Favorite Chairs

Welcome to 

Favorites on the First!

(on the 2nd!!!)

My bad.

This month,

for three days 

starting right now ---

 we are sharing

our 

favorite chairs.

And before I even get started...

I want to thank 

 my sweet blogging friend 

Ron at Uptown Acorn

for dropping me a kind email

to remind me that it was in fact....

the 2nd!

When did THAT happen?

Life sometimes just 

gets in the way, you know?

Anyway,

I thought a lot about what 

my "favorite chair"

was to share with you today, 

but I don't really have

one in the same way that 

my husband, or my dad,

or grandfather might consider their

favorite chair.

You know the kind ...
something big and comfy 

that you sink into at night 

to watch your favorite game

or take a nap in after Thanksgiving?

A chair with "history".

No, that's not the kind 
I am sharing with you today, 
though the first one does have history. 
It's an English antique  

 and the needlepoint 
on the back is original.

My favorite kinds of chairs 

fall more into the 
design category, 
so I would call it a

"form over function" 

selection for me.

Love the details.

This chair is in the living room next to a writing desk.

Sharing a couple with you
from my house

and cannot wait to see what 

your favorite

chair or chairs might be.

On to the kitchen.
These are our everyday dining chairs.

Normally I would have searched for 

an old antique set, 

 but when I found these

with oil paintings on the backs 
depicting pastoral farm scenes...

they just seemed perfect 

for a kitchen in a barn!

There are two sets of them.

Seats are caned. Carved detailing.

The paintings were rumpled and aged a bit
before they applied them to the backs.

The seat back fronts are padded and upholstered in
a soft woven straw raffia fabric.

They were one of those things that you see and you say,
"Now why didn't I think of that!?" 

Oil paintings for upholstery usage.

Who would have thought it?

And finally, 

there are my two estate sale finds.

Vintage French style side chairs

that I had reupholstered.

(Photo taken last summer!)

This one was taken today.

They are Max's favorite chairs to nap on.

They sit in the sunshine in the bay window

of the living room. 

Front entry hall chairs

Scalamandre' paisley chair in the sitting area
outside the powder room.

 Now it's your turn 
to pick a seat!

Hope you will share a post
this month with us.