What is Senior Chic? Well, if you Google it you might find the 10 best haircuts for women over 70; what not to wear when you’re over 60; or the most flattering neckline over 55. But what about home decor that’s Senior Chic?
During a recent consultation, our potential client described her home as “Senior Chic”. What a wonderful way to characterize a home that is filled with heirloom furniture, curated collections and wall art of different eras and styles.
Yes, you can use those Federalist chairs with a marble-top antique side table, a geometric Tiffany style lamp and an Arts and Crafts coat rack. Add your art magnets collection to the wall, and call it Senior Chic. It just works!
The chairs were from my father-in- law’s dining room table. “Federal furniture tends to emphasize basic geometric shapes, generally squares, circles, triangles, and rectangles. It is usually refined and well-crafted, with clean edges and straight lines. That’s important, since the idea is to create something rational, cool, and contained.” (Definition from Google.)
The Arts and Crafts coat rack was a savvy find at a local antique store. When I searched this particular hook online, I found the same one on a Restorers Arts & Crafts website. “This 6 Inch Double Coat Hat Hook looks great in any design style. The solid brass hook features a long angled hook and smaller bottom hook with a window pane style back bracket. Use this rugged metal hook in bath, bedroom, laundry room, mudroom, or use several to make a hall tree”. (These hooks are available on Restorer’s website vandykes.com.)
The art magnets are just a part of the one thousand art magnets that my husband and I collected in fifteen years of visiting some of the most famous art museums in the world.
What is your idea of Senior Chic? Share your pictures with us on Facebook or email to info@goldenbridges4you.com.
And if you need help with collections and heirloom furniture that are overflowing in your home (and harshing your chic), call us for a free consultation. It’s your move, Golden Bridges can help!