--- title: "Seen/Heard: Meena Harris" description: Author, activist and founder of Phenomenal, Meena Harris, celebrates Harlem Toile by Sheila Bridges. image: https://textured.sharris.com/hubfs/S.%20Harris%20Blog%20Folder/MeenaHeader2.jpg --- [![TexturedHeaderNew\_2](https://textured.sharris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TexturedHeaderNew_2.png?width=1000&height=458&name=TexturedHeaderNew_2.png "TexturedHeaderNew_2")](https://textured.sharris.com/) - [Behind The Threads](https://inspiration.sharris.com/tag/behind-the-threads) - [New / Now](https://inspiration.sharris.com/tag/new-now) - [Still / Life](https://inspiration.sharris.com/tag/still-life) - [First / Person](https://inspiration.sharris.com/tag/first-person) - [Seen / Heard](https://inspiration.sharris.com/tag/seen-heard) - [It's All Material](https://inspiration.sharris.com/tag/its-all-material) - [S. Harris](http://sharris.com/) # Seen/Heard: Meena Harris ### Cara Gibbs ![](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5b583a7ff4d46c804bb3a5ad/5bab8d1453bd6735f7212933_icn-calendar.svg) 07 October 2021 ![](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5b583a7ff4d46c804bb3a5ad/5bab8d144254bf5484cf5aa3_icn-comments.svg) 0 Comments Share this **![PhenomenalStyle\_](https://textured.sharris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/S.%20Harris%20Blog%20Folder/PhenomenalStyle_.png?width=600&name=PhenomenalStyle_.png)** **![HarlemToileDeJouy-1](https://textured.sharris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/S.%20Harris%20Blog%20Folder/HarlemToileDeJouy-1.png?width=500&name=HarlemToileDeJouy-1.png)**"I grew up in a home where the cultures of my communities (Black and South Asian) were constantly emphasized through art, food, and music, to teach our history and help me develop confidence and pride through celebration and joy," explains author, activist and founder of [Phenomenal](https://phenomenalwoman.us/), Meena Harris. Meena recently brought home [Harlem Toile by Sheila Bridges](https://textured.sharris.com/new-now-sheila-bridges-harlem-toile). Admiring the wallcovering's celebratory nature, Meena made the iconic Toile de Jouy the focus of her dining room in the effervescent [yellow colorway](https://fabricut.com/sharris/wallcovering/3058901/harlem-toile-hsc/yellow01). Meena muses, "As my kids get older and more capable of appreciating their surroundings, it’s become really important to me to do the same. We just moved, and this wallpaper is one of the very first things I put up." [![IMG\_2468](https://textured.sharris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/S.%20Harris%20Blog%20Folder/IMG_2468.jpg?width=600&name=IMG_2468.jpg)](https://www.instagram.com/p/CUBWreEPy6h/)Above Image via [@meena](https://www.instagram.com/p/CUBWreEPy6h/) Instagram. Header Image: Magdalena Wosinska   Bring home the magic of Harlem Toile in any of these vibrant shades: [![HarlemToile\_3](https://textured.sharris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/S.%20Harris%20Blog%20Folder/HarlemToile_3.png?width=200&name=HarlemToile_3.png)](https://fabricut.com/sharris/wallcovering/3058907/harlem-toile-hsc/purple07)[![HarlemToile\_1](https://textured.sharris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/S.%20Harris%20Blog%20Folder/HarlemToile_1.png?width=200&name=HarlemToile_1.png)](https://fabricut.com/sharris/wallcovering/3058904/harlem-toile-hsc/pistachio04) [![HarlemToile\_4](https://textured.sharris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/S.%20Harris%20Blog%20Folder/HarlemToile_4.png?width=200&name=HarlemToile_4.png)](https://fabricut.com/sharris/wallcovering/3058909/harlem-toile-hsc/robins-egg09)[![HarlemToile\_2](https://textured.sharris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/S.%20Harris%20Blog%20Folder/HarlemToile_2.png?width=200&name=HarlemToile_2.png)](https://fabricut.com/sharris/wallcovering/3058902/harlem-toile-hsc/cherry02)   [![ShopHarlemToile-2](https://textured.sharris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/S.%20Harris%20Blog%20Folder/ShopHarlemToile-2.png?width=500&name=ShopHarlemToile-2.png)](https://fabricut.com/sharris/search?q=sheila+bridges) ![SB\_Stitch](https://textured.sharris.com/hs-fs/hubfs/S.%20Harris%20Email%20Assets/SheilaBridges/SB_Stitch.png?width=1200&name=SB_Stitch.png)   ## Subscribe to our blog below this post, and we'll send Textured straight to your inbox. Cara Gibbs Cara is a freelance design and lifestyle writer, editor, and stylist residing in Manhattan. Formerly the principal style editor at Luxe Interiors + Design, she now is a regular contributor to Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Wallpaper, and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications. She is also the co-founder of the artisan marketplace, In The Pursuit, a platform that marries content with commerce through a lifestyle lens. ## Subscribe to our Blog ## What's Next - [About Textured](https://textured.sharris.com/introducing-textured-sharris-blog) - [Shop S. Harris](https://fabricut.com/sharris/) - [Find A Showroom](https://fabricut.com/sharris/showrooms) ## Contact Us S. Harris 9303 E 46th Street Tulsa, OK 74145 +1 800-999-5600 [Email Us](mailto:customers@fabricut.com) [FB](https://www.facebook.com/s.harris.home) [IG](https://www.instagram.com/s.harris.home/) Copyright © 2020 S. Harris. All rights reserved. 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