Making it Lovely

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  • So Long, Green Chairs

    So Long, Green Chairs

    The green warehouse sale chairs are gone. I didn’t lose any money — just face — and I’ll continue looking for the right fit. They were beautiful, but I had a chance to break even with them and I took it.

    Green Penelope Chair from Jayson Home

    It wasn’t the color alone that had me questioning them. I’m aiming for dark walls, with blue and pink, but green could have fit in beautifully, as in this dining room, by Grant K. Gibson.

    Grant K. Gibson Dining Room

    My chairs were not such a vibrant emerald though. And more than just the color, the shape was off. I’m going for a less curvy, more boxy shape. Or if not necessarily boxy, then more masculine (like a pair of vintage leather safari chairs).

    Leather Sling Chair

    I’ll be patient. I have some chairs around that will be fine placeholders. They don’t look right in the space, but that’s OK for a while.

    p.s. We sold our Jasper sofa last night too. (Single tear.) Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.

    Room and Board Jasper Sofa

  • The Murphy Sofa

    The Murphy Sofa

    Murphy Emerald Green Sofa from Room and Board

    I spotted Room and Board’s new Murphy sofa online, and it was love at first site. (Get it? ‘Cause it was online? Never mind.) So I proceeded to have daydream fantasies of lounging on my lovely little velvet sofa, and I imagined how adorable it would look in my living room. I looked at the dimensions and saw that it was 5″ smaller than my current sofa, but what’s five inches?

    I took my tiny design assistant with me to check it out in person.

    Murphy Sofa

    The sales associate said that they modeled the sofa on one of their chairs, Quinn. Cute. It also reminds me a little of these two.

    Orla Kiely Heals Sofa
    elle blomster

    photos: 1, 2

    Unfortunately, that 5″ difference matters. The sofa feels diminutive. It’s also not terribly comfortable. It isn’t uncomfortable, but the cushions are thin and firm (and easily misaligned, too). The other problem with using it in my home would be that it’s too similar to the other furniture in the living room. The arms on my crazy floral chair flare out the same way, and the lines on our Eames rocker echo the shape as well. They bring feminine curves and balance to our boxier pieces, and the Murphy sofa would weight the room too far toward the girly side.

    Yet I still want to love it! Foolish heart.

  • Selby Leather Sofa

    Selby Leather Sofa

    Well, that’s a handsome sofa.

    I like leather for chairs, but I’m not sure how I feel about it for something as large as a sofa. Sometimes I think it’s a bit too much; Too opulent and too animal. But on that sofa, I like it. And I hear it’s a good choice for families with kids.

  • Girard Plyprint Madonna Panel

    Girard Plyprint Madonna Panel

    I like how Girard succeeded in making nudes cute.

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