Home Textiles Today - June 20, 2005

New York — Toned down brights with a white glaze create a casually elegant mood in Simple Pleasures, one of six color palettes and fabric directions featured by Cotton Inc. in its Home Fabrics Color and Trend Forecasting 2007. In a preview last week, Dana Poor, trend forecaster, home, Cotton, described Simple Pleasures as “a delicate balance of modernity and comfort.

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