apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

I recognize that pic from LivingEtc - I loved that place and stashed that issue away.

that pic plus others from the apartment is featured in the latest Canadian House & Home. the owners are two guys - with deliciously feminine taste.

I love that leaning mirror! Anyone have details?

Anyone know what's in that glass box on the coffee table? are they postage envelopes? paperback books?

I have seen that mirror at TJMaxx. I guess that doesn't help. I wanted it bad, but my DH said absolutely not.

verano - love letters

nothing like putting pillows on a leather sofa to make it look tack.

That would be "tacky."

Griffin....check out ballard designs...they have really similar mirrors

It is not quite as beautiful, but similar

http://www.ballarddesigns.com/Wall-Decor/Mirrors/Large-Mirrors/Stella-Mirror-Grand/p/3584?path=1%2C2%2C1468%2C1541%2C1605&iProductID=3584

I have been considering it for some time now...

I've always loved those tufted leather men's club sofas.

I think the secret to mixing styles is to have one predominant style and mix in pieces from other styles. Unless there is a clearly dominant style, eclectic will almost always just look junky. Or as some would prefer to call it, funky.

anyone know where I can get these larger rectangular style pillows?

Tacky? Uh oh, I was looking for throw pillows for our leather sofa...

We just moved into a new house and have to combine two couches from two seperate rooms:
a large sectional that is microfiber sage green and a chocolate brown leather love seat. The wall colors will be grey and we are looking for an area rug to tie the room together. Any suggestions on how to tie 2 seperate textures together.

I think the key to mixing is to look for quality pieces that have some relationship to one another. Even if those relationships may not be obvious - i.e. my grandmother's blanket chest, with my contemporary sofa. I clearly love modern pieces, but the blanket chest has a lot of memories.

alisonlynne, i think those pillows are Designers Guild.

We are proud owners of a chesterfield sofa. I tried putting pillows on it, but it did look a bit odd - it is such a showpiece for us (being our other pieces are like WAY cheaper and not as chic). and the cheap pillows (mine are cheap, anyway!) just made it look like a dorm.

My endlesss battle to design with it, for it, around it is challenging. Yet..chesterfield sofas go with everything. Ours is a lighter brown.

It's kind of hard to do pillows on leather chesterfields. I usually put them on the (non leather) chair(s) instead.

The beauty of these sofas is that you don't need to adjust pillows all the time. :D

Quiltmaster - not entirely true... you do need some sort of theme but I don't think it needs to be style or period. Color schemes can work really well. I think if you played off the the light in the space - putting pieces where they complemented the 'bones' - you wouldn't need a terribly strict color scheme, even.

But it is very easy to slide into a motley miscellany of junkiness.