I believe if I needed to identify a favourite piece of furnishings of ours, it is likely to be my vintage floral chaise lounge (adopted up rapidly with our espresso desk). The older I get, the extra I simply love mixing totally different eras of my life in a house collectively, whatever the present dwelling fashion structure/fashion. In actual fact, I can’t even consider a kind of dwelling that I couldn’t make this chaise “work”. A couple of of you questioned if it appears good subsequent to the quilted mushroom stools as a result of they’re simply such totally different kinds, nearly like coming from totally different worlds (previous world European meets American nation). I believe I’d surprise the identical factor, however I didn’t even hesitate. I assume it tracks as a result of I used to say that my fashion was a mashup of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette + Footloose (Kevin Bacon’s model) + The Royal Tenenbaums. Whereas I don’t know if it was ever true, correct, or possibly only a enjoyable strategy to speak about fashion (I concern I’m not that eccentric), I do nonetheless actually love fringey, velvet, florally issues whereas additionally loving unpretentious rustic, primitive, and informal plaid components. I believe they do in actual fact work collectively due to the shared colour palette and the truth that they’re each cleaner lined with very ornamental material? However let’s revisit this piece.
I purchased it from Jayson Dwelling most likely 8-10 years in the past. It was in fairly good situation for an vintage, however I used to be principally drawn to the traces of the arms and again – extra of a fragile curve just like the Scandinavian greats (not massive and bulbous or overly ornamental). I stored it in its unique material for just a few years, but it surely didn’t maintain as much as our children and cats on the time, and it began splitting.
So I had it reupholstered (by BuildLane) in my favourite floral ever, this beautiful blue and inexperienced velvet from Home of Hackney (the colour mixture with the browns is simply good). I selected to not fringe the underside as a result of I couldn’t discover any that I cherished sufficient (I’d have achieved it had I discovered the right blue/inexperienced tone in the proper size). I don’t assume it misses it (and I can all the time add it?). It’s simply so fairly.
This was how we styled the home to promote it (I believe), and it’s high quality in right here, however maybe obtained misplaced from this angle.
Transferring It Then To The Farmhouse…
Okay, so at first the chaise lounge didn’t make it in (unsure why). We had been nonetheless determining easy methods to circulation by the home. I put this papa bear chair and ottoman right here. It appears actually chilly now (this nook is so laborious to shoot – the sunshine is simply so useless).
I modified it out for this Soho dwelling chair, which I really like (that colour is perfection). It seemed higher for certain, and I favored seeing it once I walked down the steps.
Right here we shot this vignette once more for a Goal collab with some ‘fall’ components, and it began getting hotter and hotter, and extra stuffed out.
However Again To The Chaise Lounge…
However just lately I simply missed it. Absolutely I may make it work right here and use the blue Soho Dwelling chair elsewhere.
So I introduced it again, and I LOVE it. I really like it each time I come down the steps or stroll in direction of the sunroom. And the rug beneath was essential. I selected a spherical one (8′) as a result of it’s type of a pass-through area, and an natural or spherical form would assist with the circulation versus a rectangle. Now, for these of you who don’t prefer it once we photoshop, please ignore the command strips that I go away up year-round for our garland and the black cafe curtain rod that I haven’t eliminated for no matter purpose.
So you may see it within the nook, and I really like the way it appears with the remainder of the furnishings.
Right here she is all decked out for the vacations, and I really like this candy little vignette. And sure, I agree that the garland is a superb steadiness and makes me need to put up roman shades, however they’d simply be cream/taupe so as to match the massive curtains (that are customized). And if you’re questioning why I didn’t do shades within the first place, it’s as a result of we did cafe curtains in the identical cream/taupe material as a substitute (thus the rod), however as soon as they had been put in, they seemed simply so boring and company (my fault), which is why I put the Boro material panels there. The OG material was simply too thick to be cafe curtains, they usually did a extremely thick high and backside hem, which made them actually stiff (I believe cafe curtains are inherently finest as thinner material with out being lined or with a extremely skinny lining if you happen to should). Anyway, the purpose is I can objectively say that having a shade over right here would look good, however no actual motivation to make that call. And I really like a desk stuffed with household picture frames, so I believe after Christmas I’ll add much more right here (these are our Santa images). It’s giving “cozy library” in a extremely beautiful means. Oh, and also you would possibly assume {that a} extra contrasty rug may look higher, however once you have a look at the room holistically, it’s good that that is quiet and flows with the colour of the ground. It is a rug from Arvin Olano’s former assortment with RugsUSA, which I’ve to say is very nice and prime quality for the worth. I ordered it in each 6′ and eight′, uncertain which dimension could be higher (which I don’t suggest, I didn’t understand that it’s $50 per return). We ended up preserving the 8′, and it’s fairly nice. Subsequent time we shoot this room, I’m going to shoot this vignette in direction of the sunroom so that you perceive the place it lies on this huge, open room. It’s not ideally designed, however I really like it an excessive amount of, so I’m going to proceed to make it work. 🙂
Opening Picture Credit: Photograph by Sara Ligorria-Tramp | From: Dwelling Room Replace – AGAIN – Our New Couch, My Dream Floral Chaise And The Pop Of Crimson I All the time Wished In My Life
