Tiebacks and TasselsCord, bullion, fringe, tassels, tiebacks and other trimming items have many well known uses in home decoration. Tassels are used to dress up curtains or cushions. Tiebacks are used to tie back curtains to a hook in a decorative manner. Fringe and cord is used to line pillows and cushions, while bullion is most often used to skirt furniture.

But there are many other uses for decorative trim:

1. Decorate a Blind or Roller

Fringe and braids can be used on either the bottom treatment or valance of roller shades, roman shades, bamboo or practically any type of blind. It effectively softens up the window treatment and ties it into classic decorative elements.

2. Open Up a Tassel and Refashion

Nostalgia is proud to introduce to the Contract market in Panama its exclusive distribution of FR-One fabrics, a contract line of fire retardant ("FR") fabrics for the hospitality industry. Comprised of soft upholstery fabrics, drapery fabrics and magnificient sheers- every single fabric in the collection is adherent to every existing fire retardancy standard in any country in the world.

Why is FR-One relevant to Panama?

Nostalgia brings quite possibly the best idea in decoration to interior designers and the local market; the ability to design your own carpet from scratch, from the pattern, to the colors and the type of material used.

Panama is a limited market, with barely 3 million people inhabiting it. The chances of finding the exact carpet or rug you want for your living room are mediocre at best. You might be one of the few who absolutely falls in love with something in stock locally, or you might be one of those who conform with what's available and learn to love it. Or you might simply take a trip to New York or London and give yourself wider range of options.

Nostalgia is proud to announce the first arrivals of the 2009 In-Stock Textile Collection. Straight from houses and mills up and down the Americas as well as Europe we will see a distinctive evolution of what hit the design industry last year. While 2008 was the year of metallics, blacks & whites, contrasted by a surge in naturals, as well as browns and robin's egg blues, 2009 seems to follow permutations of this trend.

But perhaps most exciting feature of 2009 will be lower prices. With recession hitting trendsetting designer houses in North America and Europe we will be seeing fabrics in price ranges never seen before, a trend which for the Panamanian client will represent a tremendous value.

The new collection of Kravet Carpets offered by Nostalgia captures the art of weaving, offering the design community in Panama an exclusive array of color and inspiration. Wool, silk and natural fibers are combined highlighting the uniqueness of a hand made process and deep textural interest.

Gathered from Tibetan highland sheep at altitudes of 15,000 feet, Tibetan wool is extremely durable with a high lanolin content. Its silky yet resilient quality ranks tibetan wool as one of the most desirable natural fibers in the world for carpet weaving. The Tibetan Collection is a reflection of this handmade process, each carpet resulting in a unique expression of the Tibetean heritage and your imagination.

Throughout the years Nostalgia has strived to innovate with its textile collections that allow for professionals to creatively design interiors. Today, we distribute brands such as: Kravet, Donghia, Lee Jofa, Rubelli, Sahco, Sunbrella, Harlequin, Bergamo, Waverly and Bru. As such we're proud to present exclusive fabrics and wallcoverings from Schumacher, knowing they'll share the same success our established brand brings to the design community.

A Sunbrella fabricImagine resting your head on soft, plush pillows on a velvety smooth sofa cushion and extending your legs across the entirety of your sofa. As you lay on your new furniture you look up at the blue sky, admiring the sparse clouds lazily edging westward as you listen to the sounds of nature.

What's wrong in this picture?

Soft pillows? Velvety cushions... Outside?

Surely all outdoor fabric is lined with a layer of plastic or made of thick, coarse materials.