Family Room With Sofa and Two Accents Chairs

This blog post was a reader request later on I shared coffee and side table pairings final calendar month- and of course, I was happy to oblige! I'll take whatever opportunity to shop for piece of furniture and talk about design. In today's postal service, I rounded upward a Bunch of beautiful sofa and accent chair pairings, but I'm also talking nigh the design "rules" that apply to combining these 2 staple seating pieces. Click through for my current favorites and to get my tips, if you're working on your own seating layout…

My biggest piece of advice for pairing accent chairs with your sofa is to consider contrast. Yous want the pieces to feel like they compliment each other, merely tin stand up alone. If you tin achieve 1 of the post-obit contrasting elements, you'll take a cute outcome…

COLOR // Be intentional with color- I'm a fan of contrasting colors for depth, merely you can also take the monochromatic look… just make sure they don't clash.
SHAPE // The shape of your sofa in comparing with the shape of the chair is very of import. I generally stay away from perfectly repeated shapes, only make certain the overall shape feels like it belongs to the aforementioned family (case: a modern sofa pairs well with a chair that has a geometric arm style).
MATERIAL // Another really dainty contrast is the cloth in which the seating is constructed. A velvet sofa would look very dramatic next to an organic looking woven chair.
Mode // Go on in mind the overall artful of the room. If you're going for a glam look, both pieces of furniture should embody that style.
Course // Lastly, be mindful of grade. For example, a skirted sofa (or a sofa without legs- or subconscious ones) would look very overnice with a chair that has an intricate or obvious leg style. A contrasting leg style between the sofa and a chair is a good indication form has been considered, and provides a nice remainder of negative space.

My second piece of communication is to make sure the scale aligns. You want to make sure your sofa and accent chair is of a similar proportion that fits the calibration of the room. For instance, it would look visually "off" to run across a smaller, apartment-sized sofa paired with a massive, oversized chair. You want to make sure the scale is consequent for all of the seating pieces in a space. Ready for my visual examples and the roundup?

Click directly on the sofas and chairs to exist redirected to the source- or use the numbered links below each collage to store…

01: magnolia chair // 02: ashby sofa // 03: silas chair // 04: everleigh sofa // 05: cane accent chair // 06: dries sofa // 07: colby chair // 08: harmony sofa // 09: slope arm swivel // 10: hoxton sofa // xi: rhea accent chair // 12: velvet sofa // 13: delaney chair // 14: slate sofa

So- that's the showtime batch! We really have the Harmony Sofa (#viii) in our guest bedchamber window nook. It's very comfortable and comes in a agglomeration of colors and configurations. Do you have favorite pairings from the first roundup? Onto the adjacent… clearly I constitute a LOT I liked.

01: bungalo armchair // 02: baxter sofa // 03: swivel rocker chair // 04: caroline love seat // 05: burn auburn chair // 06: bryant sofa // 07: zella chair // 08: ashby sofa // 09: chair with casters // 10: saguaro sofa // 11: swivel chair // 12: leather sofa // xiii: bella hinge chair // 14: square arm sofa // 15: woven armchair // sixteen: moss sofa

Annnd- your favorites from this 1 are…?! We have the Baxter Sofa in our formal living room, pictured below. I love the subtle curve and petite size. Information technology also very comfy, with downwardly wrapped cushions.

Was that helpful? I hope and then! Equally always, drop your questions and thoughts in the comment section below. This petty exercise has me wanting to shop for more seating! I'm tempted to move the hinge chairs in our formal living room to my part, and discover new chairs for the above vignette. I institute so many beautiful options, it's tempting. I recall they'll stay for now. I even so honey the mode they wait and part- plus they're really comfortable. Happy Tuesday, friends!