Friday, January 11, 2013

interior design's little black dress


if interior design has a little black dress - that simple and timeless piece that you throw on in an instant and look like you've been primping for days - then it has to be the chic white sofa.

scan your favorite magazines, design blogs or pinterest boards and you'll see them - chic, simple and eternally stylish.


like the allure of the little black dress, the chic white sofa does not have to come with a high price tag.  in what follows we're sharing the range of ways the chic white sofa, (yes - the CWS) can make a room, while offering up an equally broad range of prices.  

red is very proud to carry two American Made sofa lines, including Lee Industries - offering the height of customization, a lifetime warranty and quality that won't quit - and a hearty line of sofas, made in Georgia, with a great range of body fabrics and a wide range of throw pillow options.  Additionally, red is thrilled to introduce each new customer to our very own line of leather and fabric sofas, sectionals and ottomans.  made over seas, using american quality standards and leather from Argentina, the red line aims to make rooms and wallets equally happy.


we fell in love with tufting so long ago, we can hardly remember when... but looking at the sofas in the above photo shoots, it's easy to see how versatile and wonderful they can be.  made from supple argentine leather, the cambria is more than amply deep, with chic stainless steel legs and a look to start each day off on the right, eternally stylish foot.


when modern and ample is the way to go, nothing beats the white sectional.  curving around any corner, it is inviting, luxurious and even, well... sexy.

made in the USA, the long island city sectional is a CWS (chic-white-sofa) go-to for those who love to entertain.  clean almost mid-century modern lines meet a more luxurious and contemporary scale that is as perfect for kicking back as it is for cocktails.


sometimes white is just the perfect shade of neutral.  sophisticated, even cosmopolitan, the linen white shown above is warm, welcoming and world-wise.

the height of sophistication and craftsmanship, the slipcovered douglaston, in washable linen basket weave, is a timeless design that is ready to rival the rest. double dowelled construction, 8-way hand tied seating and the ability to customize everything from the firmness of the seat to the fabric that tops it make the douglaston a posh must-have. 

this shot, courtesy of lonny magazine, shows off a bit of what makes the chic-white-sofa a true designer's LBD.  with the right pillows, a great rug and the right art, the CWS can remake itself each season.  light and lovely in the summer, winter warm through the holidays - change the pillows and you've got a whole new look.  

at an incredible price (west elm, eat your heart out!) with uncompromising style, the carroll place sofa is a contender for the very best of our chic-white-sofa collection.  warm turned dowel legs pair with modern flat tufting on the seat and back for a look that can span both past and future decades.  add pops of color, stick with cool black and white - whatever you do with the carroll place, you can't go wrong.


just one more way the CWS can make a room.  holding eccentric pillows, foregrounding edgy graphic art... atop a natural wood floor, the contrast is spot on.

another stellar sofa whose look blows by it's small price tag, the new hyde park sofa is madmen, it's cosmo, it's some kind'a wonderful.



you've seen those incredible magazine photo shoots - the beautiful woman in her little black dress in the middle of a snowy mountain scene.  we see those and think chic-white-sofa.  it's inevitable.  and look how good she looks - so lodge and chalet. 


there is an emerging feminine modernism - color, texture and curving details - that sparkles at the introduction of a chic-white-sofa...


and when shabby chic meets the industrial era, nothing but the chic white sofa will do.


bohemian loft?  parisian artist in training?  no matter which look you're working, the CWS is the way out of 'interior artist's block'.


on the other side of paris... or maybe dubai... the chic-white-sofa meets 50's hollywood and luxury has no where to go but here.


and for the playful, those of you who still stare at those big crayola boxes of color and weep at the beauty... yes, the CWS is ready to mix in with your fun, funk and folly as the most perfect blank slate you've ever slept, lounged or entertained on.

to see our chic-white-sofas en masse, click here 
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to sit on our CWS's and love them as we do - come and see us at red.

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