Hooked on Toile

by hookedonhouses on March 19, 2009

Thibaut

Welcome to Hooked on Fridays, a blog party I host at the end of every week to celebrate the things we love. Today I’m hooked on toile. I keep hearing that it’s “out.” Passe. Dunzo. But I’m just not ready to give it up yet. I think it’s a classic look that can really pull a room together. When a friend of mine moved into a run-down, one-hundred year-old farmhouse, the mudroom was piled with garbage. She cleaned it up, gave the woodwork a fresh coat of white paint, and hung some red toile wallpaper in the small space. Now it’s such a charming little corner of her house that you can’t help but linger (or, if you’re me, snap a picture!):

Another reason I want toile to stick around for awhile: my family room! I love my toile chairs:

Now the true toile-lover can even wear it in the garden with these rubber boots (wellies) from Tamara Henriques in the U.K. But I haven’t gone that far. Yet.

Pretty Organized Palace is hosting a Toile Blog Party on Tuesday, March 24. It’ll be fun to see the whole blogosphere decked out in toile for a day!

Now it’s your turn to tell us what you’re hooked on today! If you have something to share with us on your blog, then add your link below. Just please be sure to:

Add the permalink to the specific blog post, not your general blog address.
Link back to the party from your post so that your readers can come and see what everyone else is talking about today!
Visit as many of the other participants as possible and leave comments! That’s what a blog party is all about!
Double-check to make sure your link works and goes to the right page so it doesn’t get deleted! If you come back and see your link is gone, re-read these rules and try again next week.

(Also check out Fifi’s Fashionable Friday and Melissa’s Beautiful Life parties, happening today!)

Hooked on Fridays Participants

1. Remodeling Guy (Hooked on Islands)
2. Arleen @ Seasons for All at Home
3. DesignTies (Hooked on copper)
4. Amy @ Finer Things (Hooked on Small Towns)
5. songbirdtiff-hooked on Spring decorating
6. Living With Lindsay (Hooked on Tassels)
7. susan (”new” Your home, only better.)
8. Jill (Bedroom as an Oasis!)
9. Terry – Chadsworth Columns
10. Mary Beth {Easter Centerpieces}
11. PamperingBeki (hooked on COLOR)
12. Rock Garden | Gennaro
13. Edie @ lifeingrace
14. Melissa – Off The Wall
15. Making This Home – European Entryways
16. Fifi Flowers Fashion in the Kitchen
17. Heather\’s hooked on Amy Butler fabrics
18. Amy is Hooked on Pink Houses
19. Suzy Homemaker (FoodFest)
20. Wayfaring Wanderer
21. Christy – Aprons!
22. Styling by Coty Farquhar – decorating with birds
23. Mrs. Petrie (Hooked on Bird-Inspired Gifts)
24. Linda @ Restyled Home
25. Pretty Organizer
26. Frippery
27. Holly@Homebody(Spring Decorating)

28. Katie @ Clean and Classic Interiors (A Lotta Latte Bowls/Anthropologie)
29. Jen R hooked on my new chandelier!
30. Lacy @ Tatumfam (Storybook Homes!)
31. Forever Wherever (Hooked on REAL Islands)
32. Our Nifty Notebook (ABC & 123)
33. The Inspired Room (stylish organization)
34. Maya@Completely-Coastal (Inspired by Art)
35. Onlinehandyman ( Hooked on Laminate Floors )
36. the BLAH BLAH BLAHger (Hooked on My Amazing Mom!)
37. Allyson @ A Heart For Home (Hooked on FREE Gift Cards ~ $150 Worth)
38. A Simple Walk
39. Kerri @ Few Joys Can Equal That (Blue & Green)
40. Liz@VioletPosy (Easter Decorating)
41. Puna – hooked on party food
42. Things That Inspire (New on the Market in Atlanta)
43. Pam @ GardenDesigns more
44. Angela @ Peonypatch – March Madness!
45. Christy (Redecorating Family Room)
46. Newlyweds (Remodel)
47. Linda @Lime in the Coconut (finishing the pool area)
48. Kimm at Reinvented (Great Deal!)
49. Michelle @ Creatively Dreaming
50. Jen@Balancing Beauty and Bedlam (building character in kids)
51. Jane @ Beach House
52. Phillips Phamily Mama
53. ALVN of WhisperWood Cottage (Vintage-inspired Spring Decor)
54. Laura @ Decor to Adore

55. Bella Casa – I\’m Hooked on Virtual Design Makeovers!
56. Kimba @ A Soft Place to Land (spray paint!)
57. Narda @ Cemaya – Hooked on Marble
58. Shawn/Lifeatbuttercupfarm
59. Bonnie M
60. velvet and linen (hooked on shingles)
61. Deb/Dumbwittellher
62. Diana@TheDevineHome (hooked on Blair Hill Inn)
63. Janet@Its an Evolution (hooked on vintage cotton lace)
64. TidyMom (Twitter&Twilight)
65. DebraK@Bungalow isHooked on Spring GiveAway
66. black eyed susans kitchen
67. Elodie (volunteering with kids)
68. Love Where You Live
69. sue@solsticehome
70. Cass at That Old House (Curtains, Guestrooms and Chili!)
71. Scribbler
72. Ramona
73. Daly Essentials (hooked on outdoor spaces)
74. Rhoda @ Southern Hospitality – Spring!
75. 50s Housewife (Milk Glass)
76. Tamara
77. Carolina Mama (Living With Children)
78. House Favorites (DesignerFaucets)
79. Eileen@Star\’s Fault
80. Dagny @ Beautiful Living (hooked on new Art Deco dining room table!!!)

Tagged as: blog carnival, Decorating, decorating trends, fabric, mudroom, Thibaut, toile, wallpaper

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{ 9 trackbacks }

Small Town Living : The Finer Things in Life: March 19, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Easter Centerpieces | Cupcakes and Crinoline: March 19, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Clean and Classic Interiors » Blog Archive » A Lotta Latte Bowls: March 19, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Hooked on…storybook homes « Tatum Family: March 19, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Angela’s Peony Patch » Blog Archive » Hooked on: March Madness: March 20, 2009 at 6:27 am
Getting Organized: Stylish Ideas | The Inspired Room: March 20, 2009 at 6:30 am
Fantasy Friday: Blair Hill Inn — { The Devine Home }: March 20, 2009 at 9:53 am
Hooked on volunteering! « MOMELO’S BLOG: March 20, 2009 at 11:38 am
More Toile Talk « Hooked on Houses: March 24, 2009 at 8:49 am

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1 Bonnie Mattson March 20, 2009 at 9:29 am: Julia, I love this post. Toille is gorgeous isn’t it? It just evokes so much emotion or something and always makes me feel happy. Thanks for sharing it!

Bonnie Mattson’s last blog post..A Favorite Painting~
2 velvet and linen March 20, 2009 at 9:30 am: Your toile chairs are beautiful, Julia.
I have a soft spot for toile as well.

Have a wonderful weekend, Julia.

xo
Brooke

velvet and linen’s last blog post..shingles
3 Deb Milne March 20, 2009 at 9:33 am: Adore your tribute to toile. I covet the pink toile. That bedroom is spectacular.

I only wish I could paper a room with Sheila Bridges, “Harlem Toile de Jouy”. Now that would be a room I would be hooked on!

Thanks for the fun today & have a great weekend.

Deb Milne’s last blog post..Decorating Dictum
4 Diana March 20, 2009 at 9:51 am: Love those boots!!

Diana’s last blog post..Fantasy Friday: Blair Hill Inn
5 Kathy :) March 20, 2009 at 9:54 am: NEVER…it is a classic…I love it

Your chairs look so nice in your room !!!

Have a great week-end Julia, Happy 1st Day of Spring to you, I hope it’s warming up in your neck of the woods, cold here. I saw it was snowing in NY. Old man Winter will not give up !

Kathy
6 Janet Doherty March 20, 2009 at 9:56 am: I am a huge huge fan of Toile. I have a bolt of green silk toile in my basement and can’t figure out where to use it….It’s so special to me and I don’t ever want to have to change it…stick with your chairs. I think they are timeless (that’s my opinion).
7 Things That Inspire March 20, 2009 at 10:13 am: I remember seeing a beautiful toile called ‘bunnykins’ in a little girl’s bathroom. It is made by Brunschwig & Fils, and is so cute. I ended up having toile balloon shades made for my daughter’s bedroom, with a little check fabric on the trim, and I still love them 5 years later!

Things That Inspire’s last blog post..New on the market in Atlanta: another spectacular house
8 Kris March 20, 2009 at 10:28 am: I love the red and white toile so cheery and fresh.

Kris

Kris’s last blog post..Friday Flea Market
9 Jacqueline M. Jakle March 20, 2009 at 10:47 am: The photos are delicious! I love toile, too…and decorated my guest room in red and cream toile, with red, black and white accessories. The intention was for it to look like a bed and breakfast room and guests love the cozy charm when they stay over night. I even bought some beautiful Spode china in a red/cream toile pattern for that room! Toile is beautiful and casual, forever classic and blends well with all decor.
10 TidyMom March 20, 2009 at 11:02 am: Oh I LOVE toile too!! I love your living room!! did you make or buy your curtains?

GREAT rooms – I especially love the red toil with all the white!!

~TidyMom

TidyMom’s last blog post..Hooked on Twitter and Twilight
11 black eyed susans kitchen March 20, 2009 at 11:19 am: Toile and staffordshire dishes could easily become an obsession for me. I was at a lovely tea house last weekend that had a wall filled with vintage dishware in shades of purple and lavender. It was so pretty. Those boots are adorable.
?, Susan

black eyed susans kitchen’s last blog post..HOOKED ON AND TRYING TO ORGANIZE VINTAGE COLLECTIONS
12 Elodie March 20, 2009 at 11:41 am: oh, I absolutely love toile! And now you can find it in a lot of different colors, I love to use classic fabrics like toile with modern furniture/interior, it adds this elegant touch that I love!
thanks for hosting this great carnival.
have a nice day

Elodie’s last blog post..Hooked on volunteering!
13 susan March 20, 2009 at 11:48 am: There’s no way toile could be “out;” it’s just such a classic and lovely look. If it does go, it will be only temporarily. I say what a great thing to be “hooked on.” cheers, -susan

susan’s last blog post..Black and Brown in Harmony
14 Heathahlee March 20, 2009 at 12:26 pm: I have ALWAYS loved toile. And even more so now. I have some red toile, like in her mudroom (LOVE that!) that I’m going to make a valance for my shower curtain with. I can’t wait to start on it. It will just complete my bathroom. In my other bathroom, I’m wanting to do a blue toile for the mistreatments. I can’t wait to finish that, either!

Heathahlee’s last blog post..While I’m Down and Out
15 Darla March 20, 2009 at 12:53 pm: It seems like toile has been around forever in and out in heavier and lighter forms but always there…

Darla’s last blog post..Happy Spring!
16 SoBella Creations March 20, 2009 at 2:09 pm: I love toile! When my first daughter was born I had two or three toile bags that I would carry her stuff in.

SoBella Creations’s last blog post..National Craft Month
17 Cass March 20, 2009 at 3:33 pm: Julia, Toile will never go out of style! Anything that’s survived for centuries is here to stay; your family room chairs are safe.

I first saw toile in an issue of House & Garden about 30 years ago — it was a spread on an old house, and an attic bedroom was covered — walls, ceiling, linens, curtains — in red & white toile. My first reaction was, “What whackadoodle did THAT?” but then — I kept going back to it; it was hypnotic. Toile de Jouy is as beautiful today as it was before the USA gained its independence!
Thanks for a fun blog party!
Cass

Cass’s last blog post..Hooked On Curtains & Guestrooms, And a Foodie Friday Trainwreck!
18 Lynda March 20, 2009 at 3:48 pm: I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of toile!

Lynda’s last blog post..:: Spring is in the air! ::
19 Scribbler March 20, 2009 at 4:33 pm: Toile, over? Nonsense. One either loves it or hates it. It never really goes away if you love it. I love it.

Pity those who don’t — they need help.

Scribbler

Scribbler’s last blog post..No Foodie Friday Train Wreck!
20 Ramona Owen March 20, 2009 at 4:54 pm: Hey there Julia ~ I love your post…toile over…no way! I love to mix this elegant fabric with animal prints and checkerboard…Heaven!

Have a great SPRING weekend!

Smiles ~ Ramona

Ramona Owen’s last blog post..Hooked On Plate~olas
21 Daly Essentials March 20, 2009 at 6:15 pm: I love your living room!

Daly Essentials’s last blog post..Get me outside!
22 Rhoda@ Southern Hospitality March 20, 2009 at 7:30 pm: Julia, I accidentally entered one of my party-goers to your list earlier today! Oops…Accomplished Woman was my entry, but it was meant to be MINE. You can delete!
23 angela | the painted house March 20, 2009 at 8:12 pm: You are so right: toile is a classic and is never out…although, it can be more “in” sometimes! I love your toile chairs, too.

angela | the painted house’s last blog post..Rally, Friends!
24 Tamara March 20, 2009 at 8:52 pm: Love those Toille rubber boots!

Tamara’s last blog post..Hooked on Hiking
25 Renae Moore March 20, 2009 at 10:48 pm: I do love toile too! I especially love those wellies!

Renae Moore’s last blog post..A Gentleman’s Farm
26 ileen @ Star's Fault March 20, 2009 at 11:07 pm: Hi Julia ~ My “hooked on” for this week was a bit more literal than usual. I got out my trusty crochet hook and made lovely cotton washcloths, just like Grandma taught me. I made four in the most lovely, silky cotton yarn. Now I think I need more, so will hunt for a couple more skeins tomorrow ~

Blessings ~ Eileen @ Star’s Fault

ileen @ Star’s Fault’s last blog post..Grandma’s Washcloths ~
27 le March 21, 2009 at 12:23 am: love love love the toile and just would love a mud room – when I move back to NZ I will be sure to get one and embrace the muddyness le

le’s last blog post..Let them Eat Cake
28 kari & kijsa March 21, 2009 at 10:07 am: love this idea! Just stopped by to say thank you for being so inspiring!
blessings,
kari & kijsa

kari & kijsa’s last blog post..Quote O’ the Day
29 Laura March 21, 2009 at 12:04 pm: What a great post. I love toile and don’t worry, it’s been around for ages, and although its popularity ebbs and flows it will never really go out of style. Lately I’m hooked on estate sales and I posted about an old silver cruet set I found yesterday.

Laura’s last blog post..Cruet Set
30 Debbykay March 21, 2009 at 5:40 pm: I am so hooked on toile–regardless if it is instyle of not! I love the tales toile tells!

But, I am really love anything roses! I just can’t get enough roses!. I need roses everywhere–ever since I was a toddler!

Happy spring!
Debbykay

Debbykay’s last blog post..Awake! It’s spring…time to get organized!
31 ida March 22, 2009 at 3:19 am: well i read this the other day. and i was like noway for toile. i love fabric that is baltic. or an india/asian look. right now i am hooked on cleaning up my computer/spear bedroom lol perhaps you inspired me a little. plus my glass computer table had seen better days.

take care
ida:)
32 Dagny @ Beautiful Living March 22, 2009 at 4:21 am: Toile can definitly look amazing if done right! Love your chairs, absolutely beautiful!

Dagny @ Beautiful Living’s last blog post..Fargepalett og plantegning stue/spisestue (Mer hjelp!) / Color palette and floorplan of the Living Room / Dining Room (more help needed!)
33 rue March 22, 2009 at 8:00 pm: Hi Julia

More pictures of your friend’s farmhouse pleeeeeaaaaase….. that was blatant begging right there

I love toile, so I can’t figure out why I don’t have even one bit of it… hmmm… something to remedy

rue

rue’s last blog post..PB lights up my life
34 lana @ ilovemy5kids March 22, 2009 at 11:21 pm: I LOVE toile!!!! I’d have it in everyroom if possible!

lana @ ilovemy5kids’s last blog post..A HUGE party…
35 Ms.Tee March 24, 2009 at 12:11 am: Sooo pretty, Ms. Julia – thanks for the inspiration!

Ms.Tee’s last blog post..Magazine Mondays – Birdbath Beauties
36 Anny June 12, 2009 at 7:23 pm: I think toile is lovely and feminine.

Anny’s last blog post..Kelloggs Saves me from Pizza Breakfast
37 Dawn August 22, 2009 at 11:12 am: What’s the difference between toile and chintz? Is that chintz is always on cotton and toile can be on any fabric? I love both and am confused.

I absolutely love the pictures that you posted. I would love to spend time in any of those rooms.