Whether you’re looking to add a statement piece with luxurious velvet, create a stunning outdoor living space or simply tie your room together with coordinating fabrics, our upholstery fabrics are perfect for any project. Get inspired and start creating your dream room! Faux Leather Buffalo Black Add to Design Wall > Premier Prints Arrow Cool Grey Faux Leather Buffalo Brown Print Udder Madness Cow Upholstery Milk Faux Leather Caprice Bourbon Premier Prints Anderson Check Black/White Faux Leather Buffalo Camel Print Faux Leather Caprice Black Premier Prints Arrow White/Cool Grey Premier Prints Arrow Twill Premier Navy/White Tommy Bahama Indoor/Outdoor Island Hopping Emerald Faux Leather Caprice Wine Premier Prints Schooner Nautical Eroica Cosmo Linen Graphite Premier Prints Anderson Check French Grey Swavelle/Mill Creek Dalusio Damask Denim Premier Prints Arrow Black Eroica Metro Linen Grey
Magnolia Home Fashions Talbot Metal Eroica Hollyhock Damask Jacquard Antique Premier Prints Deer Silhouette Cool Grey Magnolia Home Fashions Belmont Harbor Premier Prints Indoor/Outdoor Sea Friends Ocean Kaufman Denim 8 oz. Light Indigo Washed Premier Prints Vintage Air Pewter/Natural Eroica Cosmo Linen Latte Foam-Backed Automotive Headliner Black Eroica Cosmo Linen Stone Waverly Timeless Ticking Black Premier Prints Vertical Stripe Black/White Robert Allen @ Home Handcut Shapes Charcoal Premier Prints Classic Ticking Stripe Premier Navy Premier Prints Indoor/Outdoor Blooms Pacific Magnolia Home Fashions Talbot Harbor European 100% Washed Linen Aqua Premier Prints Whale Tales Twill Premier Navy/White Covington Whimsy Mardi Gras Faux Leather Caprice Brown 10 oz. Bull Denim Black Waverly In the Air Blossom Kaufman Denim 10 oz. Indigo Washed Premier Prints Arrow Macon Apache Orange
Magnolia Home Fashions Ariana Spa Premier Prints Monroe Slub Snowy Roc-lon Preshrunk Osnaburg Natural Foam-Backed Automotive Headliner Grey Magnolia Home Fashions Winchester Ikat Spa Premier Prints Air Traffic Felix/Natural Udder Madness Cow Upholstery Palomino Tommy Bahama Indoor/Outdoor Beach Bounty Lush Green Premier Prints Isadella Coral Slub Coastal Blue Magnolia Home Fashions Belmont Metal Magnolia Home Fashions Ariana LinenThe Smith Brothers style #376 sectional The Smith Brothers style #8143 sectional, from the "Build Your Own" 8000 series The Smith Brothers style #324 conversation sofa The Smith Brothers style #388 sofa group Smith Brothers offers more than 900 different fabrics, which sounds exciting at first... but when you start to dig into all those choices, it can start to get pretty overwhelming! While it's great to have options, you may want a little extra help in finding that perfect fabric for your new furniture—especially considering that there's a lot to fabric beyond what color works
Here is a brief guide to choosing fabric for your furniture. While this is not an all inclusive list of contents found in upholstery fabrics, these are the basics. Knowing the pros and cons of each will help you select the fabric for you. Natural fibers generally feature flat weaves that are ideal for prints. They are softer, and tailor well for upholstered furniture. being a natural product they can fade in direct sunlight, and may be susceptible to pilling. Pilling is when a fabric begins to develop little balls of fiber on the surface. is a natural characteristic of many fabrics. Not all fabrics pill, but it is difficult to predict which ones will. Most pilling can actually be shaved off with a fabric shaver.Made from the cotton plant, this is soft, absorbent, and fades easily.Made from the flax plant, linens tend to have a lot of hard plant fibers and For a textural look, designers make yarns with irregularities, producing the characteristic uneven surface of the finished fabric.
Sometimes, this creates a regular pattern in the fabric once it is woven together, but it can also be a natural characteristic of the fiber that shows up occasionally in the fabric. Linen, cotton and silk tend to have natural slubs.Made from animal hair, wool is warm, and not often used in upholstery.Made from the cocoons of silk worms, silk has strong fibers and a natural shine, but can be damaged by sunlight.Also known as viscose, rayon is made from wood pulp and designed to be shiny like silk. Synthetic fibers are made by extruding chemicals into fiber strands. They are more durable and (in general) more resistant to staining and fading than natural fibers. Synthetic fibers are just as likely to be susceptible to pilling, however. There are several different ways to turn yarn into fabric. There are a great many types of patterns in upholstery fabrics, but here are some of the more common terms. Examples from left to right: floral, stripe, chair pattern, and a body cloth
If you've bought fabric upholstery before, you know that the fabric is often the first thing to show signs of wear and age. Most likely, the quality and longevity of the fabric is just as important to you as the construction of the furniture itself. Fortunately there are a number of industry standard tests that a furniture manufacturer can use to ensure that the fabrics they put on their furniture will last. At Smith Brothers, we use each of the following tests before we introduce any new fabric—though we impose much stricter threshholds than most manufacturers would allow when we determine whether a fabric passes these tests.This test rubs either a screen or a piece of cotton against a fabric in a "double rub" motion. rubs the fabric can withstand without yarns breaking, the more durable it is.This test rubs a fabric in a circular motion, mimicking normal wear. We then give it a rating based on the amount of pilling or fuzzing that appears after the test is complete.
Dynamic Seam Fatigue Test. This test stresses a seam sewn between two pieces of the same fabric. If the seam fails too quickly, we reinforce the seams on that particular fabric while upholstering. If a fabric satisfactorily passes both the Wyzenbeek and the Pilling tests, we allow it to be used on recliners. Fabrics that do not satisfactorily pass one or both of these tests are restricted to stationary pieces. This is because recliners create a lot more friction and cause fabrics to wear out more Fabrics that do not pass this rating are not necessarily bad—they just need to be saved for stationary pieces of furniture. An example of the process of coordinating multiple fabrics for a single application: the style #375 sectional While there really are not any set-in-stone rules for mixing fabrics, here are a few guidelines that may help. Once you have selected all your fabrics, decide where they should go. Usually, the body cloth goes on the sofa/sectional.