HOME HELP: 22 November
Q Our dining-room walls were covered in olive green hessian In the 1970s. Amazingly, my daughter wants to use something similar in her house. Can you still buy this 1970s wallpaper?
JJ, by email
A Natural cloth wallcoverings are very fashionable at the moment. Textile company Thibaut sells Grasscloth Resource, a covering made of natural materials, in muted colours, priced from £81 for a 7m by 91cm roll.
Thibaut: 020-7351 6496, www.thibautdesign.com
Q I recently bought a French armchair, covered in beautiful striped velvet, but in a very bad condition. I would like to reupholster it in a similar fabric. Where can I look?
PD, by email
A The Pisa range from Nottingham-based firm Modelli is a hardwearing striped velvet that comes in thin stripes in combinations of plum, gold, silver and black. The Bardolino features wider velvet stripes in earthier colours on a linen-look ground. They both cost £29.95 per metre. Modelli is online, but will send out samples.
Modelli Fabrics: 01949-851116, www.modellifabrics.com
Q I remember my parents using brass and leather bellows to revive a dying fire. Are they still made?
DR, Suffolk
A The Forge at Wells offers bellows in 10 different designs, in natural, black and carved wood and in leather, with a brass tip, ranging from £21.45 to £45.95.
The Forge at Wells: 01749-870250, www.theforgeatwells.co.uk
Q Do you know a specialist company that repairs old kilims?
MB, by email
A Kilimshop knows everything about old kilims and has a very reassuring website, plus an advice line for quotes.
Kilimshop: 0800-612 7847, www.kilimshop.co.uk
Send your queries to the usual Bedford Street address or email Hugh St Clair at hughstclair@googlemail.com
JJ, by email
A Natural cloth wallcoverings are very fashionable at the moment. Textile company Thibaut sells Grasscloth Resource, a covering made of natural materials, in muted colours, priced from £81 for a 7m by 91cm roll.
Thibaut: 020-7351 6496, www.thibautdesign.com
Q I recently bought a French armchair, covered in beautiful striped velvet, but in a very bad condition. I would like to reupholster it in a similar fabric. Where can I look?
PD, by email
A The Pisa range from Nottingham-based firm Modelli is a hardwearing striped velvet that comes in thin stripes in combinations of plum, gold, silver and black. The Bardolino features wider velvet stripes in earthier colours on a linen-look ground. They both cost £29.95 per metre. Modelli is online, but will send out samples.
Modelli Fabrics: 01949-851116, www.modellifabrics.com
Q I remember my parents using brass and leather bellows to revive a dying fire. Are they still made?
DR, Suffolk
A The Forge at Wells offers bellows in 10 different designs, in natural, black and carved wood and in leather, with a brass tip, ranging from £21.45 to £45.95.
The Forge at Wells: 01749-870250, www.theforgeatwells.co.uk
Q Do you know a specialist company that repairs old kilims?
MB, by email
A Kilimshop knows everything about old kilims and has a very reassuring website, plus an advice line for quotes.
Kilimshop: 0800-612 7847, www.kilimshop.co.uk
Send your queries to the usual Bedford Street address or email Hugh St Clair at hughstclair@googlemail.com