You know…is it for ‘screaming’ or centrepiece purposes like a lot of folk seem to like to do today?
‘Look at Me! Hey Everyone! Look at me!’ – *selfie, selfie.*
Then you need a gossip starter. Something that does slightly take over the room.
If you go for something like the ones below and it does not raise a reaction, check your guest’s pulse.
You usually only need one of these. Trying to match Screamers as a neat two-some is not especially necessary.
Then go for deep, fat and squidgy.
If it’s for when the house is empty and it’s just you, some wine, a good book or film, socks, PJ’s and chocolate, then comfort is everything.
I’m thinking perhaps a battered or distressed style armchair.
If it’s not bought that way it then it should have great potential to get that way in about 6 months from over-use!
Well okay, so now you could be talking matching twin sets, but un-matching is still cool too.
To encourage an environment for tea and conversation don’t make it too squidgy. Maybe a high back or something slightly formal.
Formal. Try things a little more formal.
So what’s the Eye-Sweep in your’ gaff?’ You know when you first open the door…what hits you?
Think about the colours. I can’t tell you whether you want to match your general decor or rebel against it.
That’s a decision for you to make. But when you open the door to the living space, what do you want to feel?
Calm?
Vibrant?
Chatty?
‘Oh God it’s soooo good to be home?’
Extra fussy-proud of your little Mortgage Beast?
So think about the existing colours and vibe of the room and the armchair (and your sofa) and imagine if that is what the
patterns or colour and shapes you choose will elicit.
A room should elicit something and you should hopefully desire to be there.
A client chose to ignore our advice regarding the size of her tiny social space.
She insisted on 2 large-sized, squidgy armchairs plus a sofa when this old fashioned combination was obvious overkill.
She could have taken one or the other.
The chairs were fine but that didn’t mean they were right for her space.
As a result the room is lifeless, soulless, unloved and has no ambience… Just over stuffed seating which dominates the room.
That alone was the eye-sweep. One couldn’t see past the seating on entering the room.
Consequently, even today, her family huddle socially in the kitchen…unsurprisingly.
All of these apart from the top 3 Jimmie Martin Screamers are currently available on The Überbook armchair gallery.