The Best Fabric for a Sofa: A Complete Buying Guide
It’s a material world when it comes to choosing a durable sofa fabric. We take you through the options to make your decision making process just a little bit easier...
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Green Decorating Ideas: How to Bring Nature’s Favourite Colour Into Your Home
From soothing sage to rich emerald and earthy olive, discover how to choose and combine green fabrics for a nature-inspired scheme that feels fresh, layered and wonderfully easy to live...
What Is Woven Fabric? Types, Uses and How It’s Made
Discover how different weave structures influence a fabric’s texture, drape and durability, and learn which options work best throughout the home
Linen Fabric for Curtains: A Complete Guide to Choosing, Styling and Caring for Linen Curtains
From softly tumbled plains to elegant printed designs, explore everything you need to know about choosing linen for curtains
Velvet Fabric Guide: How to Choose, Use and Style Velvet
Design, durability and longevity are the cornerstones of this deluxe textile
Velvet Curtain Fabric: How to Choose, Hang and Style it
Few fabrics transform a room quite like velvet, bringing together softness, depth of colour and a beautifully luxurious drape
How to Choose Curtain Fabric: A Complete Guide
Discover how to choose the right curtain fabric – whether linen, velvet, woven or printed – balancing light, proportion and practicality to create a scheme that feels both considered and...
Helter Skelter – One Design, Many Expressions
We explore how this lively botanical design became one of Linwood’s most recognisable patterns – and how its flowing motif works beautifully across printed velvet and linen fabric, designer wallpaper...
The Beauty of Restraint: Why Plain and Semi-Plain Fabrics are Key to Timeless Interiors
Elegant, adaptable and quietly confident – the right plain fabrics can transform a room without ever shouting for attention
Decorating with Orange: Warm, Joyful Fabrics for Interiors
From sunlit corals to rich terracottas, orange fabrics for interiors bring warmth, personality and effortless optimism – especially when layered through printed linens, textured weaves and sumptuous velvets on sofas,...
Texture in Interiors: Why Tactility is the New Luxury
The most inviting homes today are sensory, layered and irresistibly touchable – here’s how to create that feeling with beautifully textured fabrics
Embroidered Fabrics: Bringing Texture and Storytelling into the Home
There’s a poetry to embroidery – each stitch adding depth and character. Titania translates that spirit into today’s interiors
Penicuik House Reimagined
A story of collaboration, craft and colour. Interior designer Charles Orchard and stylist Kate French worked with Linwood to create interiors that respect the history of a grand Scottish ancestral...
Autumn Interiors 2025: Colours for the Season Revealed – and What to Look Out for in 2026
The season’s most beautiful shades, decoded: from earthy, cocooning tones to the quietly romantic colours set to shape 2026
Seasonal Shift: Purple Tones for Autumn and Winter Interiors
Why aubergine, plum and damson are the defining colourways for home decor this season and beyond
Expert advice: Sophie Robinson shares her favourite Linwood designs
The marketing team spent an enjoyable morning chatting to interiors and colour expert Sophie Robinson. Read on…
Folk Art Fabrics: Celebrating Global Craft Traditions in Modern Interiors
Looking for interiors with soul? Folk art fabrics are back – bold, beautiful, and brimming with history