Show Off Your Schumacher: Fabric Contest Winners

Thank you to all of the incredible designers who sent in their work. We loved seeing how each space showcased a Schumacher statement fabric, and it was difficult to chose from all of the amazing projects.

We hope that you will continue to follow and post on our What’s New Schumacher Blog. More contests to come!

TOP WINNER

Jackie Higgins

Contest winner Jackie Higgins of Beach Glass Designs created this space for the Mansions & Millionaires Designers’ Showcase 2010. Higgins was inspired by Schumacher’s Cambourne in Porcelain Blue and selected the large scale archival pattern for the window treatments to ground the room in tradition. This statement print allowed the former Macy’s buyer and stylist to layer in more transitional elements, such as the zebra skin bench and drum shade lighting.

“Cambourne in Porcelain Blue has such intense color and includes every shade of blue imaginable,” according to Higgins. “My eye found its favorite shade and that became the wall color.” The result—a clean, crisp and classic space—the interior designer’s favorite combination.

HONORABLE MENTION

Andrea Monath Schumacher

Andrea Monath Schumacher (Great name! But no relation at all to our company) of O Interior Design and her team worked very closely with the owners of this beautiful Denver house to incorporate their extensive art collection and heirlooms into the design scheme. The show stopping drapery in Celerie Kemble’s Hot House Flowers in Spark added vibrant and unexpected colors to the grand living room and allowed Monath Schumacher to draw in the couple’s personal pieces.

Not only do the owners love the layered look that this fabric has brought to their living room, but their house was recently named “Home of the Year” in the August issue of Colorado Homes & Lifestyles.

HONORABLE MENTION

Janet Gridley


When Janet Gridley of Gridley Vaughan, a Dallas-based design firm, approached this project, it was an empty orange room in a late 1960’s rambler. Although Gridley used vintage furnishings for this project, and does whenever possible, the silhouettes were brought to life with bold Schumacher prints and wovens including Zimba, Betwixt, Gweneth Linen and Kubla Khan wallcovering. Since she designed this space for a busy family with two boys and two dogs, Gridley had the upholstery fabrics treated with Nanotex. Today, this energetic and comfortable room is well lived in by the entire family.

HONORABLE MENTION

James Frederick


James Frederick of Frederick Woods Design, a Cincinnati-based interior design firm that specializes in residential and commercial projects, renovated this space for a young family with a busy lifestyle. Frederick started by selecting Let’s Dance in Chartreuse & Sky for the window treatments. Schumacher’s modern embroidery provided an energetic color palette and a graphic quality that activated the space and set a bright tone for this updated family room.