Don’t You Dare

French banquette

 

So there I was in my normally happy mood at the brocante shop when I saw (in my opinion) this lovely big fluffy comfortable banquette (bench with a cushion).

I took out my mental-not-in-order-of-importance-notebook, and went through the checklist that is: 

1- Need a sofa for the Paris apartment. Check: Yes

2- Within my price range. Check: Yes

3- Must "fit" the look. Check: More or less… 

4- No work needed. Check Yes.

5- Must fit up the stairwell, not too heavy and through the front door. Check I doubt it.

6-  MUST be Comfortable or my family will kill me. Check NO, a big fat NO.

French Husband just stood and stared at me in disbelief. He had that look that said,

"Don't you even dare ask me what I think."

I simply said, "Wrong color."

Though this Paris apartment is doing all sorts of weird things to my styling palette…

Deer horns, brown wooden armoire, charcoal of a nude man, painted black head board…

A comfortable sofa might make it after all.

 



Comments

12 responses to “Don’t You Dare”

  1. Good call. I don’t think that piece would look as good as what you’ll end up finding for the space. Keep going!

  2. Massilianana

    It’s absolutely gorgeous ! Take it ! A nice touch of vivid color in your apartment’s muted colors palette would look great I think.

  3. I agree with Shelley. Comfy is very important and the hassle of trying to get it in the apartmen if it is even a teensy bit too wide is not worth it.

  4. The right one will come along.
    Love the color, but not for comfortable for sure.

  5. Trust your own judgement…you are a great decorator and its fun to decorate with a different flair than our usual sometime. The right piece will come along…You will know it when you see it.

  6. Oh la’, la’! Go for it! I am drooling at the instagram style snap and even in that shop light, the banquette looks ‘good to go’! Where there’s a will, there’s a way (bank account and disapproving hubbies pushed to the side!). I found something similar on our online equivalent of a Brocante here in Malta…and am trying to find a way of a) persuading hubby and b) justifying another hallway seating arrangement. Yan is more a push over than my hubby methinks! Crane to lift it in your apartement might not go down well though! Oh, I hear you say, to hell with tape measures! Love conquers all…

  7. Too funny!! You used extreme control on that one and kudos on the piffy aside!

  8. Too Funny!This will indeed make the “right one” worth waiting for! Although this one is nice!

  9. Good Answer! I can hear my husband saying the same thing!

  10. keep looking + you will find it. xxpeggybraswelldesign.com

  11. Your sofa is looking for you, as well. It will happen.

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