Sunday, February 19, 2012

Transformations Or Why I Love Beautiful Fabrics

 For this post I have a series of chair transformations. Using an amazing fabric can do wonders for a chair. The first  is in a client's family, a perfectly nice chair. The chair was recovered in an orange toned cut velvet from Designers Guild. Now it is a stunning chair.
 


 Next is the French Wing Chair from Restoration Hardware, a wonderful chair with beautiful lines. Recovering  the chair in a printed cotton from Quadrille customized and enhanced the already stunning chair.

Next is a chair I found in the back of a vintage store. I had it recovered in a floral printed linen from Designers Guild. The chair was given a new life.
 
The chairs above are new. Same style covered in different fabrics. The first is in a Zofffany fabric and used in a sun room. The second is another Designers Guild fabric and it is in a sitting room that is part of a master suite. Same chair, different personalities. What's not to love?

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Library Dining Rooms


 I love the idea of a dining room that is also a library, being surrounded by books is very comforting. It's  such a natural combination., and it's happening to me. My dining room is being taken over with books and I'm fine with that. I'll have photos of my library dining room another time. For now here are several library dining rooms that are wonderful to look at and a great use of space.


 You can see from the photos this design combination works in casual as well as formal settings.
 
Love the pink chairs.
Would you consider a library dining room in your home?