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Tips & How To

"We want to share our years of fabric experience so everyone can understand the basics when it comes to soft furnishings and fabrics."

Elegant and thoughtful; striking and daring; lush and leafy; bold and colourful; calm and serene. Creating successful home interiors is part design magic and part functional excellence and we have developed a wealth of knowledge over our many years in the business.  

We want to share our fabric insights so everyone can understand the basics when it comes to soft furnishings and fabrics.  So whether you are new to all of this, or maybe you just need a refresher, we strive to provide something for everyone. Browse the topics below to find helpful tips and advice to ensure you get a great end result.

With FibreGuard’s unparalleled stain-resistant technology, you can purchase that fabulous new couch without worrying about marks or stains. Your pet’s dirty paw prints, tomato sauce spills, red wine splashes, and sticky fingers are no match for FibreGuard. Sound too good to be true? Read on as we...
Easy to clean and long lasting, FibreGuard fabrics are engineered to perform from the inside out in a variety of environments. Stains and spills can be removed from FibreGuard fabrics with water, household soap, and a microfibre cloth. Discover the technique:  
Material Bank is the world's largest marketplace in the architecture and interior design industry, providing the fastest and most powerful way to discover and sample materials including fabrics, tiles, paint and flooring for the North American market.
Much like a new water heater, carpet underlay, or guttering, we understand that it’s difficult to feel excited about a functional item like curtain linings. It’s usually the face fabric which is the star of the show – enhancing a space with colour or texture while the lining tucks in behind, perf...
The year 2020 has been like no other and for local Auckland business Uren Barsal their business has steadily diversified, instigated by COVID19. We saw Kind Face™ launch in March with linen face masks followed by natural heat packs, travel pillows, door stops and draught stops and now the introdu...
Modern living areas tend to be multi-functional spaces for lounging, dining, theatre, exercising, meditating and even working or learning. It is vital to treat this space with maximum consideration when it comes to deciding on decorative and functional elements.Before you open your wallet, it’s i...
All James Dunlop and Mokum textiles are tested for pilling, abrasion resistance, seam slippage, and colourfastness in Melbourne at an independent laboratory. The testing criteria are amongst the most conservative in the world due to the extremely harsh environmental conditions we face in Australi...
All James Dunlop and Mokum textiles are tested for pilling, abrasion resistance, seam slippage, and colourfastness in Melbourne at an independent laboratory. The testing criteria are amongst the most conservative in the world due to the extremely harsh environmental conditions we face in Australi...