Interior design help needed!

[telophase]

So we've got two chairs that look like this:









Need suggestions for a couch that won't look horribly out of place next to them. Would prefer to go with the vaguely '30s (or 1920s-1940s) vibe I sort of get from them than the 1950s-60s mModern vibe. i.e it needs to look like something you'd see in a movie made from an Agatha Christie novel rather than an early James Bond movie.

In other words, while these chairs are cheap-and-cheerful Modern*, I'm going with the Art Deco/Art Moderne elements of them that I can see in these 1930s and 1930s-inspired club chairs.

I did find a couch sort of like the reproduction 1930s couches in the top photos here, at *shudder* Crate & Barrel, but it's $1500 (on sale in the store right now) and $1200 is really closer to my top limit. I'd prefer more like $800, which I know cuts out a lot of options, but would go to $1200 for the right sofa.

Plz to not be telling me to just buy what I love and they'll go together. I've been doing that for fifteen years and they do not go together, they look like crap together. I'd rather have a destination in mind.

ETA: Also, it needs to have arms large enough to sit back against when lounging reading a book. :)


* Which I can find EVERYWHERE I LOOK and am getting heartily tired of.

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Just adding links to furniture of the style that I like so I'll have them all in one place. These are things like vintage or vintage-inspired high-end furniture, not necessarily specific items I'm thinking about buying. :D

http://www.decodame.com/decofurniture/fadcc207.htm -- Plain, not too fussy. I like Deco/Moderne as a theme, not as a theme park.
http://www.decodame.com/decofurniture/fadcc181.htm
http://www.decodame.com/decofurniture/fadcc221.htm
http://www.decodame.com/decofurniture/fadsc53.htm - Hate the legs, though
http://www.decodame.com/decofurniture/fadcc204.htm
http://www.decodame.com/decofurniture/fadsc108.htm - Matches one of the chairs up there
http://www.decodame.com/decofurniture/fadsc72.htm - Hate the legs again, and don't love it, but there's something I can't quite pin down that I like.
http://www.decodame.com/decofurniture/fadsc56.htm - A little too "slouchy" for me - i.e. the cushions look a bit more like they're in slipcovers than I like. It's on the Modern end of the whole Modernist movement (Deco to Modern), but doesn't go too far into Modern territory for me. A Christie character might sit on it.
http://www.decodame.com/decofurniture/fadsc67.htm Don't like the cylinder pillows.
http://www.decodame.com/decofurniture/fadsc89.htm The Bauhaus is an option...
http://www.bgoecklerantiques.com/products.php?action=viewitem2&itemid=4144 Weeeelll... back too high, arms too low, and legs too spindly, but...
http://www.bgoecklerantiques.com/products.php?action=viewitem2&itemid=3762 Not too bad.

Comments

[rilina]

How about something like the Chloe sofa or Tory sofa at Macys?

[telophase]

Ooh, now those both look good! Thanks!

[rilina]

From what I can tell from stalking Apartment Therapy over the last few years, the Macy's sofas get mixed reviews on longevity, but they seem to be a decent compromise on style and price compared to something like Crate and Barrel or Room and Board.

[bluerabbit]

The Chesterfields look like the one from Crate & Barrel. Don't know if they necessarily look as comfy as one would like, though.

[telophase]

Yeah, and the rolled arms most of them have tend to go a little too traditional for me. Hm.

Thanks!

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[jumpuphigh]

I have the loveseat version of this couch by La-z-boy and I love it. It's comfortable to sit on. I can nap on it. It's sturdy. It's easy to clean. I do have a chair that has the same wide arms like your chairs and it blends with the loveseat just fine.

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[mustangsally78.livejournal.com]

The marble topped table? My Dad has EXACTLY the same one and it came from his mother. I've spent YEARS of my life dusting that thing and I'm intimate with every curve of those legs.

I knew I liked you for a good reason!

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[telophase.livejournal.com]

Hee! I just inherited that one from my grandparents! Apparently it's been in the family for a while, although I don't know what period it is. :D I'm currently planning on putting it in the new house's living room over on the side near a window, accompanied by two chairs of some ilk which I'll start obsessing over once I stop obsessing over the couch. XD

[vom-marlowe.livejournal.com]

Actually, it looks like Sears has quite a few that might fit the bill.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/s_10153_12605_For+the+Home_Living+Room_Sofas

It really depends on how Art-Deco you want to go, but they have a nice collection of options.

I'd send you to Nebraska Furniture Mart, but I'm not sure if they have any in Texas. That's where I got mine--it's a really nice sofa in black microfiber, has worn well, and was like 300 bucks on sale (really!).

Also, there's this one at LaZBoy:
http://www.la-z-boy.com/Product/5092-7125/Demi-Stationary-Sofa/

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Whoa, that Laz-Z-Boy looks exactly likethis Pier 1 sofa (http://www.pier1.com/Catalog/Furniture/tabid/981/CategoryId/964/ProductId/9876/ProductName/Abbie-Sofa--Berry/Default.aspx)! We went and sat on it on Friday and liked it, but didn't love it (the slope of the back is deeper than it looks on the website, so the Deco vibe isn't as pronounced in person, at least for me.)

[ujivanelson12.livejournal.com]

The material and aggregation is excellent and telltale as comfortably.
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