Mainly Baskets Comes to Dallas
Dallas has always been special to Robyn Bailey. The owner of Mainly Baskets Home spent many years here working in marketing. So, when it was time to open the third showroom of her Atlanta-based wicker home goods company, she knew where to go. “Dallas truly feels like home to me, and our expansion into the city is a natural next step,” she says.
The 1,250-square-foot Mainly Baskets Home showroom opened June 2023 in the Gallery at The Interior Home + Design Center. It is open weekdays to the trade. The spot carries an assortment of Mainly Baskets’ new launches and best sellers, like its trellis bar cart and braided urns, as well as its recent designer collaborations.
“Dallas has a wealth of different design styles,” Bailey says, “and at Mainly Baskets Home, we are proud to offer sustainably harvested woven furnishings and accessories for the home that seamlessly blend in with and enliven any space.”
2000 Stemmons Fwy., Showroom #GL82. mainlybaskets.com
Fill Your Home with Scallops
Mainly Baskets Home also sells the Monaco Collection, a collaboration with Dallas designer Caitlin Wilson. Working with Mainly Baskets on the rattan line was an easy decision, Wilson says. “We have been working with Mainly Baskets Home for years, and love that this woman-based brand embodies quality materials and beautifully designed products.”
The 14-piece collection, which includes chairs, consoles, and more, took about 16 months to develop. Scallops were a big inspiration for the line, Wilson says, and can be found on every piece. She loves the Coco side table and the bow back chairs, which are her interpretation of a Windsor chair. They fit well with the rattan and with her own style, she says.
“Creating layered, livable spaces is our language, and a great way to achieve is to mix and match patterns, materials, and textures,” Wilson says. “Rattan has a natural warmth to it and it’s easy to add to spaces. The scallop details in this collection embodies my feminine design style.”
Meredith Ellis’ New Wallpaper Is Fit to Print
Interior designer Meredith Ellis always begins a project with the fabrics. She’s obsessed, actually: “I love prints, I love pattern.” It’s why she opened her JAMES Showroom in 2015, and its why last June, she launched her very own textile line.
Her 12-pattern, “casually elegant” eponymous line features European and vintage motifs. Ellis drew inspiration from her many travels, but, more than anything, the patterns stemmed from her childhood in the Texas Hill Country. Ellis grew up on a ranch there, and many of her prints are plays on the flowers she’d see in fields and the vines growing on fence posts. “They could really be anywhere, but to me they have that special, reminiscent quality,” she says.
The linen collection is to-the-trade, and she’ll have the patterns available in pillows and lampshades. Ellis also plans to launch her collection on woven linen and wallpaper this fall.
1025 N. Stemmons Fwy. #250. meredithellistextiles.com
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