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Hot or Not? Suitcase Furniture by Erik De Nijs

With the busiest travel time approaching (Thanksgiving), we wanted to show these suitcases that also function as sofas. While waiting in lines or delayed you can use your bags as comfortable seats. ...

Color Blocking Ideas for the Home

Did anyone see The September Issue where Grace Coddington worked her magic for the color blocking shoot? Makes me wonder, what about using this technique in the home? ...

Houndstooth for the Home
Roundup

Let's hear it for houndstooth. Since its origins in the Scottish Lowlands, houndstooth has come a long way from woven wool. Once the mark of traditional haberdashery style, the pattern can now be fo...

New Furniture Collection by Pinch

Husband and wife team Russell Pinch and Oona Bannon have created a new collection of graceful and iconic pieces for their line, Pinch. From their studio/ showroom in London they design furniture wit...

Flat Out Sofa Sleeper by Blu Dot
Sofa Sleeper of the Week

Blu Dot's other sofa bed option — Flat Out — combines the company's felt-like upholstery and straightforward, modern aesthetic into a multipurpose piece at one of their lowest price poin...

Victorian Trading Co.

Even though my own style is a mix of modern and traditional, I still enjoy and appreciate the more old fashioned styles. The Victorian Trading Co. has me imagining life in a Charles Dickens novel....

Blue Accents & Accessories for the Home
Roundup

Next on our Color Roundup is blue − the calm, tranquil color of the sky and sea. Blue is considered a dependable color; it’s always there for us. In fact most people answer blue when asked ...

Allan Wexler's Chairs = Art
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts

How many ways can you alter a chair? Allan Wexler transforms ordinary chairs - which look like Ikea's Stefan chair and very well could be - into functional artwork that serve as "metaphors for human ...

Reupholster or Leave It?
Good Questions

Q: I found these chairs at a garage sale for $20. I was thinking about reupholstering them but this week I had a decorator over to give me ideas and she told me to leave them — that they looked ...

Yellow Chair Roundup

Yesterday we polled you on the yellow bloom chair by Kenneth Cobonpue. Many readers found the design over the top but liked the color. So we've rounded up yellow chairs that have the same bright co...

Hot or Not? Yellow Bloom Chair by Kenneth Cobonpue

This yellow micro-fiber chair is a brand new design from Kenneth Cobonpue. The chair is completely different from his other designs - which we've admired at Muleh (in DC). We think the bloom chair ...

Orange Accents & Accessories for the Home
Roundup

Earlier this week we brought you a Red Roundup, now let’s see what orange has in store. Orange is a very inviting color; it’s friendly and warming, and it's a very popular choice in the Room for...

One Night Stand Sleeper Sofa by Blu Dot
Sofa Sleeper of the Week

In my weekly profiles of various Sleeper Sofa models, the One Night Stand sofa from Blu Dot is repeatedly listed in the comments as a favorite of readers. The design is simple, modern and the transi...

New Leather Sofas from Natuzzi

Today, I'm doing a most unusual thing: highlighting two leather sofas. I've never owned one, never even thought I would, and none of these would even fit through our door, BUT knowing how popular l...

Modern Fainting Sofas
Roundup

Betty Draper's Victorian fainting sofa that clashes with her "new" 1963 decor in the TV show Mad Men caused a fuss yesterday in our post The Drapers' New Living Room Decor. Fainting sofas conjure u...

Even More Union Jack

Last month, Geoff posted a selection of images with the Union Jack as decor. The appeal seems widespread — I think it has to do with the symmetry of the design. We see the Stars and Stripes us...

Nomade Express Sofa Bed by Ligne Roset
Sofa Sleeper of the Week

The Nomade Express sofa sleeper is the most popular sofa bed in the Ligne Roset collection — it's a simple and classic design that delivers comfort as both a bed and a sofa. ...

A Modern Sofa That Is Not Boxy?
Good Questions

Q: I've fallen hard for the David Weeks Sculpt Sofa that is outside my budget in this lifetime. Is anyone designing sofas that aren't boxy? Everything I see, high, low, and medium, all seem very re...

Sofabed by Harri Koskinen
Sofa Sleeper of the Week

Finnish designer Harri Koskinen has designed tableware, textiles, furniture, audio equipment, glassware and underwear. When I met him in his Helsinki studio space last week — I was most intere...

Balancing Color from a Dominant Chair?
Good Questions

Q: My boyfriend and I just bought the most beautiful chair from The Divine Chair Company. She arrived with the name Sasha (cause she is so sexy), and we have been referring to her as such ever since...

Identify This Small-Scale Sofa?
Good Questions

Q: I found a chair from a FLOR catalog in which I'm very interested, but have no clue what it is or who makes it. Does anyone know who makes this sofa? Sent by Ken...

Soto Sleeper Sofa from DWR
Sofa Sleeper of the Week

Designer Jeffrey Bernett has worked with Design Within Reach before — he's the designer behind their popular and oh-so-slim Flight Recliner. Bernett's newest design for DWR is the Soto family ...

Similar or Identical Retro Chair?
Good Questions

Q: I'm hoping you can help identify this chair and/ or help me to find something similar. I am in possession of two of these chairs, but need to find a third that is the same or very similar. I can't ...

Leather Sofa Advice & Survey?
Good Questions

Q: I'm hoping readers can help me finalize my leather sofa decision. After an agonizing search, I've narrowed it down to three choices that meet my limited budget of $1,000 - $1,200, including tax...

One Collection Reintroduces Baker & Wall Sofas by Finn Juhl

We're excited to share the news! Two sofas by celebrated designer Finn Juhl will be reintroduced to the market by Danish company OneCollection. Both designs are from the early 1950s and are great ex...

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