OPTION 1: Keep It. I'm not sure what you'd call this color but according to Chloé it's "sunflower- yellow" ...love the color but not sure how I feel about the crushed velvet.
I inherited a pair of these chairs from my Great Aunt and have been contemplating reupholster them. At first I didn't really like the color but now, after 2 years of living with them, it's really starting to grow on me. Most of the furniture in my apartment is neutral - light grey linen sofa, jute rug, carrara marble tulip table, chocolate brown leather ottoman - so these chairs add a nice dose of color to the space. I 've decided to keep the walls of my apartment white (thanks to your great comments!) so now I need to focus in on a design scheme and color palette. For that I turn to fashion....
OPTION 2: Go (charcoal) Grey. This look from the J. Crew Fall 2011 lookbook pretty much sums up my style. A classic blue tailored oxford, a textured coat and an amazing chocolate brown leather bag (the same color as my ottoman). I like this option BUT it might be too safe.
OPTION 3: Go Green! A bold choice but I love it. To break it down, white shirt = white walls, green skirt = green velvet chair, black shoe straps = black lampshades...you get where I'm going?
So now I ask you, dear readers, which look do you prefer? Any input would be greatly appreciated!
oh, my, don't.
ReplyDeleteit's soooooo beautiful.
i think velvet has a comback as fas as sofas and chairs are concerned... well, that's what i think, at least, but i'm no trend-forcaster.
so i don't know but i love it this way... if you'd reupholster them in a differenet fabric, they would lose this suface business that i find especially beautiful... you might somehow experiment with simultanious contrast... add a purple throw, or i dont know.
i gotta say tho, that i like that green too... :P
agnes / iiiinspired
Black/white/green is elegant and fabulous! Although not sure what that would look like with the chocolate couch. Either way, seems like you could add a patterned pillow or throw with the same greys/browns to pull in the rest of the room... ? Or... what about redoing the chair in a fun pattern? Sounds like the rest of the room is all solids?
ReplyDeleteKristin - what do you think of this?
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Seems very similiar to the color palette that's present in your new apt. I love the way the yellow chairs add a pop of color in the above pic. So - my vote is not to reupholster! The chairs also have sentimental value being that they're from your Great Aunt :)
Oh please keep the gold crushed velvet - it's GORGEOUS and like Agnes, I have a feeling with so much velvet in interiors that crushed is ready for a resurgence soon.
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I saw the chairs I gasped a little and reading that you OWN these... sigh.
Of course, you appear to have impeccable taste so I'm sure whatever you do will look fabulous but I thought I'd weigh in! ;)