Br?hl Blanche Sofa (Germany, Ja!)
Br?hl is a big name in Germany, whenever I'm over there scouring newsstands for German home design mags, I spot them in nearly every single issue I pull. They're popular for good reason, style and quality being high on the list.
She seems to be having a lot of fun on this photo shoot. Cute, huh?
While in Hamburg this past November, I checked out some of their sofas since I'm starting to look for furniture there (more on that later). Anyway, decor8 reader Takashi sent me a link over to Yanko Design to check out the latest from Br?hl called Blanche, a sofa you can have some fun with because you select the covers you'd like for it which can completely change the look in mere minutes. I like the uncomplicated lines of this sofa, and how unique it is, it's not at all typical. Clean, contemporary, and I think it can be called timeless even because it's not so super trendy that you couldn't see it in a home in say, 5 years, looking just as posh. What do you think?
My favorite is the white leather Blanche shown below. I know, some may say, "boring white". But I love the options I would have with a white sofa, I could go nuts with my pillow obsession and swap out new colors and textures monthly, imagine the possibilities! :) I'm thinking that ultimately though, I'd love this in a mossy green tweed or maybe oatmeal... Something with a bit more texture. Definitely not a print.
I'm not a print sofa person. I do prints on chairs and solids on sofas. Can anyone relate to this? Or is this just an American thing? I mean, walk into any furniture showroom and most sofas you see are solids... Yet, we have no issue mixing in patterned pillows, ottomans, chairs, window treatments. Hmmm... What's behind our fear of patterned sofas, I wonder? Or do I stand alone on this one, and you love patterned sofas?
(images from br?hl)