Simon Houlding Upholstery
Warm oatmeal linen curtain fabric with fine herringbone weave and softly shaded folds

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Danube Herringbone Oatmeal

Danube Fabric

Danube Herringbone Oatmeal has a warm, pale neutral ground with a fine herringbone structure visible across the folded swatch. Light catches the raised weave softly, giving the cloth gentle movement without a strong contrast.

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About this fabric

The oatmeal tone sits between warm cream and pale taupe, creating a muted, softly shaded neutral rather than a crisp white. Fine diagonal lines form the herringbone, while the folded surface shows subtle changes between lighter ridges and shaded valleys. Made from 100% linen, this fabric is approximately 137cm wide and specified for curtains. After-care is dry clean.

How to use it

Use this warm oatmeal colourway for full-length curtains in rooms with cream, chalk, pale timber or softly weathered taupe finishes. Its low-contrast herringbone texture adds depth to a neutral scheme while keeping the overall window treatment calm and relaxed.

A softly textured oatmeal linen for relaxed curtains and light-filled neutral schemes.

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Pairs well with

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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

Dove

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To stand against it

Velvet Blue

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