Leather Chairs

Leather Chairs

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Borge Mogensen Spanish Chairs in the sitting room

Check out this Australian home from The Design Files this week - it is leather chair galore! The interior of this house is fabulous (no surprise as it is the home of furniture designer, Mark Tuckey and his family), however it was the leather chairs that caught my eye.

The chairs were designed by Borge Mogensen, a Danish furniture designer who was among the generation of furniture designers (including Arne Jacobsen and Hans Wegner) that introduce the concept of 'Danish Modern' internationally. His 'Spanish Chair' (see above) were designed in 1959 and still look amazing today. Explore the rest of the home here.

Borge Mogensen leather and oak dining chairs around a Mark Tuckey table.

Borge Mogensen leather campaign chairs in the main bedroom.

Photographs by Sean Fennessy via The Design Files.

Colorfully Dynamic Stackable Shark Chairs By Green

Colorfully Dynamic Stackable Shark Chairs By Green

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Produced from polypropylene in 7 distinct colors that make 49 different colour combinations via the seat and back rest, the Shark Chair is an anywhere, any spot type of chair. No matter whether employing it indoors for a fun way to brighten up a dining room or outdoors for a splash of deck color, the Shark chair is a colorfully dynamic,robust, light, comfortable and easy to clean seating choice.
With Tangerine all the rage this combo of red and orange is a stylish way to brighten any space and with its comfy arm rests its confident to be the seat of choice no matter exactly where its placed.
Can you say Cape Cod? How best is this blue version for a seaside decor? Enjoy it.
For a white on white scheme there is the white version but the white Shark would also make a fantastic pairing with the blu Shark in a maritime themed ambiance.
Red is a excellent color for these with a forest view. The color really pops against a backdrop of trees.
My favorite color mixture is blue and green and for that reason alone this is my selection for a terrace overlooking the sea.
Orange is such a exciting colour and I particularly like to use it in guest bedrooms. What a fantastic chair to pair with a tiny desk for guests to set up their laptops or ipads. Comfort, colour and function all in 1, awesome.
With TV’;s getting such a dominant function in home’;s nowadays, pops of black are a great way of bringing the Television into the style scheme and what better pop then the Shark black.
Kitchens are all about Stainless Steel so if you have a little eating niche, think about utilizing grey seats to play off of the SS. These grey Sharks are not only the ideal color, but they are so simple to clean if meals gets spilled on them.
If you prefer a blast of color in your kitchen seats but nevertheless want to tie in the Stainless Steel there is often the option of two colors combined with chrome legs. The chrome legs also add that vintage flare. The Shark Chair is 58Wx53Dx81Hcm with a seat height of 46cm and arm height of 69cm.It only weighs 4.2kg. and comes in the following colors White, Green, Orange, Red, Anthracite, Blue, Dove Grey Shark by Green

New Work - Residential Furnishings

New Work - Residential Furnishings

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Here I am finally getting around to taking some photos of recent work! This residence has been an on-going collaboration with Minty Architecture and Design, ie. my architect sister. We have worked with these clients over several years through different design and building stages - it has been great seeing how this home has progressed. Earlier this year, I worked with the clients on their furnishings for the dining and living areas - here are the results.

Photographs by Charlotte Minty.

Refurbished or New Classics Furniture

Refurbished or New Classics Furniture

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This trend is to enhance the timeless designs, trying to escape the fads, get that more sober design, where the idea of ​​quality and sophistication present.









These designs they want to achieve to be long-lasting, debug designs achieve order to have a new classic.









This trend is having good acceptance towards a type of manufacturers where quality and sophistication present in

Opinions

Opinions

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How do you feel about this colourful  vignette ?
Are there things you like?
Are there things you would change if you had an opportunity to do so?We all have our own take on a space, our likes and dislikes. That's what makes decorating an imperfect science.

 Amber Interiors

When I glance at this room I am immediately attracted to the bold magenta dresser.  It commands the eye because of its  colour and its size in comparison to everything placed near it.  The chair paired with it is just as commanding for different reasons (pattern and texture). I like the rounded back, but not the pattern or the colour.  Perhaps something in a deeper aqua  with a rounded back would be a better foil for the dresser.   "Breathing space" is important and this chair doesn't have any.   If you needed a chair there  and that was the only amount of space available, a darker aqua chair   would fit better visually and connect with the other elements.  

When I'm adding accessories to a striking piece like this dresser , I always want larger scale pieces  that provide colour contrast and variety in shapes. I like the white box, but I would choose a larger plant and a more rounded third object  and then overlap the arrangement to move your  eye around.


 The artwork would work better with a different chair.

And that's my take! What's your opinion?  Come on, you know you have one. 

Hot seats

Hot seats

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Dining rooms have a tendency to be formal affairs with matching table and chairs. but that doesn't mean they have to be. You can shake it up with unique styles and colours.    Here are some of my favourite Wow dining "sets" from my Pinterest collection. 

Make it  patterned

These luxurious chairs invite you to cozy up to the table. I'm a sucker for texture, and I would totally enjoy having a meal at this table.  Think of how soft the fabric would be!   I like the fact that the chairs  are patterned on the back and  plain on the opposite side.  The tufting supports the more traditional design and the high back chairs at the ends work well with the size of the space and the curves of the other chairs. The  hobbled roman shade is is a soft but clean window treatment in this room.  Lots of ideas to steal in this set up.

Repeated curves

 Lately I'm very attracted to everything aqua. Doesn't this colour look great with dark wood?  Curves abound in this room - in the draperies, the stairs, the chair arms, the vines in the carpet and in the light fixture. A soothing room all around with an unconventional chair colour.

 Popping yellow

Who could ignore these canary yellow chairs? I love the way everything else in the room plays second fiddle to the chairs and allows them to be the star. I want to whisk those red flowers away though. Don't we all have our opinions about what looks best.

Serene colour scheme

This room is different in every way from the one above. I love the clean lines of the benches and chairs . Remember that you need a central leg or an X leg if you want to move easily to and from a bench style seat. Armless banquettes are the most versatile.   The texture on the front of the buffet;  the circular ceramic vases with  twigs, and the rounded edges of the table add interesting lines and some complexity to the room. The colour and lines of the light fixture work well with everything else.  Doesn't this room look serene?

 Repetition of curves

More  banquettes, but this time paired with patterned chairs and a curvy table. The four leg table design will make getting into the banquette a little more difficult.The arms will add to the problem.    The chair  shape is repeated in the  mirror and the doors of the buffet.   An interesting mix.

There's nothing formal about this room! It will definitely appeal to the colour and texture lovers out there. I want to see a more substantial table with all this colour, but that's just me.

How do you feel about chairs and tables not matching?