When One Kings Lane recently
asked me to help them introduce their Home Décor Resource Guide by writing
about a statement
chair from my home that reflects my personal style, I jumped up and down at the
opportunity. If you’re not familiar with them, One King’s Lane is a website
that sells gorgeous top-brand, vintage, and designer items. It’s an understatement
to say I was flattered and thrilled to be approached by them.
To
be honest with you, though, I didn’t really know what a statement chair was.
I’d just given my two living room wing chairs to my daughter and wasn’t sure I
even owned a statement chair.
Whenever
in doubt, I always search for information. I simply went to the One Kings Lane Home
Décor Resource and typed “statement chair” in the search box. Up came an article
about how to incorporate statement furniture into any room, and in a few
minutes I knew all about statement chairs.
According to the article:
The purpose of a statement chair is
fairly self-explanatory: it makes a statement. It has the power to draw
attention to a particular room or nook, define a space, or add a pop of color,
pattern, or the unexpected. They’re mobile and functional ways to express your
aesthetic. Whether you have a contemporary dining room, a traditional bedroom,
or a sleekly modern living room, you can breathe new life into the space (and
the rest of your furniture) with one seriously
unique chair.
As I read that description, I realized I was
literally at that moment sitting in my family room in the perfect example of a statement
chair. After we finished our kitchen remodel just before Thanksgiving, the very
day after the plastic came down in fact, we had a new leather sectional
delivered to replace the old saggy one in our family room. We loved the size,
shape, color, and comfort of our new sectional, but it didn’t illustrate what
we wanted to convey with our decor.
We still needed a new armchair for that space, and I now realize that as we shopped for it, we were looking for a statement chair, a chair that would clearly define the vibe in the room as vintage. It had to be a strong statement because it was just one chair competing with a huge sectional. We saw many plain armchairs that were the right color and size and were comfortable, but the one we finally chose from a local merchant has more than that; it has a unique shape and fabric pattern that makes a very clear statement. It defines our family room as vintage, fun, and a bit funky.
A
cool thing about having a relatively inexpensive statement chair is that when we
want to change the vibe of our family room, we can just recover this chair or find a new statement
chair that reflects whatever our new vibe is perfectly. We won’t have to buy a whole new
expensive sectional. We can just change our chair.
Smart!
For lots more smart ideas check
out the One Kings Lane Home Décor Resource Guide and bookmark it for future
reference. You’ll be amazed at the wealth of information there, from a Home Decor Shopping Handbook to The History of Chairs; it’s a
great decorating resource.
Thanks
so much for stopping by today and taking a look at our new statement chair. I have a few more projects left to do in our family room and then I hope to share the rest of
it with you soon.
I hope you have
a great week!
(I wasn't compensated in any way for this post, and all my opinions are my own.)
