Ep. 44: Performance Fabrics 101

How to Decorate

Ballard Designs

Arts, Business, Design

4.2 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

We've gotten lots of questions from listeners about performance fabrics. What are they? Why are they so durable? Are they safe to use in our homes? We thought we'd answer all of your questions, so we went straight to the source. Kimberly Peoples and Emily Cosgrove of Sunbrella stopped by the podcast to give us a 101 lesson in performance fabrics. Plus we talk about our newest collection of over 100 performance fabrics we're adding to our line. WHAT YOU'LL HEAR ON THIS EPISODE: Why our performance fabrics by Sunbrella are stainproof, fadeproof, and super durableWe talk about the 'face test' and why we're so excited to use our new performance fabrics on our furnitureEmily talks about how she became a textile designerKimberly and Emily tell us about all the cool green and eco-friendly aspects about the Sunbrella companyWe talk through common stains and the handy chart that'll make cleanup a breezeWhich furniture pieces you should consider using performance fabrics onWe talk about some of our favorite fabrics in the new collectionWe help Kimberly sort through her own decorating dilemma

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome back to the How to Decorate Podcast from Ballard Designs.
0:03.5	We want to teach you how to decorate your home and unleash your inner decorator.
0:07.1	So we'll be interviewing interior designers, stylists, and other talents in the design world,
0:11.3	sharing the trials and triumphs of our own homes and also answering your decorating questions.
0:15.8	I'm Caroline. I run the Ballard Designs blog, How to Decorate.com.
0:19.6	And I'm Terran Schwartz and I do the product design or help with the product design here at Ballard Designs blog, How to Decorate.com. And I'm Taryn Schwartz, and I do the product design, or help with the product design here at Ballard.
0:25.3	And I'm Karen Mooney, and I head up branding for Ballard.
0:28.2	We're your hosts.
0:28.9	Hi. So we're super excited about our guest today. We have Emily Cosgrove and Kimberly
0:48.1	Peoples from Sumbrella. And we are going to talk a little bit about our new fabric
0:53.1	collection, our Ballard Designs,
0:55.5	Performance Fabrics by Sumbrella.
0:57.3	That's what I think we're calling it.
0:59.1	Karen, do you want to talk a little bit about what a performance fabrics are?
1:02.7	Well, I don't know anything about that, but I will tell you something.
1:07.1	Because y'all are the experts, so you're going to talk about that.
1:09.3	But I'll talk a little bit
1:11.4	about why this is unusual for us to have someone here who's from a vendor because usually we have
1:15.9	designers in we don't usually bring in like a company to talk to us but we really wanted to have you
1:21.4	guys in here because you are the experts on you know what we call performance fabrics and
1:25.4	we're doing a big giant launch with you of over 100 fabrics
1:30.2	and really at the request of it's at the request of our customers who are are really wanting
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