COTE DE TEXAS: Veere Grenney

Veere Grenney

home

Interior by Veere Grenney:  This is a pink a man could love!  The blinds, with their voluminous use of silk taffeta, are to die for!  The natural textured rug tones down what could be an over-the-top dressy room.

Veere Grenney, interior designer born in New Zealand, now practicing in London recently launched a gorgeous fabric line.  As of now, there are only five patterns in his line - each in four color ways.  The linen fabrics are very muted in the way that only the English know how to properly do.   Available colors are an unusual choice in such a small line:  Aqua, blue, brown and pink.   Grenney, who at one time headed up the highly regarded company  Colefax and Fowler,  is apologetic about adding another fabric line to the already saturated market.   Defending the launch, he says he only designed his line to fill a need for fabrics he could not find elsewhere.  Regardless of the reasons, the fabrics are wonderful and hopefully he will soon be expanding  the line into a full service one. 

To see Grenney's London apartment, pick up this month's World of Interiors magazine.  And, two fellow bloggers featured Grenney before moi - please be sure to stop by and read their impressions of him:

Studio Annetta and Desire to Inspire

I could not find anyone in the United States who is carrying his fabrics yet but if interested, here is the information to get in touch with Grenney to place orders: 

info@veeregrenney.com or
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7351 7170

 

fabric_fernepark

Fabric #1:  Ferne  Park in aqua. I love the way Grenney trimmed out the canopy here.

apartment2

Grenney's London apartment:  master bedroom with Ferne Park fabric in aqua.  Robert Kime fabric covers the club chair. 

fabric_soundess

Fabric #2 - Soundess in pink.

apartment1

Greeley's apartment with chairs covered in Soundess.  I love the demi-lune chest under the mirror and find it strikenly similar to a reproduction piece that has lately been featured in magazines, ad nauseam.

Snap31

Niermann Weeks obviously took its inspiration from antique pieces similar to the one in Grenney's apartment.  Whereas the NM piece is painted wood, Grenney's piece actually has a carved, raised, gilded relief over wood tooled in a pleated effect to create the criss-cross appearance.  The detailing of the antique is exquisite.  Additionally, Grenney's piece has a marble top. 

decorating_4_small

Here Cindy Rinfert, designer from Connecticut, uses the NM chest in a two-toned finish, further reducing the elegance of the original inspiration piece.

fabric_burley

Veere Grenney's Fabric #3:  Burley in brown.

general5

Here, Burley is in blue on the chair and Soundess is on the sofa in pink.

fabric_temple

Fabric #4: Temple in pink.   Grenney describes this fabric as a homage to David Hicks.   

apartment3

Here  Grenney uses Temple as a wall covering in his dining room.  Notice the scalloped wood trim on the chairs.  The chairs are from a set 50 made in 1790 for a Viennese palace.  Gorgeous!

fabric_berrydown

And Fabric #5 is Berrydown in brown. I love the way a "handle" is upholstered into the back of this chair .              

London (5)

And finally, my favorite fabric of  Grenney's is Ferne Park.  Here is another view of his master bedroom with the bedding in Ferne Park.   I would love to use this fabric in either aqua or pink in a new project.  Anyone interested?

33 comments :

  1. Beautiful fabrics, great post as always. I had asked a lighting question on the end of the previous post. As a newly wed on a tight budget I would love for you to answer it. I think lighting is so important and respect your opinion. Please guide me to a place I can afford. Thanks!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hi - I left you a message on your last message - please email me at
    mrballbox329@aol.com

    ReplyDelete
  3. Love, love, love the canopies I'm dreaming of one for my daughter. And the the trim? So perfect.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I love the fabric Ferne Park in aqua; it's very elegant.

    I have never been a fan of pink rooms, but the one you posted is gorgeous.

    ReplyDelete
  5. That pink is like the inside of a shell. I could live in there and I hate pink! Great post!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Beautiful post - maybe we will will it to be spring with all this light and loveliness. Soundness is my favorite.

    ReplyDelete
  7. I love the fabrics. The interiors are beautiful.

    A note on that pink. I painted my living room a darker version of that color. It's like the inside of a conch shell....creamy pink. EVERY MAN who wants inside this house LOVES that color. I was shocked....first of all that they'd like it and second of all that they'd vocalize it. My neighbor called me and said, "My husband will not let me paint any color on these walls....everything is white. But when he walked in your house he LOVED that pink!"

    So there you go - a pink even a man could love!

    - Suzanne, the Farmer's Wife

    ReplyDelete
  8. STUNNING!!! Absolutely stunning!

    ReplyDelete
  9. I was just reading this article this weekend and was completely taken with his home and his fabric. I love the fact that the prints are so subtle- just enough zing, but done in a quiet way. Very soothing.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Beautiful post, Joni. I too, love Ferne Park. I believe the aqua is my favorite!

    The pink room is gorgeous. I love the paint color.
    Pat

    ReplyDelete
  11. The fabrics are great, but my heart keeps going back to that demi-lune table. I want it!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Would any one care to say just what that pink color is? Which paint company etc...

    ReplyDelete
  13. Hi - thanks you all!!! please be sure to visit Studio Annetta - she did a wonderful post on Grenney before me. I can't believe I said that about men loving that pink and sure enough = they do apparently. I would guess since this is in London, that the paint was a Farrow and Ball. They have the most wonderful pinks or reds as they call them - it looks like it could be Fowler Pink, which would make sense that he would use that since he once headed up Colefax and Fowler! love that pink!!!!

    Joni

    ReplyDelete
  14. I think I'm in love, with that pink room and the fabrics! Everything is so soft and understated. Lana

    ReplyDelete
  15. eeek I love Soundess in pink. It makes me want to wrap a bolt around me and roll around on the carpet. Yes, scandalous I know.

    PS My fabric is here, Joni. I really just can't thank you enough!!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  16. Anonymous...I wish I could help you out. The walls were painted many moons ago, although I believe it was a Benjamin Moore paint.

    ReplyDelete
  17. As much as I'm a pink lover - its that gold venetian chair - now that is a work of art in furniture.

    ReplyDelete
  18. Lovely post, nice to see some extra images. And thanks for the mention!

    ReplyDelete
  19. The impressive room at the top of your post is the "saloon" of an 18th century villa known as the Temple of the Four Seasons.
    Those who possess Suzanne Slessin's book "English Style" can see it in a previous incarnation, with yellow walls and rather more elaborate silk festoon blinds.
    Instructive to compare the room then and now!

    ReplyDelete
  20. gosh i love the fabrics and what great detail in the trimming of the canopy- love it!!

    ReplyDelete
  21. I love the top room... it would be so warm and welcoming and it looks like a very flattering colour.

    ReplyDelete
  22. Joni,
    Another great post!!! Thanks so much for showing us these rooms.

    ReplyDelete
  23. CdT - think it might be Dutch pink.

    ReplyDelete
  24. Wow - lots of amazing places here Joni and some amazing price tags I'm sure!!LOL!!
    X
    Anna

    ReplyDelete
  25. Toby - I just saw this comment. I wished I had seen it earlier- I have that book, I'll go look it up - thanks SO much!
    Joni

    ReplyDelete
  26. My pleasure, Joni.
    I have greatly enjoyed the diversity of this blog.
    Best of all, the personal memoir of your stepmom
    and her influence on your taste. That was deeply touching as both a tribute and an analysis of the "evolution" of taste.
    Brava!

    ReplyDelete
  27. Visited your blog for the first time today. Really enjoyed all your articles. My favorite color is pink and love the pictures. I will check back.

    ReplyDelete
  28. Bonjorno, www.blogger.com!
    online's profile. [url=http://medyc.fora.pl/ ]Come Compra viagra [/url] vendita on-line viagra softtabs veloce maschio viagra [url=http://zaraza.fora.pl/ ]Dove Compra viagra [/url] Primamed online per l'acquisto di Cialis Viagra, e Levitra contro impotenza. [url=http://farma.fora.pl/ ]Come Compra viagra generico[/url] Adesso! Trova di pi?. Cialis Originale da Compra Cialis e Viagra thumbnail [url=http://farma1.fora.pl/ ]Dove Compra viagra online[/url] Primamed online per l'acquisto di Cialis Viagra, e Levitra contro impotenza. [url=http://farma2.fora.pl/ ] Comprare viagra online[/url]

    ReplyDelete
  29. Hello. You have uber cool blog. I really like this theme.
    Order Soma

    ReplyDelete
  30. I know this is really boring and you are skipping to the next comment, but I just wanted to throw you a big thanks - you cleared up some things for me!
    Order Tramadol Online

    ReplyDelete
  31. Hello, I think this is the coollest blog I`ve seen. I really like your theme.
    Buy Cheap Cialis Online

    ReplyDelete
  32. Hello, I think this is the coollest blog I`ve seen. I really like your theme.
    Order Cheap Levitra

    ReplyDelete
  33. In my opinion everybody must go through it.

    ReplyDelete