Velvet on a Chair?
Long about 1996, I found this very cool (bergere?) chair at a used furniture store for $65.
Well, I'm finally going to have it reupholstered and the woodwork refinished a bit. I'm fighting family on this one, because my DD likes the woodwork just as it is and she loves the scratchy old rust-colored fabric too. The back looks like a cat went wild! Anyway, I have long planned to use a muted paisley fabric, maybe in some brick or coral colorway, but right now, I'm thinking of doing a very soft solid, either a chenille or a velvet type upholstery fabric. The chair doesn't get a lot of use because of it's position next to the television armoire, so, while I want something durable and not prone to staining or easily stressed from the occasional Dachshund Frenzied Rolling....it doesn't need to be bullet-proof. Would a Velvet work, do you think? And what color? The fabrics I saw on my initial scanning at JoAnns didn't grab me, even though they are doing a 50% off sale this week, even on Special Order.
Here's the general layout. This old photo shows the living room with the former red rug.....you'll just have to picture the chair on the left side of the black armoire where the plant is in the photo.
The drapes are a bronzey green, the sofa is moss green, the walls are (Baby Turtle BM) sage green, the rug is the one in the chair photo, kind of a beige-to-sage ground, and the recliner is brown.
Velvet? Can I have velvet? And what color?
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Comments (1)I've used it and like it. It's a lighter-to-midweight upholstery fabric. There are thicker cotton velvets, but they are correspondingly more expensive. I did a chair in it that's held up nicely, even being one of the cats' favorite napping spot. This line has a very wide selection of colors, so it's a good chance you'll find exactly the color you need....See MoreDining Chair advice.
Comments (1)Have you checked out Kartell maybe a red Ghost type chair. Hard to say without seeing the whole space and the rooms next to it....See MoreDining Chair dilemma- help
Comments (5)Hmm . . . I like this table, too, and while velvet chairs are featured with it on West Elm, the fact that you have 2 other velvet seating pieces, I would say no. I think a different texture would bring more depth - perhaps even a leather or pleather option. Here is a link to Houzz' contemporary dining chairs: [https://www.houzz.com/products/contemporary-dining-room-chairs-prbr1-br~t_969~s_2103[(https://www.houzz.com/products/contemporary-dining-room-chairs-prbr1-br~t_969~s_2103)...See MoreDo I use the same colour or or a complimentary colour between rooms?
Comments (1)There is no reason your sofa need match dining chairs. You can tie ANY two rooms together via rugs, art, fabric, a mix of textures as well. A dark painted room is almost always better with lighter upholstery, but there are very intentional, wonderful exceptions....... You are literally talking about a palette of "stones on a shoreline". Do they all match? Nope.....and some are very smooth and shiny, others are rough and have more texture. The same applies to ROOMS,,,,, and especially those that are very neutral. Metal, wood, paint, wool, linen, silk, velvet, sisal, fur, woven, hides, leather........ etc. It is in the mix, dear. It is quite literally that in any style .........See Moresuero
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15 years agoRed, in case you are still reading this thread...I bought an almost-identical chair on Craigslist for about $45 and had it reupholstered. I chose cotton velvet with a little bit of polyester mixed in. I find cotton velvet to be durable and easy to keep clean (young kids and dog). I chose a plain velvet so I could change out the pillows easily. My lamp throws a funny bluish light, the velvet is actually more green than its showing in these pics.
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