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Your advice on color and style of sofa in family room

Lisa
5 år siden

I want to redo my family room. The first order of business is replacing the sofa with a sofa and chaise. Our sofa's so uncomfortable my husband won't sit on it. He also wants a leather sofa as it will be easier to keep clean.


I need to consider the furniture in the rest of my open concept living area. I will probably move the Eames chair and ottoman from our family room to our office.


I prefer modern, simple, informal furniture but want all the furnishings to look OK together.


Here's my French Country living room and dining room.



Here's my modern kitchen and family room across the way.




I am considering a sofa and chaise in leather in the style of the Restoration Hardware Cloud. I am looking at the Sophia at The Sofa Company and the Claudia at Monarch sofas. One salesman suggested taupe leather another suggested dark brown or cognac. I like black but everyone thinks the strong color will make the living area look unbalanced. Your thoughts appreciated.



The Orson from Room & Board is in the running, too:




Fremhævet svar
  • decoenthusiaste
    5 år siden
    Sidst ændret: {last_modified_time}5 år siden

    With the open concept and French Country furnishing in the other spaces, I don't care for that first one - too contemporary and too big. Get one that is reversible so you have more options for rearranging. This one is more traditional looking, reversible and comes in 26 colors.

    Apt2B Albright Reversible Chaise Sofa, Amethyst · Mere information

    Here's a good looking "leather" one; not sure what quality.

    Turquoise Leather Sectional With Chaise Lounge · Mere information

    (7) kommentarer

    • Joani Auger
      5 år siden
      why dont you keep your sofa and your chair and restore it instead of buying something new ?
      Lisa thanked Joani Auger
    • Lisa
      Forfatter
      5 år siden
      Sidst ændret: {last_modified_time}5 år siden

      I made a poor choice. I didn't consider dimensions and comfort. My husband's tall, and the sofa's petite proportions are wrong for him. He doesn't like the thin arms, and it's too shallow and low. What's more, the fabric is pilled from our dogs nesting habits.

      So, I'm chalking up this waste of money on furniture as a learning experience. Comfort, cleanability and durability are as important as style as color.

    • Joani Auger
      5 år siden
      are you someone who likes DIY stuff ? :)
    • Lisa
      Forfatter
      5 år siden

      DIY is great.


      What do you think of this sectional in leather. It's the Bennett from Ethan Allan. I would opt for straight arms. It's hard to find a leather sofa with reversible chaise/ottoman. If you know of a store that produces one, let me know.

    • PRO
      NIELSEN DYE DESIGN, INC.
      5 år siden

      Here are the issues I see: you want to modernize your furniture and make it more comfortable for all to sit in AND stylish as well. I also see from your picture that your kitchen appears to be a modern design so that helps with the whole "open" design. I would suggest you tear out the room divider that separates the family / dining room and make this one large space....make it feel more open. You will have to buy a new dining set to compliment your new family room furniture for consistency to your design space, especially in one very large room. You can keep the one chair with the floral print: just re-upholster this piece in a more contemporary print or a leather; I love to mix in some pieces like this with a contemporary sofa. Be careful in buying less expensive pieces like a sofa from some chain stores: they may look good but the insides are usually cheap and will wear out faster. Splurge on a good sofa....you will be happier in the long run with it. And with your family room larger now (with the wall divider out) you will need to purchase a larger area rug to go into your family room to make this room feel like its own room in the open space. And the vents that are in the wall divider can be moved. Good luck.

      Lisa thanked NIELSEN DYE DESIGN, INC.
    • Lisa
      Forfatter
      5 år siden

      Here is another picture. There are no walls separating any of the rooms. I think what you're seeing is a small support column . I was thinking of replacing the dining room table with a tulip table and removing the cushions from the chairs to make that room look a little more modern.








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