One night after work, I got on the Upfield Line train by accident. Listening to my Ipod and with my head in a book, I didn't realise until Macaulay Station. I had twenty minutes to wait for a train back to North Melbourne. I think those twenty minutes must have been Macaulay Station's finest. The light of the cobalt dusk sky with looming storm transformed the station into a dramatic urban setting.
I've put together a scheme inspired by the photos I took that night.
1) Drapes in a slate blue cotton drill. Large chrome eyelets on a simple chrome pole.
2) Silver and Carbon striped sheers sit behind the drapes.
3) A couple of slick modern armchairs on chrome swivel bases will be upholstered in this self patterned yellow polka dot.
4) This chunky, comfy tweed will be used for a couple of large bean bag pods.
5) Sofa cushions. The construction of this fabric is interesting. It is a velvet, but the pattern has been made by printing the inverse onto the face of the fabric. For a fabric that is predominantly a print, the handle is beautifully pliable and the velvet so soft.
6) Sofa cushions. This masculine, geometric pattern contrasts with the feminine, organic pattern of the velvet. The shapes are reminiscent of train lines and underground maps.
7) I would die to have a sofa in this concrete grey wool, speckled with flecks of ivory and charcoal. The combo of these three fabrics would look a million dollars. Not bad for something inspired by a grubby train station under a toll way.
