The Upholstery Forum

Hello everyone, i've stripped an armchar and was thinking about having Morris & Co fabric as pictured and have uploaded what a chair looks like, not mine, but one for an idea but i've been told the Morris is gawdy looking! I'm quite sensitive on these things and the Wm isn't peanuts to buy but i'd like other peoples thoughts before i take the plunge.

It really depends on the space it will live in.

I refinished a chair that would have looked fantastic in the space that I picked it up from, but when I returned it, all of the colors in the space had been redone and the chair no longer fit in the space, as the color was too strong in the new space, but was just right for the old space. Is the chair meant to be an accent piece or a piece to balance something else out. You can not really judge the piece without considering where it will live.

It is an antique chair, 100 years or so now and yes, while it would fit in our home as is all arts and crafts, if we decided to sell then this is the issue.

All of that is a matter of personal taste. What is gaudy to one likely isn't to another. Do you value the preferences and opinions of others over your own. I point this out only because it might help. I'm not one to care much for others opinion or view, so would look to please myself. However not everyone is the same and pleasing and impressing others has more import. Neither way is better or worse. The choice is easier if you understand that about yourself or your client.

My opinion on the fabric, its nice and reasonable. Not at all gaudy. But set in an austere and minimalist environment, it might be very different. But that too isn't a necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes they just need to be there to be a statement, to challenge the space.

The best part... if you can cover it once, you can cover it again when you feel like it needs it, for whatever the reason! Even if you hate it and it was expensive, that's a valuable lesson and likely a path you won't soon repeat.

GL