Le Style Anglaise: Slipper Chairs

Slipper Chairs from Linda, Calling It Home

Really, what could be nicer than having a new friend?  And a new friend who "gets" you!  Nothing could be nicer~ and my new friend, and fellow design blogger, Linda, of Calling It Home, and creator of the One Room Challenge is a fabulous lady with a ton of style and California cool.  She just asked me if I'd like to have these beautiful, English style chairs, dressed in a sepia toned Robert Allen toile...aren't they great?  I think even Princess Pyne would agree! Oh, and Linda moved down here from New Jersey!  Small world.  Linda and I met through the blogosphere, and the rest is history.

DFID (C) 2015

As you can see, I've brought the fun ikat rug back into this small room, to break up the boring bourgeois darkness of the space.  I like the palette even better with these chairs added in to the mix.  They (Slipper chairs) look good anywhere you put them, and like Billy Baldwin, I love seeing them in a living room as opposed to a bedroom.  When Linda showed me the chairs, I was instantly reminded of Peter Hood, John Fowler's last assistant, and also of Albert and Sister, and Nancy "Princess" Pyne...even the Pyne chintz by Schumacher somewhat.

Slipper chair on ikat rug (Feizy)

Perhaps one day I'll get around to ordering the "Les Touches" from Brunschwig for these little jewels, although I would probably just slipcover them, since they look so handsome as they are.  Enjoy!  DF *****

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Slipcover Chic

Drawing by Albert Hadley

What could be more evocative of quiet elegance than a slipcover ? Slipcovers evoke a romantic 19th century mood of country houses, old money, and a staff of servants... they are the epitome of old guard chic, and serve a function as well, since they protect delicate silks and velvets underneath. Here, Albert Hadley used these slipcovers in a red and white stripe for a room at the famed Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club Decorator Showhouse, New York. He also used some in the apartment of socialite Babe Paley... I love them used on delicate french chairs. Consider slipcovering something soon ! DF *****