Furniture has been My Home Page bread and butter since the fifties. Amongst the squares and statement chair for living room crescents, buying is about more than comfort. Couples step through the door, and they all want a piece that speaks. A retro armchair, gives them that. There was a velvet sofa that went to a townhouse in Chelsea, and ten years on it looked better than ever. That’s what endures. They waste time with flat-pack, but they find themselves in Mayfair again. Modern things break, whereas classic sofas grow finer.
Taste splits by borough. Kensington demands velvet, with buttoned wingbacks. Dalston experimental, unusual chair with loud armchairs. That’s the reality. I’ll tell you something else, accent chairs outlive their buyers. Mass production never delivers it. I still walk my warehouse floors, and the difference is clear. Vintage has truth. So when you’re tempted by the new, think again. Bring home something with story, and see how it shapes your home.
Taste splits by borough. Kensington demands velvet, with buttoned wingbacks. Dalston experimental, unusual chair with loud armchairs. That’s the reality. I’ll tell you something else, accent chairs outlive their buyers. Mass production never delivers it. I still walk my warehouse floors, and the difference is clear. Vintage has truth. So when you’re tempted by the new, think again. Bring home something with story, and see how it shapes your home.
