Mark, Thanks for posting
a picture of your lovely room. You have some sweet pieces in your collection...but perhaps a few too many pillows. Would you consider editing the room of some of the pillows and artwork? And the angled glass top on the coffee table looks to be a bit dangerous . Consider squaring it off with the sofa and the barc's. Very nice...and you should be quite proud.
Best,
Mark
I feel
It is a bit too full. I think the culprits are the Barcelona ottomans that block the view of the lovely teak credenza. Perhaps you need to put them away till the urge to rearrange strikes you at a later date. Otherwise I like the mix.
edit confession; I also suffer from the too much issue.
Speaketh the man with cushion...
Speaketh the man with cushions on a Brno 🙂
They do look oderous, perhaps I could vacuum them for you?
Seriously though I'd take them away and play around with something more symetrical with the chairs, foot stools and 2 Grey tables, is there room to put the sideboard behind the sofa? Could you use the Grey tables as coffee tables instead?
I concur
I agree with Mark's first post. I would scale back the art and pillows a bit. I would also like to see the credenza. I am not sure I like the idea of using the Gray tables as a coffee table though. I think squaring the existing table with the sofa is a better way to go. Nice pieces, nice arrangement. It just needs a bit of tweaking. Keep up the good work.
Mark, all
of your pieces are lovely, but it looks really busy. I think once you've tried sitting in a Barcelona without it's ottoman for more than five minutes you will find a way to bring the two back together.
It's just a matter of editing and rearranging at this point. Why don't you look for a Sol Bloom catch-all to pile your pillows in, if you really want them all out on display?
I agree with some that the ro...
I agree with some that the room looks quite busy although you have some great pieces!!! I think you should remove some of the pillows and also remove some of the paintings. The wall is too filled, my eyes get trapped.
The issue with the Barcelona chairs and their ottomans is a tough one. You obviously don't have enough room to display them together but separating them doesn't seem to visually make sense to me either. Maybe just use the chairs in this room and put the ottomans somewhere else as stools because your ottomans are obstructing the view of that gorgeous credenza. I would never put anything in front of a beautiful danish credenza!
Speaking of credenza I would also remove some of the items you have on the top. There's too much going on on top of it and most of them are cheaper plastic objects that don't really compliment the decorative quality of the credenza. I always find that the best things for a nice long danish credenza is a high end looking sculpture (like midcentury jax, vase or small lamp, if animal figurine it should something classy like an Arabia of Finland giraffe or something similar).
Lastly the cowhide rug doesn't seem enhance this room, mostly because this room is very busy looking already. I would just get a one color rug instead so the really cool table base of the coffee table show off better. I always feel that a cowhide rug is best used in a in large room and it would be floating by itself with not much around it. Also keep that glass top as clean and minimal as possible so the base can be more visible.
You have some wonderful pieces.
Just edit and move things around.
I want to reiterate that you...
I want to reiterate that you should take the ottomans away from the front of the credenza. I have never seen a single photo on the internet where someone put things right in front of their Danish credenza obstructing it. It's definitely a no no in my book plus your credenza is beautiful!
yup, you've got the ingredien...
yup, you've got the ingredients there, just have to let them shine, the 2 chairs are no matter what people say a winner, familiarity might breed a little boredom but they're a work of extraordinary talent.
There are some pictures somewhere of Mies' Chicago apartment that had skirting boards like yours and wood floors, it looked grand.
White paint, wood floors, some plants...brown leather Barcelonas, it could be heaven.
Try switching the
positions of the couch and the credenza, so the credenza is all by itself on the long wall. Put the square coffee table centered in front of the couch. Then you should have room to put the Barcelonas and their ottomans opposite the couch.
Use one Eileen Gray table between the Barcelonas and one on the end of the couch.
P.S. I love the cowhide rug.
I also think that you have some lovely pieces there
I agree with several of the points already made:
Move the ottomans away from the sidebord and give it some space.
Limit some of the artwork
Limit the amount of cushions
There is one thing that looks out of place for me, and that is the sofa/couch. The style and colour just doesn't work in my opinion. It's a nice couch, but I don't think it compliments the rest of the pieces. Again, this is just my opinion so please don't take offense!
Sofa
Upon a second look, I also agree with the comments about the rug and sofa. I love cowhide but feel that maybe that it is also contributing to the busyness of the room. I find that against the slimmer profile of the Barcelona cushions the sofa looks just a little too beefy. Understandably, it's not an easy or cheap fix but you might want to consider swapping out that piece at some point in the future if you really want to compliment the Mies pieces, which are beautiful (obviously). As for the top of the credenza, I would look for a couple nice pottery pieces to class it up a bit. Additionally, some Nagel stacking candle holders would accent the chrome of both the Barcelona and Gray pieces. Man, if you were looking for some input, it seems like you've come to the right place 😉 . Hope everyone's contributions are of help to you.
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