Colorful Upholstered French Chairs

White Upholstered French Chairs Featured In Lonny Magazine

Blair and Alistair Clarke’s good taste and outstanding art landed their Park Ave home in the pages of Lonny’s September 2011′s issue. Though this wasn’t the first time their home has been photographed.  Habitually Chic posted pictures of their extravagant residence  which was featured in the May 2008 issue of Town & [...]

Zebra Upholstery On Your French Chair

Zebra Upholstery – Jessica Lagrange Interiors

Zebra Natural Framed Chair

Zebra Print Fabric With A Natural Wood French Chair

Animal print fabrics can be one of the easiest fabrics to incorporate with any interior decorating scheme.  Animal prints act much like black and white on color wheel. The pattern blends in perfectly with any color, [...]

Louis XV French Chair

Polly McArthur in Seattle features a delicate looking small Louis XV Style side chair with canned back upholstered in “Melograno” fabric from Colony in Rome. If you look closely the chair is painted in a light green and is finished with gold accents. The fabric reminds me of a pastel English garden, with a brightly [...]

French Chairs: Striped Upholstery

French chairs can be art pieces all on their own.  While many people feel red is a little bold to put on their walls, they might think red would look fabulous on an accent chair.  Furniture is one way many people are able to try bright colors without feeling overwhelmed.  Designer Brian McCarthy featured a very bold french chair with red [...]

French Chairs

This lovely chair sold by T.C. Donobedian’s Paris Flea features carved wood, and supple velvet fabric.  As you can see the frame of the chair was painted to reflect the fabrics colors.  The beauty of french chairs are the details in the frame compared to plain contemporary chairs with no detail.  French Chairs gives you the freedom to [...]

Faux Fur

Some people are sensitive to using fur to upholster with, and rightfully so. I know for myself, I cannot think about anything else for days if I have seen a video on animal torture.  Just to say, I tread on this topic cautiously, because I don’t want to ever see any animal abused for the [...]

How To Upholster A French Bergere Chair

Here is a quick video from start to finish, demonstrating how to upholster a French bergere chair. From the start of removing the old fabric to adding the new fabric and finishing touches, see first hand how to upholster a french chair, so you can do it yourself in your own home.

How To Use Upholstery Spray Paint For Quick French Chair Updates

Fabric dye has been the most traditional way of  adding color to textiles and clothing for centuries, but it hasn’t been until recent years that upholstery paint has been used intead of replacing upholstery all together.  Think about that french chair that has been tucked away just waiting to be upholstered, and hasn’t seen the sun for months.  While conventional [...]