Welcome to Nest by Tamara

Welcome to Nest by Tamara
Tamara Matthews Stephenson is the creative talent behind this journal dedicated to interior design, history and lifestyle inspiration. With a passion for design and a keen eye for aesthetics, she shares her expertise and insights. Tamara has established herself as a prominent figure in the world of interior design and her design philosophy is rooted in the idea that a well-designed home can elevate the quality of life. Beyond her writing, She is an interior designer and textile designer as the Creative Director and Owner of root cellar designs, LLC, an artisan line of textile and wallpaper. Connect with Tamara through email at rootcellardesings@gmail.com

With Summer On The Horizon- Six Of Our Favorite Sea-Inspired Fabric & Wallpaper Patterns


Over at root cellar designs,
We Love Summer, and 
Today We Share Our 
Six Most Popular  Sea-Inspired
Fabric Wallpaper Designs
East Hampton
Something about summer puts a spell on me.  It's the one season of the year my inner kid comes out to play. I love to take long walks on the beach, dangle my feet in the pool and run barefoot on the grass. It's no wonder then that as a textile designer my favorite patterns to create are those to use in a beach house. I love to decorate a beach cottage retreat- it's a place where the family often comes together to take a respite from the outside world.  So, with the eye towards summer, I'm sharing our six top sea-inspired designs in our collections.

1. PEARL SHELL
whether printed on our linen cotton, or luxurious Belgian linen or for a wallpaper design or grasscloth, Pearl Shell is one of my favorites.  One tiny little shell illustration in varying sizes
2. UNDERWATER 
fabric is made both tiny and large for a dramatic effect- these are a cornucopia of seashells, corals and sea fans within a bubble design

3. LOBSTER STRIPE
printed on both Fabric & Wallpaper.  I created this by drawing an outline of a lobster and filling it in with our coir fabric pattern for a fun textured repeated design

4. KEYS TO LIFE
in both fabric & wallpaper is a mixture of iconic nautical designs in a toile-like pattern.
6. SKOOL
our designer clients love our swimming school of fish printed on both fabric and wallpaper with little sprigs of coral throughout
7. VINTAGE MERMAID
channeling a hand block print pattern, Vintage Mermaid has hand painted goache inside each individual mermaid repeat making it a fun pattern for dinner napkins, table linens and upholstery

HAPPY NESTING
XO TAMARA