Is this couch gorgeous, or what??? And look at how cushy it looks! And those pillows... Sigh...Anyway, whenever it was that I first thought about owning one, ever since I laid my peepers on Nick's I've wanted one of my own. It's been a bit of a secret only because I wasn't sure if I was just crazy for wanting one. I have pegged myself as a person who wants a mostly neutral colored room with one large pop of color (in this case, an amazing peacock blue velvet couch...), and possibly another small pop of a contrasting color here and there (like those golden pillows). I'd love to have an exact replica of Nick's couch, but I'm sure that's near impossible. The funny thing was, when I first saw it I actually DID have a blue velvet couch... Only it was probably the most hideous couch EVER. It was navy and gold and ivory striped, and very boxy... Shudder... However, the couch was freely given by generous folks, was very comfortable, provided a place for my family and I to lounge for three years, and for that I am truly thankful. Truly.
From time to time I google "blue velvet couch", and sometimes I happen upon loveliness that has me wanting my own blue velvet couch all over again. Here are some of my finds. Just try to convince me that you aren't enamored, too.
If a whole couch is too much, maybe one (...or two) of these salon lounge chairs by Baker Furniture will do the trick... :O) Traditional Home did a post on it... back in 2007... which is how I found this chair. I also really like the fabric behind it, but it was only available to designers at the time...
This here is the large Hutton sofa by Room & Board. I'd get the smaller three cushion version if I could. Abigail of www.gogoabigail.com has one and she has only good things to say about it. You can see hers here looking gorgeous - and with a yellow pillow no less!!!What do you think? Crazy? Or crazy good???
Anyway. Can you believe it's September already??? I mean... September. SEP. TEM. BER.
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. ~Albert Pike
We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and a mystery. ~H. G. Wells
Blessings,
Susan
oh, susan. i have a hideous wine-red wingback chair that i'm planning to reupholster, and i couldn't decide if i should go blue velvet or pale green. just seeing these pictures sold me on the blue. so pretty...
ReplyDeleteI've always loved your blue velvet couch dream, I only wish I had been as design minded when I picked out my couch.
ReplyDeleteI grew up with a GIANT (as in super long) red velvet couch. It was super low to the floor and a deep beautiful red color. It was old when we got it, and that much older still when my mom and I left it near a dumpster behind the strip mall she worked in. I was so sad that day and didn't understand why we had given it up! But that wasn't my mom's style, too bad that incident didn't happen a few years later when I could have taken it for my own. Ahhhh...memories... :O)
LOVE the H.G. Wells quote! So true!
ReplyDeleteJenn, I am blue with envy! Ha ha. Glad to be of visual service, my dear!
ReplyDeletei love blue velvet couches! but maybe that is cause i have one with golden pillows. haha... all from my favorite store of course! ;) but bought at a much friendly price...
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