Help with chair!
Hi! Advice needed please - we'll be ordering the grey (ash) Barrett sofa from Crate & Barrel and would like some help on chairs that would go with it. Our room is long and narrow, so ideally we are thinking the couch and two chairs on either side. My husband is set on having a comfy reclining chair or at the very least a swivel chair but to me, they're just so big and bulky. Our styles are very different. At this point, I don't even know what color I want them in! Initially we were leaning towards brown leather but I'm afraid it will be too dark. I would like the room (painted greige) to be warm. Any help is appreciated! Photos of couch and room attached.
Edited to add that this is our only real living space so I'd like it to be comfortable, functional and look nice!
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decoenthusiaste
5 years agoA pair of these recliners would work well for you.
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This one is a bit larger but swivels and reclines.Where is the TV? Opposite the sofa? Let us see that wall. Spanning the opening and blocking the door with the sofa is not really working. New one could float perp to the door, with a pair of chairs opposite it. Put a sofa table behind it if you don't want to see the back from the entry.
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5 years agoI don't have a great picture of the wall with the TV. The room is kind of awkward and I think that is the only place the couch can go. The TV will be lowered and so will the mantle.
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5 years agoRemove the TV from the fireplace to the large wall at the end, and put it on a credenza 25% wider than the TV. Float the sofa facing TV, perpendicular to and left of the FP. Place two reclining swivel chairs opposite the sofa and aligned more or less with the entry into the kitchen. They can swing around to view TV or to converse with sofa sitters. Use the chart above to get the viewing distance right for the two of you in the recliner swivels. Then you'll want a larger rug so all the seats are on it.
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5 years agoLStin, I love the new sofa and the nice double doors to the backyard. I don't have proper dimensions, but I kind of estimated based on your photos. Here is a layout that would work for you, but you would have to order a smaller sofa. Not as large as the one you have now. Maybe a large love seat.
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5 years agoSeems that fabric can be almost color of wood - is this like coffee table, a toasty color?
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5 years agoYes 101 good reviews all for only $208....
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5 years agoNot bulky and swivels / 30, 32, 33"
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5 years agoThanks, liz_fb; that's the arrangement I was describing. It will work well! Depending on the TV viewing chart I posted, I think the rug/sofa/chairs might be able to center on the FP with the coffee table aligned with the firebox opening. I'd want a larger rug than illustrated so it really grounds the seating and the room. If a lot of entertaining that doesn't involve the TV goes on here, a backless settee in the sofa position and the sofa moved to sit where the long yellow rug is would increase the seating and expand the footprint of the room with larger pieces. The 2 swivels for LStin and spouse would be closest to the TV. Pic below just to show the additional seating when a backless settee is added.
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5 years agoI really like your space! I love the combination of gray fabric and brown leather. I think the brown leather brings some warmth (like wood flooring or furniture does). That said, I think you could also select a fabric chair. I would look for something with fairly simple, modern lines in a recliner. Thankfully some of the newer recliners seem to have really nice styling.
Pottery Barn Irving square leather recliner
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5 years agoI just really like the look of the light gray and brown warmth. Obviously not recliners but something like this:
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5 years agoI would want some contrast if I went with fabric. There are just so many options with a neutral gray sofa! Just stay away from a nearly the same gray.
Navy might be a sophisticated choice (as long as the fabric doesn't look too denim-esque in person)
If you want to stay very neutral over all, you could go with a dark (charcoal?) gray but you'll definitely need something like pillows and rug to bring some life to the space if you do gray and gray.
White or off-white if your family doesn't spill much?
If you find another recliner you like in fabric, you could look for a print that speaks to you. I like really high contrast prints like bold black and white, etc.
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