Most people put a lot of time and thought into decorating their homes, which means you can usually tell a lot about a person by their furniture. Here’s a little look at some well-known chairs, and the types of people that own them. Find out which type of furniture you are.
1. Eames Lounge & Ottoman
The Eames Lounge and Ottoman was released in 1956, but is still as popular as ever. This timeless design is one of the classic pieces you invested in, alongside a collection of side tables, stools and textured rugs you’ve owned for years. If you feel the need for something new, you would never walk into a store and walk out with something ten minutes later. Instead, you spend time researching, looking around and considering whether or not you’ll still enjoy the shape of that lamp in 20 years before you even think about purchasing it.
Never doubting what you wanted to do in your career, you’ve worked in the same firm since graduating from law or accountancy school. Fashion trends aren’t something you consider when you get dressed in the morning, you’ve been wearing the same trouser/shirt/jacket combo for years, yet you always look on point because your capsule wardrobe is made up of styles that have stood the test of time.
2. Muller van Severen
The combination of functions in the Muller van Severen duo seat + lamp sums up your inventive nature. Your house is a multi-functional wonder because you’re the type who can’t look at an object without wondering what else it could do, or how you could improve it. A lot of your furniture had a past life, from the re-upholstered vintage sofa to the pendant lights made from re-purposed wine bottles that hang above your dining room table - a vintage door you sanded down and placed on trestles.
During the week you’re a freelancer with a dozen projects going on at the same time, because the 9-5 office life didn't suit you one bit. Your personal style reflects this innovative nature as well, with a wardrobe that ranges from €2 bargains to expensive designer pieces to your practical Fjällräven jacket with a pocket for everything, and you throw them all together with ease.
3. Philippe Starck Louis Ghost Chair
Philippe Starck's Louis Ghost chair, made by Kartell, represents everything you want in a chair - which isn’t much because as a modernist your mantra is “less is more”. Your minimalist home is sometimes mistaken as a gallery. Everything has its place, there’s no clutter, and the colour scheme is black, white, and the silver of polished metal. Working in the fast-paced world of advertising, you know what’s up. By the time everyone is talking about that cool new bar or restaurant, you’ve already been a regular for months and are on to the next one, and your white leather sneakers are the whitest of them all.
4. Donna Up5
The quirky shape and pattern of the Donna Up5 chair reflect your eclectic style in a big way. Furniture that can be described using the word “funky” is your favourite, and you’ll bring it home without a second thought. This impulsive buying behaviour has resulted in a house full of pattern and colour that stresses your modernist friend out a bit — art covers every bit of wall, bright rugs are layered up on the floor, and your dining table is surrounded by a mismatched set of wooden chairs you repainted and embellished yourself.
Your wide range of interests spans genres, eras, and trends. The vintage store you run is equally as fun and cluttered as your home (secretly, you opened it as an excuse to buy more quirky things, and you’re constantly swapping pieces in and out of store and home). Your forever expanding wardrobe is full of drapey, silky, and, you guessed it, brightly coloured patterns that you are very talented at throwing together to create a new exciting look every day.
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