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"   Start Slideshow \u00BB  In the nap room of her weekend house in East Hampton, New York, interior designer Charlotte Moss layered a bevy of floral prints to create a fresh, summery look. Photo Credit: Pieter Estersohn   If you are young and stylish, chintz probably hasn&amp;#039;t crossed your mind when it comes to decorating. Flowered cottons are too fussy, you say? Too old-fashioned? Think again. Few fabrics have the crisp look and fresh attitude of chintz. Which is funny, considering that barely a century ago this printed cotton was considered second-rate and suitable only for boudoirs, nurseries, and maids&amp;#039; rooms. American interior decorator Elsie de Wolfe brought chintz into fashion in the early 1900s, hailing its decorative qualities, as well as its inexpensive cost, and it quickly became a staple of traditional decorating, whether your taste was formal French or English country. Though the price point of chintz is a bit higher now than in de Wolfe&amp;#039;s day, its user-friendly charm hasn&amp;#039;t diminished one iota. All it takes is some creativity to bring the fabric out of the shadows and back into style. \u2022 Hang voluminous chintz curtains on living room windows, paint the floor a pale, glossy shade of jade-green, and upholster all the furniture in green-and-white stripes. \u2022 Drape a round dining table with a floor-grazing chintz tablecloth trimmed with a deep ruffle. \u2022 Raise eyebrows by covering a modern icon such as Mies van der Rohe&amp;#039;s Barcelona daybed in chintz. \u2022 Furnish a comfortable summer porch with chintz-cushioned wicker furniture painted a kicky contrasting color. \u2022 Dress a canopy bed in masses of flowered chintz and let it dominate an all-white room like a garden. \u2022 For a feminine bedroom, have a shapely headboard upholstered in chintz; the flowery pattern will suggest uncommon luxury. Check out some of our favorite chintz patterns. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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