The velveteen habit.........

Good late Monday afternoon sweetpeas, and how was your weekend? Ours was unexpectedly relaxing, spent a lot of time at home (always a treat) as we were trying to dig out of the approx. 22 inches that fell around here! It was quite the snowstorm. If you missed my pictures, seeing is believing you must check it out, click here. Now that mother nature has shown us who's in charge...I am totally ready to zoom into spring!

How I love velvet.... I actually always have had a thing for it but in recent years, my love has escalated to an obsession. And there's no cure in sight. Kind of like the blue and white affliction....oh well at least it's all in the name of beauty. I adore velvet, its luscious texture, soft sheen and coziness make it a fabric I could easily have in every room.

It is as beautiful in a living, dining or library as it is a study or bedroom. Add a beautiful trim to a solid color velvet and the result is nothing short of spectacular! As I am decorating my own home, I have more than a handful of ideas of how and where I plan to incorporate velvet. And seriously this is one fabric that looks just amazing in every single color, I have yet to see a color it doesn't rock in!

Stunning! Velvet is so beautiful in a rich hue like this blue, and the tufting is like the icing on the cake! Atticmag

Chad Eisner chose a slate gray velvet trimmed in a contrast piping for this elegant room

Christina Murphy added the wow factor to this room by installing a kelly green velvet sofa with contrasting tape....beautiful!

Sandra Nunnerly created this gorgeous living roolm with warm toned velvet upholstered pieces..love it! 

 A gorgeous chaise in purple velvet in this sitting area is gorgeous, AD

Love a velvet ottoman,especially this beauty in navy with nailheads, stunning!

Thomas Burak designed this magnificent moss green beauty....love the addition of decadent trim

This beautiful dining room gets a periwinkle velvet to grace its chairs, HB

Gorgeous teal antique French bench in this elegant foyer is just stunning! Atlanta Homes

A sleek blue sofa in gorgeous blue velvet, My Chic Nest

Using velvet on a statement piece like on this gorgeous French chair has given me a few good ideas, Mary McDonald

This dark moss green is one of my absolute faves, then add the tufting+ perfection!

You know I love this pictures, velvet dining chairs AND blue and white porcelain ginger jars= perfection! Nantucket showroom

 A velvet headboard....gorgeous! House Beautiful

Creamy velvet......absolutely gorgeous! Bobbi Smith

Gorgeous in gray....love the gray velvet sofas in this beautiful room.

 Purple never looked so good! AD

Gorgeous greens in luscious velvet, Home Decor

Love these softly toned pale blue velvet dining chairs, Thomas Burak

Ashley Stark shows velvet looks picture perfect in any setting,including an eclectic transitional one like this.

 Show me a gorgeous French chair that doesn't look just amazing in any color velvet! Paris Hotel Boutique

Handsome green velvet sofa, trimmed in a contrasting grosgrain tape...another favorite look.

Love this tufted velvet bed! Sandra Nunnerly

Beautiful velvet chairs look smashing in this transitional living room, love the cool color palette

Sarah Richardson chose to make this pair of chairs the statement pieces in a cut striped vibrant velvet

 

Adore this banquette with large wide tape trim...stunning! Bayon Contessa

Curtains in a rich velvet are definitely a true luxury....love the soft gray here, Houzz

 Mary McDonald is a huge fan and in this vibrant room, the result is dazzling!


So..what do you think? Does this want to make you run out and cover something in velvet? Or maybe you already are a fan? Do you love it as much as I do? What is your favorite way to see velvet? Color? You know I love to know your thoughts.  Have a fabulous Monday evening and start to your week!