of its closely woven surface. The fine linear texture gives the plain colour gentle depth rather than a flat finish.

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About this fabric

This colourway reads as a muted natural taupe, sitting between beige and soft brown with a calm, earthy character. Across the swatch, fine horizontal and vertical threads create a delicate crosshatched effect, while slightly lighter fibres catch the light in scattered lines. The restrained plain weave keeps the surface understated, allowing the tonal texture to provide the visual interest. No additional performance or specification data has been supplied for this fabric.

How to use it

Use Layer Natural to warm a neutral room without introducing a strong pattern; its softly mottled taupe tone would sit comfortably on an upholstered chair, sofa or full-length curtain alongside cream, oat and deeper brown accents.

A softly textured natural taupe weave that brings quiet warmth to upholstery, curtains and layered interiors.

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Layer Natural 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.

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To stand against it

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