HALLIE EPHRON: The other day here on Jungle Red, Debs was talking about the cobalt blue bulb-forcing vases she passed up at the spring antiques show in Round Top, Texas.
Cobalt blue is my color, too. I’m a sucker for any not-terribly-antique cobalt glass or stoneware.
My closet is a different story entirely. My color? Well, once upon a time it was hot pink. Then, for a while, red.
But taking a realistic look at what’s in my closet, I’d have to say currently it’s black. Why oh why do I keep buying the same black top. Over and over.
What’s your color in your kitchen? What about in your closet?? Are you in a rut or happily at home on your color wheel?
LUCY BURDETTE: My color in my home is green–all kinds of forest-y shades, rather than kelly.
I’m afraid that like you Hallie, my clothes tend to black, black and black. I am looking for some red and peach-colored things this spring, but those don’t seem to be popular right now.
I had a color wheel done years ago, but my hair color has changed drastically so I’m not sure the recommended colors still hold:).
JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING: Lucy, I suspect once you go full silver with your hair, intense colors work best.
I used to have a wardrobe full of autumn colors that looked great with my (maintained with a lot of effort) red hair.
Now, the only things from that era that don’t make me look jaundiced are dark chocolate brown. When I put on one of those lovely sweaters in sand, or buff, or khaki I used to look like a Victorian archeologist. Now I look like the Mummy.
The colors in my kitchen reflect the brights I wear now - white everything with cabinet doors trimmed in a minty green/blue and the woodwork in Carribbean green. Refreshing in the summer and cheerful in the winter.
HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN: My clothes are black, no matter what I do, or how I experiment, they are black. And I’m sticking with it.
Our house is truly multi-colored–the dining room is tuscan yellow and dark green, the living room is taupe/latte with a navy leather couch and the library is cobalt blue. My office is painted “Tawny Antler” which is meaningless, but I think it’s the color of a lion. 🦁
Upstairs, the hallway is forest green, and the main bedroom is pale pale lavender with a very pale blue ceiling.The first guest bedroom is hot pink with white trim. The second guest bedroom is baby lettuce green.
I know you're laughing, but it all works and I love it. I know if someone did my color wheel, the poor defeated colorist would just say–stick with black.
DEBORAH CROMBIE: I'm laughing here, Hallie. I swear every single pair of pants (except for a couple of pairs of jeans) in my closet are black. And with the jeans I'm just as likely to wear black tops.
I do love intense colors, though, especially in the hot pink/magenta/raspberry range, and jewel colors. I'm finding that the lighter my hair gets, the worse I look in pastels. I had my colors done decades ago and I was (then) supposedly a Summer, but most of those colors always seemed washed out to me.
My house, in comparison to my black overloaded closet, is a riot of color; gold in the main hall, powder room and guest room, terracotta in the guest bath, apple green with cobalt accents in the kitchen, two different blues in the upstairs bedroom and office. No grays and neutrals for me!
RHYS BOWEN: I do wear black pants in winter, but no black tops. I look awful in black, as if I’m the walking dead. It’s funny about colors. I’ll suddenly get an urge to buy turquoise or royal blue or beige or even pink and I tend to go for that color all year. If you look at my wardrobe you can see my light blue year and my green year and my yellow year. And I wonder how a therapist would interpret this urge for a particular color? A year I felt happy/confident/depressed? (recently has been silver/gray. Accepting old age?)
My house in Arizona was completely made over before we bought it recently. So it is southwestern colors outside and inside all fashionable gray and white. White quartz counters. White walls, gray flooring, white cabinets. It is very peaceful, especially in a hot climate.
My furniture is also gray and white with a patterned carpet. My walls in California are all a very light yellow-ivory color. Happy and sunny. My floors all light carpet or wood.
So I guess I’m either a very simple person or a very boring one!
JENN McKINLAY: Blue and green - all different shades - in both my wardrobe and my house. I like light colors - bright and happy - with one accent wall in a different but complementary color to break things up a bit.
I do wear a lot of pink for the same reason - it’s cheerful.
HALLIE: So have we spotted a trend?? A riot of color in our surrounds but black on our backs as some of us go grey?
What do your household/clothing colors reveal about your sense of self these days??
Clothes? Quiet colors, pleas: black, grey, brown, navy . . . .
ReplyDeleteKitchen? Nothing loud: dark green counters; natural wood cabinets . . . .
I feel muted just reading your description, Joan
DeleteWith my pale skin color, freckles, green eyes and white hair, I know which colours work for me.
ReplyDeleteClothes Colors: navy blue, royal blue, purple and green.
Kitchen: Christmas colors for towels
Kitchen: Natural wood cabinets. White fridge and white stove. Grey granite counters.
DeleteI am with you in wearing those jewel tones, Diana.
DeleteLisa in Long Beach, thank you for your kind words.
DeleteThose have always been my colors, too, Diana, and I have NONE of your attributes. Go figure.
DeleteHallie,
DeleteAs I recall, when I met you at Bouchercon, the colors you wore looked wonderful on you, though I know these colors would not work for me. It took me quite a while to find which colors worked for me.
Years ago I decided to just stick to black shoes and bags, instead of being trendy. Most of my pants and skirts are also black, with jewel tone tops, but so many scarf options. There is more silver on the floor every time I get my hair cut, so that works.
ReplyDeleteWe have cobalt blue Fiestaware, and the kitchen cabinets are white upper and navy lower. Our house is blue, with white and black trim. The rest of the house follows, with lots of red, too. The one exception is the powder room. It's charcoal grey with white trim and fixtures, a juicy tangerine rug and other orange touches, inspired by the koi watercolors on the walls. I normally detest orange, but that little room is just so pretty.
Karen in Ohio, your house sounds beautiful .
DeleteI love blue cookware, and all my Le Creuset is deep blue, but it generally stays in the cupboards.
DeleteWhat would we do without scarves!
DeleteMy KitchenAid mixer is cobalt, but my Le Crueset is rainbow--lime green, turquoise, and yellow, and I leave it out on the cooktop.
DeleteHallie, we are scarf sisters, for sure.
DeleteThank you, Diana.
Friends have also given us beautiful pieces of blue and white Polish pottery, which I love. I also don't display them, Edith.
Debs and Roberta, I feel like both of you are always wearing lovely lighter colors in pictures I see of you. I never notice black! (Hank and Hallie, definitely in black.)
ReplyDeleteMy closet is also mostly filled with black, except for a couple of author jackets that are turquoise or green, and my jewelry is all silver and turquoise. I used to wear pale pink and lavender, and I would get compliments when I did, but now I feel like I look too robust in those light colors. My hair has been silver for a long time and I did notice a change in my skin to go with that (I look terrible in red, brown, and anything on the brown-gold spectrum).
The house walls are most warm shades of buttery yellow or pale peach, with natural wood floors. My office has a maroon futon and rocking chair. The Moroccan rug is maroon and teal and the curtains I made of a West African fabric are in a teal and white block print. The kitchen has white cabinets and tiles with a black accent stripe, but I add pops of color: red teakettle, aqua stand mixer, orange and yellow crocks for utensils, plus bright towels and rugs.
Oh, and the downstairs bathroom is all blues and whites.
DeleteEdith, I remember that we both wear green framed eyeglasses. I do not recall you wearing black. Speaking of red, are you talking about orangish red or bluish red?
DeleteI can't wear anything with orange, but really any red no longer looks good on my. My glasses were turquoise for years, now they are closer to a real blue.
DeleteOrange is not my color either. I once remarked to someone that if I looked like Meghan, then orange would be a great color on me.
DeleteI like all the blues. Currently all of our walls are white, but I have blue cabinets in the kitchen. We just bought large cobalt blue pots for our patio at Costco. Everyone comments on their beautiful color!
ReplyDeleteDon't know why "blues" got such a bad rep.
DeleteSame!!! I find blues to be very soothing.
DeleteI look best in black and any forest green, dark brown, navy blue or charcoal gray that approaches black. I also wear white but anything ivory or tan needs a scarf. I wear very colorful scarves almost every day. There is more color variety in my choices of skirts and slacks but I love to wear jeans and actually prefer dresses if the occasion calls for it.
ReplyDeleteMy house has wood floors throughout except for the kitchen the bathrooms and the family room. All the wood floors are dressed up in oriental carpets with strong red and navy backgrounds. My neutral walls are covered in bright paintings and prints with surprising colors working together. (I don't know who is going to want my beautiful artwork when that day comes.)
Looking at what I have written here, my philosophy of home decor and Judy decor seems to follow a pattern, neutral background, add interesting pieces for color.
Judy, we could probably swap some of our decor and it would dovetail perfectly. We also have lots of oriental carpets in that color combo on mellow hardwood.
DeleteNatural woodwork and oriental rugs R us, too
DeleteMy clothes didn’t change much over the years with pants mostly black and tops in pink or blue or a bit of the two like lilac or purple and coloured dresses in the summer.
ReplyDeleteAs for my home, there is a lot of natural wood: floor and walls in the living room but with big windows and white ceiling bringing in the light. In the kitchen, natural wood cabinets all around with the big wood table in the center and fixings and decorations in white and old pink.
The walls in my room are pale ivory and the ceiling is night blue sky with little stars that shine when I turn off the light. It still brings me to smile.
Ooooh, love the stars.
DeleteWe live in a log cabin, so there is sooooo much brown. But anywhere I can add color, it's Americana blues and reds and white. The bathroom is shades of off-white and salmon.
ReplyDeleteClothing? I love teal and turquoise but have a hard time finding those shades right now. Lately, I've been leaning toward jewel tones in deep blues and purples.
I do love wearing black, though. It's easy and it goes with anything. Want some color? Add a scarf or some fun jewelry.
Annette, black is so easy when traveling. If I could wear black and look good, then I would wear it. I can wear navy black, which could look black in certain lights. I wear a black dress that was custom made for my Nana. And I wear a bight colored scarf under my chin because black is not my color.
DeleteCurrent colors: seeing a lot of apricot and purple. Together.
DeleteYum, Hallie!
DeleteAnnette, a recently deceased friend who wrote about, collected, and studied haute couture fashions nearly always wore black. She traveled extensively, and taught couture sewing classes all over the world (she was an expert on the iconic Chanel jacket), and often wore pieces from her vast collection. She could mix and match pieces for many looks with very few garments. I learned so much from her.
DeleteIn our house the walls are white or off white because I have a lot of colorful paintings. In the bathroom I have white tiles because a decorator told me years ago that colored tiles and paint colors styles come and go and can date a house - but you can decorate with bright color towels and accessories and swap those out.
ReplyDeleteI like a variety of colors in clothing. But lately I've noticed I've been preferring forest green. It is soothing color. I remember years ago that Banana Republic used to promote a different color palate every year.
Many votes for "forest green"
DeleteClothes: navy blue or bright blue all the way with khaki, blue, or black bottoms.
ReplyDeleteHouse: neutral walls hung with paintings and decorative tiles, orange and blue oriental rugs the dominant focus.
Oh, this sounds like my kind of wardrobe! I am a big fan of khaki bottoms :)
DeleteI knw that I look awful in black, but in navy blue, even the darkest shade, I'm okay. Not sure why that is. I also wear a lot of green - any shade - or red or pink. Gray looks pretty bad on me too. As far as colors in my house, the bedroom is shades of blue and less said about the other rooms the better!
ReplyDeleteMy couch and recliner are both brown, which I hate. When I ordered the couch it was supposed to be dark green but when it was delivered it looked brown to me. A couple years later I came across the original order, yes I had definitely ordered green but what was delivered was 'tobacco.' No idea why it took that long to discover. I should have been on the phone as it was being delivered but I wasn't as outspoken then. I've kept it covered ever since it came in the house. The covers are green plaid or red plaid, depending on the season. My recliner was green and oversized and for some reason I agreed to swap with my son when he asked if I would. The one I received in return also swiveled which might have been nice, but there isn't enough room to do much swiveling.
For me it's the opposite - ok i black. Not so ok in navy.
DeleteColours in my house – anything but beige, grey or white. Living room is deep red, with dark yellow flowing into dining room of navy blue and kitchen the same blue with white fixtures. Sunroom is 4 walls of different greens, hall is dusky green. Bedrooms are all a different colour, but the one that surprised me is the bathroom, which ended up being a smoky grey-beige with charcoal and white tiles and mahogany (stained presswood – Jack made it) sink/cabinet thing with silver details – really nice. The second bedroom was painted in a blue – the colour was made with a part of a 5-gallon rejected paint from Home Depot, mixed with various left-over cans of paint from us to make enough paint to do the room – many times over! Actually, it turned out to be a very peaceful colour – probably not reproducible and definitely not a pantone colour.
ReplyDeleteClothes – daily sweatshirt – grey or navy blue, with navy (once upon a time) pants. Favourite colour – red. Anywhere, anytime, red. However, it is usually navy blue for dress-up or maybe the funny red-purple colour.
I love watching the fashions and everyday dresses and blouses on British tv. They are so stunning and interesting with the various colours and patterns, and I reflect that I would never think of wearing that, but isn’t it lovely! Check out the latest Great British Baking – Prue, Allison and even Noel are so colourful!
If anyone is watching Ludwig on Acorn (I think) Anna Maxwell Martin's character, Lucy, has the most fabulous clothes.
DeleteA new Great British Baking?!?! Vw still my beating heart. I'm a huge fan of Allison and Noel and their bizarre clothing senses.
DeleteI like blues, greens, reds, and cranberry, with cobalt blue as my favorite color. Many years ago a friend decided I looked good in peach (which was popular then) and got me many different peach colored tops. They've all been worn out or given away. I had the outside of my house painted a cheery not quite mint green with cream and brown trims. I still like it. The only inside room I've painted is my bedroom, which is "coral fantasy", a lovely color. The word paint is made up of pain and painting is not my favorite thing.
ReplyDeleteYou sound absolutely complettely tuned into color, Gillian.
DeleteOnce upon a time I had brown hair with blonde and auburn undertones. In those days, shades of chestnut were flattering. Now I have salt and pepper hair, getting saltier year by year. I'm not sure what looks good on me these days. Since my retirement I hardly go anywhere but the barn, and soon, the fields and gardens. I am always impressed by those whose clothes look great and thoughtfully put together. I have two pretty sisters who do it naturally. I've always been the plain and awkward one who, when pried out of jeans, likes to wear whatever will make me disappear into the background. In my educational world that was usually something in a dark solid (not black), often from a Talbot's sale. (Selden)
ReplyDeleteOh, Selden, take your sisters shopping and pick up something peacock blue!
DeletePeacock blue! That made me laugh. I've always been uncomfortable in any clothes that say "look at me." But thank you. I do wear a red winter parka. Our world is black and white more than six months a year and in those dismal months the red lifts my spirits. (Selden)
DeleteI'm not really sure. Clothing wise, I have always gravitated toward intense blues and purples (that cobalt is to die for). The Hubby pushes me to buy different colors - greens, burnt orange, deep red. No pastels and I put my foot down on bright yellow or fire engine red. Not me.
ReplyDeleteThe old house was all Tuscan colors - gold, deep red, browns, etc. The Cottage is more "beachy." We kept the raw wood in the main room, painted the cabinets, the wall without wood, and the hallway turquoise (The Hubby says green - it's not green). The counters are white, as are the bookcases and window seat frame, but the cushions are dark blue and the fabric insets are an intense peacock pattern. Our bedroom is buttery yellow. Downstairs is something called "shortbread" with a corner of river-rock tile. The furniture in the sunroom is woodsy - greens and browns. My office is due for its makeover.
I have to take a picture for a new badge at work and it must be taken against a white wall. Don't know where I'm going to find that - definitely not in my house.
Liz, I love that the color is called shortbread! I could see it immediately.
DeleteWOuldn't that be a great job to have: naming paint colors
DeleteOh, yes, Hallie! I am way more influenced by the color name than what it looks like! Elisabeth
DeleteHallie, paint colors and nail polish colors. I haven't done my nails in years, but OPI had the greatest color names.
DeleteLiz, my daughter used to always choose OPI's famous red called I'm Not Really a Waitress!
DeleteIn a “What were you thinking moment?”, comes a little story. My grandparent’s old house was built at the turn of the 1900’s. It was then and has always been yellow with red asphalt shingles. It sold in the ‘90’s several times, and now the new owners decided to revamp the whole place. First, they cut down all the old trees – okay, some were damaged and all were old, but I thought surely a justiceous use of the chainsaw would have been better. Next came all the shrubbery – gone. Then the roof – red shingles off to be replaced by a grey/green – actually it looks really nice with the old yellow.
ReplyDeleteOhh, Ohh, they are now going to paint. It is not yellow.
Apparently, they went to a paint shop, and got ‘Foggy Tuesday’. Since the town is/was known for its fog, that was not a bad name. They painted a spot – we-alllll? They painted the whole house.
Pink. A beige-y, yellow-y pink.
It grows on you, standing on the slight incline with no greenery. Still – just a little bit weird…
Sounds weird to me, too.
DeleteAll these colors--this is fun. I wear black jeans or trousers 90% of the time (or a black cotton skirt in the summer) with bright tops. I especially like different shades of purple and a bright color that I think is fuchsia, but I also wear royal blue or teal sometimes. We live in an apartment (a condo) with white walls, light-colored hardwood floors, gray or white tiles, and lots of black or white furniture and cabinetry. But we have lots of colorful prints on the walls, and in the summer our balcony is FULL of dark pink geraniums and purple salvia!
ReplyDeleteSo looking forward to shots of color from summer flowers. Lupines!!
DeleteMy clothes closet looks like two people use it. Too the left all practical dark t-shirts browns, navys, dark green. To the right totally Hawaiian tropicals, jewel tones, with light breathable fabric. What a joy to be able to move from the donate bin on the left, to online shopping.
ReplyDeleteThe house is still under renovation from the termite and hurricane damage. At present, we have covered the wall to wall carpeting in area rugs featuring styles from the Edwardian era. The kitchen will be soon covered in laminated flooring in cedar and oak tones. The bathroom is up next. DIY tile designed in an Edwardian pattern based on center rectangle in white marble then black and white checkerboard and finishing with a border with a small black and white squares on their points. Something very busy to look at while one is contemplating nature.
Very busy and very fun. Sounds like you enjoy the reconfiguring process, Coralee
DeleteThis has me thinking: what if someone gave me millions of dollars :-) and said you can only use it to change the paint colors in your house. What would I change? I wouldn’t change anything! How about you?
ReplyDeleteWe have found this even moving between homes. Yes, our bedroom must remain a pine Whisper, the guest room, a sunny yellow, and I want my lilac bathroom again.
DeleteHank, if I had a million dollars that could only be used to paint my house I'd have a lot of money left over. What would happen with the money? If I could keep the left over $ - yes I would change the paint colors in my house.
DeleteWhat a great question, Hank. I don't think I would change anything. Especially my apple green kitchen.
DeleteOh, gosh, I'd get rid of the remaining wallpaper in the living room, for sure. It's beige and supposed to mimic grass cloth. And paint it... white.
DeleteI wouldn't change the colors in the rest of the house. I just picked them, after all. But I would go to town redecorating my office, which is also the guest bedroom.
DeleteI forgot to mention: we just put a stone veneer on the foundation of The Cottage, so we have to repaint the porch and steps. The color will be Rookwood Dark Brown. Should go nicely with the stone (browns, a washed blue, and a washed red) and the deep-red railings.
Fun question, since I just had lunch at our friends' design studio! They sell fabric, trims, hardware, and carpets "to the trade", so only wholesale and not to the public. Scalamandre, Clarence House, and the like. 13,000 square feet of inspiration!
DeleteSo I just spent the last couple hours wandering around with another friend, helping each other fantasy redecorating!
All it takes is money. LOL
Purple. Always. Lavender when I was younger, but that feels too washed out now. I love the color, and happily it is complimentary to my orange hair.
ReplyDeleteThe home is mostly shades of green now. Hubs picked them out ( not my favorite) and I think the similarity is due to having the whole place painted before we moved in 6 years ago. The former house had many different colors: peacock blue living and dining rooms, red library, yellow kitchen.
Those old colors sound nice, too... if a bit emphatic.
DeleteQuestion: For those who wear makeup, do you select certain lipstick colors ?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, Diana. Soft pink/berry colors for me. No bright reds, and nothing that trends towards orange. Horrible with my olive/sallow complexion.
DeleteI used to. Cherries in the Snow, anyone??
DeleteRed! I hear it's a symbol of resisting the patriarchy :)
DeleteI rarely wear lipstick, but I do have a tinted lip balm from Burt's Bees - a deep plum. Never found a red that didn't make me look like a clown.
DeleteDebs, at Uni, I used to mix berry and pink lipsticks for a night out.
DeleteHallie, I seem to remember Cherries in the Snow - was that from Maybelline ?
Jenn, I love red lipstick and there are many shades of red. I have been told that Rose is my color. Seems there was a social media post about red lipstick as a symbol of resisting patriarchy, which I did not know until recently.
LIz, tinted lip balm counts! Glad you found a color that works for you. It took me a long time to find a color that worked for me.
Although I have a balance of clothing colors, my favorite colors are blue, turquoise, green.
ReplyDeleteAs far as lipstick Diana, I like soft colors but when it comes to nail polish I am a traditionalist and like a muted (not bright) red or reddish -orange. But, not a fan of blue, green, purple etc nail polish. Although I don't mind it on others except maybe black.
When I was a teenager and in my first years of college, I wore navy blue or brown. (I think I was trying to blend into the background.) I gradually became more confident and took friends’ advice and added colors to my wardrobe. I had my colors done in the late 80s/early 90s and had a palette to work with and then added a lot of bright pinks and blues over time. I hadn’t really thought about my graying hair as a reason to change but perhaps I should?
ReplyDeleteWhen we just remodeled our house, the person who helped us with some design ideas had worked for a house flipper. Her idea was that all the interior walls should be bright white. We made her head explode when we painted every room a different color (pale yellow for the guest bathroom and the bedrooms (two used as offices) are a lavender, mint green and a light coral. The master bedroom is blue with white trim. — Pat S
Pat, since our daughter is a realtor, I know that our house would be a real estate agent's nightmare. If we wanted to sell it, she would probably have us paint everything white:-(
DeleteI should have added that I absolutely adore purple--deep, royal purple--and it looks really good on me. Unfortunately, it's not a color you run across very often in clothes. I have a sweater in that purple, which I love, but it's starting to get some tiny holes. I'll be devastated when I have to give it up.
ReplyDeleteYay purple!
DeleteColors? Yikes! On me, I tend towards denim blue and forest green. I also like purple, and have always loved maroon. My hair is what I call faded red. Auburn turning lighter, but not white or gray. And I have had a really light streak, blonde almost white, at the front which makes Frank refer to me as the bride of Frankenstein. As for the house, I've been in it 3 years now and have not changed any interior colors. The exterior was this pinky beige that did nothing for us. It is now a light gray that shines almost silver in the sunshine. We've gotten compliments on it, so I'm happy.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter used to mock me about the colors in the house. She would say "off-white" or "beige" in an annoying nasal tone to make them sound even worse. So, the last repainting, I went with gray (do you know just how many gray variations there are from which to choose) in the living room, with white (not glaring, also a million different whites on the color palate) trim. I have two navy chairs and a couch I thought was gray but turned out to be more tan (I'll work on that). Then there's another left-over chair that I was going to get rid of, but I'm thinking I might get it recovered, since it's a nice chair. Anyway main bathroom got gray and white, too, which I really love. Bedrooms are gray, off-white, and my mystery color. The mystery color in my bedroom was supposed to be a buttery or soft yellow, but it is more like a Tuscany, light orange (but not orange as you think of when you think of orange). The painter tried twice on the wall to get what I wanted, and this last one I could live with, so I told him to stop. There's also a very light gray in my office/reading room (where I do neither work nor reading), off-white in kitchen with cabinets painted a little bit of a variation. I'm going to get a kitchen redo, hopefully this year, and I'm not sure what colors I'll go with. Dining room is brown walls. Now, before you make an ugly face at that, the brown is over paneling and works really well. I had seen it in someone else's house and liked it, so I went with it, crossing my fingers, and viola, it worked. Back porch is off-white, and I'm hoping to get some work done on it soon, too. Oh, TV room is off-white, and it could use a redo, too, but it's not priority. I have off-white bookshelves in two rooms and oak bookshelves in a bedroom, all built-in. And, the foyer and bedroom hallway are a nice color of tan that fits with the other colors.
ReplyDeleteClothes are lots of black, but also blues. I do try to get some different colors, but I'm not too successful at it. I did buy a lovely wine colored skirt and sweater ensemble, and I already had a nice wine-colored blouse that matches it. I do really like white blouses in different styles, too. And, I've started liking light pink blouses, too.
Kathy, I'm going to message you photos of two chairs I had recovered a couple years ago. They're armless slipper chairs from the 1920's, originally upholstered in red damask with silk twisted fringe. A bit too "early bordello" for our aesthetic. I had the upholsterer raise the seating height to 18" so they can be used at the dining table, if necessary, and the fringe changed to a flat skirt. The fabric is a modern black and white print in a crisp cotton, and I made lumbar cushions to match. You can barely tell they're the same chairs, but now they're good for another 50 years.
DeleteIf your chair is in otherwise good shape it's probably way better quality than the new stuff available.
Karen, I love your recovered chairs! Wow!
ReplyDeleteCherries In The Snow was by Revlon. Our first lipstick allowed was Powder Pink by Revlon. I went to a girl's school with stringent rules. I love all colors. This has been a fun posting. Merci!
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