Looking For A Chair...Is Always Fun

Chairs are like shopping for accessories for me!  I feel like you can just grab one and take it home!  I have done that before ya know!  That is why I love my Honda Pilot!  You can stick anything in the back!  Anyway, these cuties have to be ordered.  How fun is the Petite Bird Armchair  above from Oly?  Not sure if I am loving that fabric but this would be a fun whimsical addition in a unexpected spot in your home or maybe not...too much?  Actually don't think it work in mine!  Moving on!

I am currently looking for a chair next to my sofa and two flanking my fireplace.  I am glad that there are so many wonderful choices out there!  However, I think I have at least narrowed down the chair for next to the sofa.  The O.Henry House slipper chair above will do the trick!  So cute isn't it?  I will be keeping the fabric simple.  Actually daring to go very light...white?  Scary!!!!  The room is kind of dark and the pop of white will freshen it up...hoping!  Also got that advice from a designer so I should be on the right track!

This Jackson winged chair from Hickory is what I am looking for to flank the fireplace.  There are many versions of this chair out there now.  I am really looking for a chair with height.  The photo below shows my fireplace.  The chairs in this photo are not there anymore and have been moved to a reading area.  I am really looking for a taller chair for here.

Or maybe something with some wood like the Kirin Chair from Oly?  DO NOT like that fabric or color so don't think that is the direction I am going.  It would be a linen fabric for sure and maybe an oat color but on the lighter side.

Kirin Chair from Oly

Hickory Chair's adorable Le Clerc Chair

Hickory Chair's leather...love it...Gunnison Chair.  Just don't have a place for this rustic gem!  I am off to go hunting today for more furniture.  That usually involves the internet and some local shops!  If you would like to see some other chairs recommended by one of my favorite blogs, Good Bones Great Pieces, go here.

Have a great day!

xojamilyn

Great Chairs & Docksta Table

I was looking for chairs and came across some great beauties at Arhaus Furniture.  I have only been in this store once before and this time was pleasantly surprised by what I found.  These are great accent chairs.  Pretty reasonable for how they look.  They also have great looking hide rugs.

Many chairs caught my eye but I was actually looking for a chair like the one below for my kitchen.

I was considering purchasing the Docksta table at Ikea and pair it with these black wooden chairs.  My kitchen is mostly white and I thought the accent of the black would work.  Not ready to show a picture of that area yet.  I really want to rip the whole kitchen out and start over! {My kitchen really makes me crazy.  I have always dreamed of a professional kitchen}

Image via Apartment Therapy.  This is just lovely.  She claims her Docksta table wobbles!  That is why I am so hesitant to buy one.  The saying, "You get what you pay for," keeps invading my thoughts.

The use of the Docksta table in these rooms is so inspiring however and keep pulling me back to it!

White with black...kind of what I was going for.

Lauren at Pure Style Home uses the Docksta table from Ikea beautifully in her kitchen nook.  When I saw what she did with this table, I had to have one.  I really just want to have fun with it and not worry to much about how inexpensive it is (or that it comes from Ikea-Shhh)!  Sometimes you just have to say, "What the heck!"  I don't think I am prepared to pay thousands for a kitchen table...yet!

Oh, but how pretty the Saarinen table is with that marble top!  It is funny, I was just thinking as I was looking at all of these photo's...  Before I started getting into decorating and looking at everything that has to do with decor.  I never thought in a million years that I would ever be into modern furniture.  Now, I am totally smitten with sleek pieces like the Saarinen table.  I think for me, I could never go completely modern...I am not that kind of girl.  However, when the Docksta table or the Saarinen table is mixed with painted chairs, I love it!  So happy that my tastes have evolved to incorporate this kind of decorating!  

Has this also happened to you in which your decorating style has evolved?

~jamilyn

{Images via Living It At Home, Apartment Therapy, Bryn Alexandra interiors, Matters of style, Pure Style Home}