How much is too much leather?
The designer told me that 3 pieces of furniture in one room is just too much leather, and may look like a furniture store. How much leather in one room is too much? I am all for the different textures, but I am also a realist. I would hate for the cat to use my new chair as a scratching post. They have completely stayed away from the new leather sofa. Fabric, especially in a light color also shows dirt too easily. So, how much leather do you have in your living room?
Re: How much is too much leather??
My wife and I are looking to purchase some nice furniture for our great room. We are thinking a sofa and two chairs. I love unique leather furniture, she is a bit worried the place will look like a hunting lodge.
- I was hoping to get your take how much leather is too much?
- What is a good (wife friendly) arguement for all three pieces to be leather?
- How does Distinction Leather stack up?
Appreciate your input.
Re: How much is too much leather??
The key if using leather on all upholstery in a room is to bring in color patterns in other ways, such as your draperies, or wall color - or even in a multi-colored rug such as an oriental. If you take a bunch of brown leather upholstery and put it in an off-white room with neutral wall-to-wall carpet and a bunch of old brown small tables, its not going to look very good. Use COLOR! People have been scared have to death by realtors who say everything has to stay neutral in a house.... B - O - R - I - N - G. Use of color has to be done correctly - for example an earth tone motif : Browns/Golds/Greens/Reds or a cool motif: Blacks/Blues Dark Burgundy. You can't just throw color in haphazardly and without a plan.
Re: How much is too much leather??
What you put around it I think is a factor as well. Three leather pieces under a deer antler chandelier with log side tables and decoy lamps under angler-themed lampshades will look like a hunting lodge. The same things beside a nice wooden desk, floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, and Tiffany-style lamps will look like a 5th Avenue townhouse library. Just being leather alone doesn't make it look rustic, even though rustic often includes leather.
If you need proof, go pick up some shelter mags to show her. I guarantee you will find a leather-heavy room in there somewhere. Something like Arch. Digest will be probably be a classic or "soft modern" style, while something like Dwell will be ultra modern. There will be absolutely no indication of hunting/fishing/camping/dude ranching taking place anywhere in the near vicinity even though leather is everywhere.
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