One of our most popular fabric designs has been translated into wallcovering. Meet Sandbar in Driftwood, Tawny, and Sterling across clay-coated and grasscloth grounds.

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From Fabric to Wallcovering: Sandbar

One of our most popular fabric designs, now translated to the wall.

October 12, 20265 min read

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JOURNAL POSTS

Why Small-Scale Pattern Matters

Pattern Inspiration

Why Small-Scale Pattern Matters

The quieter repeats in a room are often the ones doing the most work. Small-scale pattern brings rhythm, connects larger motifs and adds texture without asking to become the focal point.

October 7, 20265 min read
The Art of Pattern Mixing

Pattern Inspiration

The Art of Pattern Mixing

A layered room does not depend on fabrics that match. It comes from changing scale, repeating color selectively, and allowing texture to separate one pattern from the next.

September 30, 20265 min read
A Different Kind of Warmth: Decorating with Grasscloth

Pattern Inspiration

A Different Kind of Warmth: Decorating with Grasscloth

As the light begins to shift in fall, natural wallcoverings bring depth to a room without asking for a seasonal palette. A closer look at the way grasscloth changes pattern, color and the surface of a wall.

September 20266 min read
Bringing Autumn Indoors

Coastal Living

Bringing Autumn Indoors

As the light changes and the days grow shorter, warmer color,  natural materials, and familiar patterns bring a new feeling to the rooms we live in.

September, 20264 min read
Four Fabrics for Café Curtains

Charleston Collection

Four Fabrics for Café Curtains

Café curtains offer privacy without sacrificing natural light. Four original patterns, all featured in the Southern Living Idea House, bring a distinct point of view to the window.

September 20264 min read
The Companion Collection: Building Blocks for Design

THE COMPANION COLLECTION

The Companion Collection: Building Blocks for Design

The Companion Collection, a considered assortment of textured performance solids and velvets developed to coordinate with my original patterns and ground a scheme.

August 20265 min read
Wild Markings, Read as Pattern

Collections

Wild Markings, Read as Pattern

The markings animals and insects wear, from the Carolinas and beyond, read as pattern — and printed on Belgian linen.

July 20266 min read
Carolina on My Mind: A Love Letter to the Lowcountry

THE CHARLESTON COLLECTIONS

Carolina on My Mind: A Love Letter to the Lowcountry

The Charleston Collection was the beginning of Emily Daws textiles. A look back at the place, materials and familiar forms that shaped the first collection and continue to inform the work today.

January 20255 min read

THE DESIGNER: EMILY DAWS

Emily Daws is a Charleston-based textile designer creating original fabrics, wallcoverings, and home furnishings inspired by the landscapes, architecture, and traditions of the American South. Her studio is known for artful patterns, thoughtful materials, and pieces designed to work naturally within collected, lived-in interiors.

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