Breakfast Nook

An airy breakfast nook takes its streamlined style and charming colors from a pretty print. Here are the five essential elements of the space:

1. Lighting: A drum shade hangs high above the table, allowing natural light to fill the space during the day and casting a warm glow at night.

2. Fabric: Fruit-pattern toile that appears on the window treatment and pillows inspired all color choices and the custom floorcloth.

 

3. Window treatments: A tailored toile valance with five sections separated by crisp pleats highlights the inspirational print fabric. A band of contrasting fabric gives the window treatment a subtle tone-on-tone effect, while tassels add a textural flourish to each gentle point.

4. Seating: Two French Empire-inspired chairs work in tandem with built-in seating, offering flexible dining for two to six people.

5. Personal touches: A banquette ended up being a good solution for the postage-stamp tiny room, increasing seating and allowing for nearly a dozen pretty pillows in rosy red and buttery yellow, both colors inspired by a fruit-pattern toile.

Resources: Like what you see in this story? As of 2005, the items featured in this story were available from these manufacturers. Wall color SW0051 Classic Ivory, trim color SW6385 Dover White -- The Sherwin-Williams Co.; 800-474-3794; www.sherwin-williams.com. Fabric for window treatments, dining chair cushions, and toile pillows on banquette #F96665 Harvest Toile in Cream and Raspberry -- Thibaut; 800-223-0704; www.thibautdesign.com. Fabric for striped banquette pillows Mecox Stripe in Rouge -- Greeff, a division of F. Schumacher & Co.; 888-298-2991; www.fschumacher.com. Fabric for window treatment trim and matching banquette pillows #2234114 -- Kravet; 888-457-2838; www.kravet.com. Ceiling fixture -- Indiana Lighting Centers, Inc., Indianapolis; 317-915-7000. Dining table and chairs -- Athol Table Manufacturing Co., LLC; 800-822-5326; www.atholtable.com.