One of our favorite elements of Claire's London apartment is the hot pink chair that gives her pale, calm Victorian living room a shot in the arm.
The Art Deco chair was her grandmother's. But when her beloved cat clawed its original hessian fabric to death, she made a bold move and reupholstered it in this shocking pink, just the bit of bright color needed to keep her living room fun and keep the vintage pieces from looking too granny-ish.
Here's another hot pink chair in the stylish West London flat we visited recently.
And a little natural inspiration in the form of a hot pink tree spotted on Westbourne Grove.
For a full tour of Claire's apartment, go here.
- Kristin Hohenadel blogging from rue Vieille du Temple, Paris, France. She can be reached at kristinh @ apartmenttherapy . com
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Comments (12)
I think depending on how it's done; pink can range anywhere from sophisticated to cutie pie-ish.
Chairs are well done.
lovely chairs and i really like the paintings in both pics with the chairs. what is that item in front of the mirror of the West London flat, that looks like a vulture?
lovely tree, too.
Sassydo,
It's a sculpture...
Oh, it's not all that shocking, really.
@kuroneko - you realize that Kristen's referring to the color "Shocking Pink" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shocking_pink#Shocking_pink and not the fact that the pink is in anyway "shocking" - right?
As a fan of pink, but not how saccharine it can sometimes be, I loved these examples.
Forget the chair I want the desk next to it.
There is an awesome midcentury teak armchair with cushions this exact color in the window of the Portland store Lounge Lizards (14th or so and Hawthorne) right now. I pass it on the bus every day! I would totally be buying it if I had space for it! Also, Lounge Lizards typically is not a place to find bargains, so I'm sure it comes with a bit of a price tag.
thanks, Kristin, i knew it was some kind of artwork, just wondered if it was anything specific.
I love the chair and the desk.
Anybody knows what that pink tree is?
AnnaP, the tree looks like a crabapple (blooming) to me.
Hannala--yes, I knew that. ;-)
Thanks Jon_B!