Natalie
launched her own range of limited-run luxurious cotton bed
linen nine years ago after more than a decade
designing home furnishings for large department stores.
She lives in Bellingen, a small town in Northern NSW with
her family, husband Claus, children Max, Lucy and Ingrid.
Like many other artistic people who live and work in that
part of the
world,
Natalie
finds
it
the
perfect
place
to
return after doing business in the city or attending international
trade fairs to keep in touch with world design trends.
Working from a timber studio among the orange trees in
her back garden, Natalie begins each new design with
a creative brainstorm, spreading an eclectic array of
items collected from her international travels as well
as her daily life across the desk: a cutting from the
garden, a card from a friend, a vase found in the local
thrift shop, a snip of ribbon, a childs game...
When her basic idea is developed, Natalie moves to the
computer where she works it into a formal design, playing
with different colour and pattern combinations.
Then, in the ultimate marriage of her technical and her
artistic abilities, when she is satisfied with the computer
image, Natalie hand paints it onto cardboard, canvas or
fabric further developing the work by experimenting with
different textures and brush strokes.
When she is finally happy with the design composition,
a high-thread-count pure cotton fabric is sourced and a
limited production run begins.
“Creating my own bed linen range was a chance to
have control over the whole product – to choose a
beautiful fabric, design something really fresh and innovative
and then work with a great printer – the result is
that I’ve created the bed linen I always wanted to
have on my own bed,” says Natalie.
“I wanted something contemporary and sophisticated
but not conservative, that was not dictated by fashion.
The quality of the fabric and the classic designs mean
it’s bed linen that will last season after season.
“The bedroom is really the home’s inner sanctum
and the bed is its central piece of furniture. It’s
important that the linen makes it an inviting and wonderful
place to be.”
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