<p>Here is a website of a local furniture store specializing in contemporary design (I’m looking at a couple of things on it):</p>
<p>[Seattle</a> and Bellevue Furniture | Schoenfeld Interiors](<a href=“http://www.schoenfeldinteriors.com/]Seattle”>http://www.schoenfeldinteriors.com/)</p>
<p>I think they might not have any stores outside of WA, but they list manufacturers’ names, so if you like something, you can find who sells it in your state through the manufacturer.</p>
<p>Well, I’m already on record as the person with a sofa that is pushing 100, so my advice would be to try to find some great vintage item or items that you can recover in a great fabric. You could mix a sofa of that sort with contemporary club chairs or vice versa.</p>
<p>I am the worlds worst furniture shopper because of this- 80% of the furniture out there is not my taste - overstuffed, over fluffed, slouchy or just plain ugly. 15% of it might look nice but is way beyond my budget - always n the lookout for that 5% that actually might work.</p>
<p>I do often like Pottery Barn (though often can’t afford it) - the store may show very neutral colors but if you ask you may be able to order in other colors. </p>
<p>I like color too. :). Currently sitting in a room with 2 different unique red sofas. But have also decided that I could be happy with a neutral color if it is fresh looking and then just invest in various colored pillows to trade out for the seasons. Something lighter for summer, something warmer for winter. But NO browns, olive greens for me!!</p>
<p>Another fan of Room and Board; good quality, sturdy and modern.</p>
<p>I thought this thread would generate some sofa and home decor ads. Instead, I’m getting ads for school furniture! How lame is that! :p</p>
<p>Ah, CC keeps expanding my horizons… I had to look up “Balinese”. </p>
<p>If you might tire of a design after a few years, don’t worry about whether it will last forever. Good luck… have fun!</p>
<p>Well, I’m not seeing “it” yet. Gonna keep looking and who knows…I don’t expect to “bore” of anything new fairly soon, as mentioned this set is going into its 14th year. I think I just want to do something different. We’ll see. Luckily there’s no urgency. :)</p>
<p>Antique stores, garage sales, upholstery shops. I love my living room which is an eclectic mix. Chest from Zanzibar, desk my great grandfather made, a small chest of drawers (silver chest originally I think) from downsizing my mother, stool from Africa, coffee table from Indonesia, oriental carpet. Hand me down stuffed rocker from my parents recovered with a fabric I really like (beige and green leaves) Boring beige sofa from Ethan Allen, boring green arm chair from Pottery Barn. Most of the art work is either African, or Japan and there are a bunch of paintings I did as well.</p>
<p>Ekornes? [Recliner</a> chairs and sofas | Stressless comfort recliner furniture](<a href=“http://www.ekornes.com/us]Recliner”>Innovative Scandinavian design since 1934 - Ekornes AS) </p>
<p>I’ve only bought their leather upholstered furniture, but they have some nice fabrics, too.</p>
<p>Rather than putting any purple into the wall color go for a light dove gray color and then put purple into the room.</p>
<p>are antiques out, reupholstered? Garage sale furniture reupholstered? old with a new twist in fabric, colors? Does it have to be new? </p>
<p>I have my mother’s bentwood furniture (two small scroll work bentwood sofas) with single white cushions, and I’m thinking of using fabric paint. They are in the Florida room, and hardly anyone sits there anyway, but they are pretty. They are on an Edward Fields rug with lots of blues and yellows (my favorite) so I was going to paint them light blue.</p>
<p>I may have found a piece that I would be really happy starting the room with, at World Market (Cost Plus) - thank you to whoever made me go look there. It’s a small chair that they show on their website. I went to look and sit on it. It’s actually more beautiful in person than on the website (much more vibrant color - it even has the greyish purple I adore that I’ve been eyeballing for the accent wall) and very comfy. I made friends with a young guy who works there, and he signed me up for some reward card (similar to the ones they use at the grocery store) and it instantly came with a 10% off coupon. The chair is on sale until late Oct and gives me a bit of time to digest it.</p>
<p>[Inverness</a> Darby Chair | World Market](<a href=“http://www.worldmarket.com/product/inverness+darby+chair.do?&from=fn]Inverness”>http://www.worldmarket.com/product/inverness+darby+chair.do?&from=fn)</p>
<p>Have you looked at Joss & Main? They have an eclectic mix.</p>
<p>I found Joss & Main really hard to navigate. I had a heck of a time trying to narrow anything down, due to the way the do collections. But it’s got some interesting items for sure.</p>
<p>Justamom…is that chair comfy? I like the looks but generally find that style awkward to actually use.</p>
<p>TempeMom, yes, it’s actually very comfortable. And as it would be an accent piece, it’ll most likely be for visitors, not every day long time (watching TV & movies, for example) sitting. I thought it might be awkward getting up without arms, but not so bad for me (mid-50s). Probably not gonna have aging family/friends use it.</p>
<p>Oh - that Darby chair looks very nice. And the legs seem like something that could blend with much of the furniture available in stores. </p>
<p>Years ago we bought some home decorator services via a silent auction fundraiser. She was very helpful. Her custom window valences were expensive, but we still love them many years later. Her advise was to start by selecting a couch that you love. Then add other chair(s), area rug etc. That’s similar to doing the chair as decorating anchor. </p>
<p>I liked the approach, except if we had to do it over again we would have selected a framed picture for the the focus wall first. We never really did find the perfect replacement. Eventually we returned from a trip to Spain and realized that a Picasso print that had been rolled up in the basement for 30 years would do the trick, so we had it framed.</p>