My 'Market' Wish Is...

A few pieces that I can use to lighten up 

a very traditional home. 

At work they asked for a 'Market Wish List'

These pieces were on mine.

John Saladino does it to perfection.

He combines the normally heavy and dramatic effect 

of antiques/traditional case-goods 

with the soft modern look of 

waterfall-slip covered sofas, chairs and ottomans

These dining chairs would look just as fabulous with 

a trestle table,

or a Chippendale dining table.

But the effect would be different,

and special, a DESIGNED look.

And that is what most people want when 

they ask for a 'Designer' in a furniture store.

Right? 

Now... here is the kicker....

the pieces that I am featuring in this post are all from 

Bernhardt Interiors.

Yes, Bernhardt Furniture Industries.

I have a link to their site at the bottom of this post.

I have access to all of theses pieces.

But I do not have them on my showroom floor,

I can not have my clients see-touch-feel them.

And many people need to see the chair 

or sofa that they are considering 

next to the traditional case-goods 

to understand 'the look.' I am trying to achieve for them.

Everyone wants an ottoman/bench for a cocktail table these days.

And if you are too proud to buy a reclining sofa 

(and I hope you are, because if you are that worn out....go to bed)

putting your feet up on a comfy cocktail table-ottoman will do the trick.

What is your opinion 

of the pieces from Bernhardt Interiors ?

Which piece do you think 

would do the best on a selling floor?

Or...which is your favorite?

I am off to work 

XXX's

Have a great day...and I will catch up on my commenting on thursday & friday

Bernhardt Interiors

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Would You Consider This?

Would you ever place an armless banquette/styled sofa in the 'dead space' 

of a living room or family room?

dead space; an area in a room that is too small 

to actually do a seating area ( or anything else really) with regular sofas and chairs.

(depth issues)

I have.

It's a real winning approach to the problem.

Try it. 

It will be worth all your efforts.

Would you consider this solution?

Would you ever use a sofa that styled like a banquette?

-flush against the wall?

*It comes off very 1940's

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Who Needs Arms Anyway ? * Part ll

These are fun.

You can use them in a dining room as seating at your dining table

It would be used  instead of a ready made banquet.

And if you did that you would gain at least 30"

in the room by putting the armless piece it against the wall of the dining room.

Just pull the table up and slightly over it. I have found that pedestals work best,

that way there are no table legs fighting you to get in or out.

 Right?

The Juliet from Lexington

An armless sectional * heaven.

Liz Claybourne by Lexington

This is an armless sectional I designed and had made for that boyfriend .

It was no less than fabulous.

These 2 are divine anywhere

Don't you agree?.

This is just elegant.

This is a bit too funky for me, but it is certainly armless.

Again....these could be perfect in the right fabric, and in the right room.

She does armless too.

Just remember if you do a banquet for dining,

remember it must be armless.

If it is not it is too hard to get in the seat with out moving the whole piece.

And most of the time others are sitting on it too at the same time as you.

Would you use a banquet for a dining area 

in your home ?

Do you think it would look cozy 

and elegant ?

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Who Needs Arms Anyway?

The Chloey Sofa from Drexel.

Did you know that when you lose the arms on a sofa

you often gain between 14 and  24 inches in a room?

And that is huge!

This is 84W x 40D x 39H named Chloey Sofa from Drexel Heritage

This is just 'okay' in my opinion.

This is 'Juliet' from Lexington.

This is really sharp.

The back contours around on the sides, I like that.

This also the Juliet from Lexington. about 83" Long and it is high in back...about 38."

This is a Liz Clayborne Sofa from Lexington.

This is my pick, and it is from Century. I love love love a 'bench seat'.

A bench seat is one single cushion rather than 2 ( or sometimes 3).

Did you know why they ( the furniture industry ) came up the brilliant idea of 3 cushions on a sofa where there would normally would be 1 ( a bench seat cushion ) or 2?

The smaller the cushions, the smaller the fabric you need.

Now they can utilize all the fabric that would normally be scrap.

I explain that to people all they time... and do you know what people say in the defense of the 3 cushion sofa?

" If I don't get a 3 cushion sofa I will have less seating, and besides how will people know where to sit?"

" And no one wants to sit on the crack "

HUH??? How will they KNOW  WHERE TO SIT ?

I say to them with a straight face;

" Well, you sit on a crack everyday and it doesn't seem you bother you, 

does it ?"

hahahahahahahahahha:)

I do really.......I say that ( to some ).

They are caught off guard and 'crack' up.

Then I try again to emphasize how much more attractive and costly sofas look with only 1 or 2 cushions.

If they insist on a 3 cushion sofa.....I write it off to the fact that most furniture stores mainly buy and sell 3 cushion sofas. The masses tastes have been tainted by the propaganda put out and into furniture markets.

This is called the Apartment sofa. It is only 36" deep, and this piece is part of a sectional.

But the sectional has NO ARMS. It has a corner piece, but that is it.

Very do-able if you are working with a small space,

and you want to add seating.

This is actually part of a sectional, from Century *Elegance Collection

* I just don't get why people (average peeps) insist on arms.

You can get all the same effect by using the right kind of pillows

next to you and under your arms/elbows.

I promise. This is true.

Armless sofas come in all styles.

You just have to look and dig.

Most furniture sales people are unaware of the armless

pieces in collection. So, you have to ask them to research it.

I would love this sofa.

I think it is exquisitely upholstered.

* The armless Leigh Made to Measure is available in lengths 

from 28 to 120 inches. 

The Leigh Ottoman is available from 18 to 60 inches in length

You can always find an armless sofa in a sectional.

Well, not always, but it is more common than not.

(8 out 10 sectionals will have an armless love seat or sofa)

You can order just the armless love seat

or the armless sofa once you have it.

You sometimes can specify how many cushions you want if it is a better upholstery house.

*the price of the sofa will be based on the fabric grade

This is what the armless sofa will look like on the diagram

( most likely it will have different dimensions )

of the pieces that you can order to make a sectional.

Ask your salesman, they can show you.

It is there in all the catalogs that offer sectional sofas..

That is how THEY order it.

You will be presented with something like this below.

(less the silly green dots)

Here is the critical part,

make sure that you order it as

 a ' FREE STANDING ' piece.

This means that the sides will not have

the metal male and female parts on the sides of the armless sofa

that are used to attach the pieces of the sectional together

so that they do not come apart.

You definitely do not want that.

And get it in writing on your order.

*It also means that where extra fabric is needed on the sides,

(which are now the ends of your armless sofa)

the factory will take extra care in the finishing process.

*Well, this is the 3rd attempt at this post

it absolutely evaporated twice while loading and typing the original.

I am sorry if this is not a FABULOUS post.

It was hard to 'get into it' again.

Do you know what I mean?

Would you, 

could you ...

use an armless sofa ?

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