I think if I had to name one of our favorite pieces of furniture, it might have to be our antique floral chaise lounge (quickly followed by our coffee table). The older I get, the more I love mixing different eras of my life together in one home, regardless of the architecture/style of the current home. In fact, I can’t think of a house that I couldn’t “work” this car into. Some of you wondered if it looks good next to the quilted mushroom stool because they are completely different styles, almost coming from different worlds (old world meets European American country). I think I would be surprised by the same thing, but I didn’t hesitate at all. I think it tracks because I used to say that my style was a mix of Sofia Coppola’s style. marie antoinette , dancing (Kevin Bacon’s version) Royal TenenbaumsAlthough I don’t know if this was ever true, accurate, or maybe just a funny way to talk about style (I’m afraid I’m not that cynical), I still really love fringe, velvet, floral things, as well as simple rustic, primitive, and casual plaid elements, I think they really work together because of the shared color palette and the fact that they both clean very decorative fabrics? But let’s look at this piece again,
where did i buy it jason home Maybe 8-10 years ago. It was in very good condition as an antique, but I was mostly attracted to the lines of the arms and back – a delicate curve like the Scandinavian greats (not big and bulbous or overly decorative). I kept it in its original fabric for a few years, but during that time it didn’t hold up to our kids and cats and it started tearing.
So I had it re-upholstered (by). buildlane) in my favorite flower ever, This gorgeous blue and green velvet From House of Hackney (the color combination with brown is perfect). I decided not to do a bottom fringe because I couldn’t find one I really liked (if I could find the right blue/green tone at the right length I would). I don’t think it lacks it (and might I add it’s always there?). It is very beautiful.
We designed the house this way to sell (I think), and it’s fine here, but perhaps strayed from this approach.
Then take it to the farmhouse…
Okay, so didn’t come to the chaise lounge in the first place (don’t know why). We were still figuring out how to make the house flow. I put this Papa Bear chair and ottoman here. It’s looking really cool now (it’s very hard to shoot this corner – the light is all but gone).
I swapped it out for this Soho Home chair, which I love (that color is perfection). It certainly looked better, and I liked looking at it when I walked down the stairs.
Here we re-shot this vignette for the Target collab with some ‘fall’ elements, and it started to get hotter and hotter, and more filled out.
But back to the chaise lounge…
But lately I’ve been missing it. Surely I could make it work here and use the blue Soho Home chair elsewhere.
So I brought it back, and I love it. I love looking at it whenever I walk down the stairs or head to the sunrise room. And the rug underneath was important. i chose One goal (8′) Because this is a kind of passing space, and an organic or round shape will help with flow more than a rectangle. Now, for those of you who don’t like it when I photoshop, please ignore the command strips I leave on year round for my garland and the black cafe curtain rod that I haven’t removed for whatever reason.
So you can see it in the corner, and I like how it looks with the rest of the furniture.
Here she is all dressed up for the holidays, and I love this cute little picture. And yes, I agree the garland is a great balance and makes me want to install Roman shades, but they would just have to be cream/taupe to match the huge curtains (which are custom). And if you’re wondering why I didn’t install shades first, it’s because we installed café curtains in the same cream/taupe fabric (thus the rod), but once installed, they looked too boring and corporate (my fault), which is why I installed boro fabric panels there. The OG fabric was too thick to be café curtains, and they made the top and bottom hems really thick, making them really stiff (I think café curtains are best as a naturally thin fabric, unlined or with a really thin layer if needed). Anyway, the point is that I can objectively say that it would be nice to have shade here, but there’s no real motivation for making this decision. And I love the table full of family photo frames, so I think after Christmas I’ll add even more in here (these are our Santa photos). This is really giving a “cosy library” look in a beautiful way. Oh, and you might think a more contrasting rug might look better, but when you look at the room as a whole, it’s nice that it’s cool and flows with the floor color. this is a rug From Arvin Olano’s former collection with RugsUSA, which I must say is really nice and high quality for the price. I ordered it in both 6′ and 8′, not sure which size would be better (which I don’t recommend, I didn’t realize it was $50 per return). We finally managed to maintain 8′, and that’s awesome. Next time we shoot this room, I’ll shoot this scene toward the sunroom so you can understand where it’s located in this huge, open room. It’s not ideally designed, but I really like the look of it, so I’ll keep working on it.
Opening Image Credit: Photo by sarah ligoria-trump From: Living Room Update – Again – Our new sofa, the floral chaise of my dreams and the pop of red I always wanted in my life
