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Chairs for this sofa idea's?

14 years ago

Hello all, I am gathering furniture for young adult son. Below is the sofa I just scored off CL, it has black piping. I would love to see pictures on styles of chairs YOU would mix with this sofa. I'm not after color so much at this point but more into shape/style. Give you what ya got, all idea's welcome.

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Comments (12)

  • 14 years ago

    Meant to say give ME what you got, sorry I will always be typo queen.

  • 14 years ago

    Couch looks like it has a modern feel, how about some armless chairs. Another option may be some danish chairs, or a similar style chair that matches the couch.

    Here is a link that might be useful:

  • 14 years ago

    How much do you want to spend? Crate and Barrel has a couple of chairs that would look great with that sofa...

  • 14 years ago

    And West Elm is having an upholstery sale...I particularly like the "Sweep" armchair. (I would go with cloth, but it is available in leather...)

    Here is a link that might be useful: West Elm Upholstery sale

  • 14 years ago

    And I think the lines on these ebay chairs work...I even like the color with your sofa...

    Here is a link that might be useful: MCM lounge chairs

  • 14 years ago

    My one comment is to check seat heights. It's a nice look when the seat heights are approximately the same when furniture is grouped together.

  • 14 years ago

    Hi, thank you all for ideas,love them all. I am new to this style of decorating so needed a bit of education (ok, a lot of education) on what I could get away with in the chair department that will go with this sofa. I'm not even sure what you would call the sofa style (can you tell me?) I do love it though.

    My price range is in the "used" category, such as CL, Ebay and garage sales (Palm Beach County area). This is all for my young adult son who needs everything and wanted all black leather furnishings in a smallish space. He is not buying or doing any of the work looking and so my feeling is that since I hate all black sofa's and chairs in a small space I'm not doing it. Yesterday I Scored big on CL on the leather light beige in the light beige yellow family sofa with black piping for $150...a steal, it has a little brass emblem on the side with the maker's mark and seems well made and is in perfect condition. Fortunately or unfortunately due to sofa quality I can't just mix any ole chairs with it. It's going to be tricky finding two chairs in the $100 to $125 ea range (even used) and that's why I need many style ideas. If I find something much cheaper I would consider reupholstering if it was just the seat or seat and back but not a whole chair.

    I love love the ebay chairs with teal. However, what I'm after is ideas on styles (and do like that style as well)that I could get away with because the chairs must be Black or dark grey to satisfy son and reach a compromise while "man-ing up" the look.

    Thank you for the height consideration. Sofa is 20" from floor to seat cushion top and 38" from floor to sofa back height.

    P.S, I asked this above but what style family beside "modern" does this sofa fall in?

  • 14 years ago

    The cushions on those MCM chairs I linked would be easy-peasy to recover in black. And the wood would play nicely with anything. I honestly think you should be able to find some nice MCM chairs used that you can make work. The lines on that sofa are very MCM. (To my eye, anyway!)

    I like a bit of height variation, myself.

  • 14 years ago

    Meant to add---go to the thrift shops in your area. You should be able to pick something up with clean, minimalist lines for not TOO much money...and you won't have to have 'em shipped. Look for loose cushions that can be recovered easily.

  • 14 years ago

    Oh looky here! This chair is cheap at urban outfitters but still more than I'm spending on the boy who needs everything. I do love the lines of this chair with the sofa and think I will use this as an inpiration.
    Maybe I could mix the chair above that mjsee posted if I only find one of my inspiration chairs???
    Also love this area rug for son, but way not in budget. I am going to use it as an inspiration though (I think), is it too strong? It's not my taste but it would man-up the room and it has the colors that son likes. What ya think? See sofa above!

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  • 14 years ago

    love the MCM chairs, wish I had room for them. I think they would be great with your sofa.

  • 14 years ago

    Thank you nansea and all, did you see the ebay chair mjsee posted? If I am unlucky to kind two chairs close to the Urban Outfitter chair do you think a chair like the ebay chair mjsee posted above would look ok mixed with one UrbanOutfitter style chair? I can't do teal though (son doesn't like it) but if the price was right I could bring in more dark grey fabric or maybe a shade in my inpiration rug. I would rather have two matching chairs but that may not be possible.