A new woman came into my life the other day. No, I don’t swing that way, but I do love a woman who imports hand crafted and fairly traded, eco-loving silk from India and then creates the most decadent draperies you’d just love to get in bed with…Did I mention, she offers bedding as well?

I recently visited Deepali Kalia of Filling Spaces Design Studio (to the trade only, but yeah that includes me!) to look for some samples to bring to my clients. As I meandered around, my eyes feasted upon the many shiny and shimmering fabrics and I got so happy. When I asked Deepali how the silk worms were treated in the manufacturing process (her sister runs the production facility), she explained that in the process of extracting the silk from the cocoon, they wait until the baby naturally leaves the cocoon, therefore allowing it to live. That’s a big deal in my book since the Chinese often boil the cocoons (can’t they just wait?) and therefore kill the babies.

A recent pillow creation of Deepali’s. She pointed it out after I asked her what her current favorite was.

Fabulous and amazing. Feel the movement swimming in that pillow (on the right).

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