{"id":8597,"date":"2014-03-14T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/distinctive-test.smith.co.uk\/en-gb\/chesterfields-mean-2\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T17:53:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T17:53:06","slug":"chesterfields-mean-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/distinctivechesterfields.com\/en-gb\/chesterfields-mean-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What Chesterfields Mean to Me, By Brynne of The Gathered Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been keeping up with our ‘What Chesterfields Mean to Me’ series<\/a>, you’ll know each of our writers has a very special – and sometimes, personal – story regarding the memorable\u00a0moment which first sparked their love for this unique style of furniture. One of our writers, Jenny,\u00a0talked about how ‘Olive’ – her Chesterfield chair, which had belonged to her partner at the time. She even explains how she wasn’t a fan of the chair when it first became part of the furniture in her home. Today, though, she couldn’t imagine living in a home which didn’t feature the chair. Such is the power of the Chesterfield.<\/p>\n

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Brynne of the blog The Gathered Home has a very different story about the day she first became acquainted with her prized possession – her Chesterfield sofa. And she’s agreed to share it with us here on our blog; we’re leaving\u00a0you in the very capable hands of Brynne…<\/p>\n

I was introduced to chesterfield sofas when I first discovered the world of home design blogging. It was one of those stars-align, heavenly-choirs-sing, voice-from-heaven moments. Prior to this, I thought that all leather sofas were of the saggy baggy elephant variety \u20ac\u201c overstuffed, shapeless, and most frequently found in their natural habitat in forest green, navy or burgundy colors.<\/p>\n

Enter the chesterfield sofa, center stage.<\/p>\n

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Now here was a leather sofa with style, with flair, with feminine wiles but a masculine presence. The hunt was on: I was determined to find my own chesterfield. I drooled over weathered leather with the patina of decades, but soon discovered equally gorgeous versions in crisp linen and moody velvet.<\/p>\n

As a young, broke, newly-wed college student, I turned to Craigslist classifieds to track down my \u20ac\u0153dream sofa\u20ac\u009d. Which proved to be rather difficult. Wouldnt you know, the rest of the world has a taste for button tufting as well? Each time I spotted a likely candidate, I would email to inquire only to hear back that it had just sold.<\/p>\n

Finally, one evening my husband and I were out enjoying a few drinks together when I found the perfect vintage leather Chesterfield sofa (browsing Craigslist on my phone, as we Craigslist-addicts tend to do) Actual acquisition of the sofa turned into a lengthy tale involving a cutthroat bidding war and outpacing a hurricane (which you can read here<\/a>, if you are so inclined), but suffice it to say: I now have my dream sofa.<\/p>\n

“Here was a leather sofa with style, with flair, with feminine wiles but a masculine presence.”<\/em><\/h2>\n

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This particular Chesterfield is around forty years old, and the leather has only gotten more beautiful with age in my opinion! Yes, it is somewhat worn around the edges, and a button or two is missing, but I mean Forty years! <\/em>I only hope I look this good four decades from now.<\/p>\n

That epitomizes why I love Chesterfields – while they may be on trend at the moment, they are also classic and timeless, and in my opinion they only improve with age and wear. And when you find a piece\/style of furniture that looks better <\/em>the more use it sees, then you hold onto it and profess rabid fandom, my friends!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0“…when you find a piece\/style of furniture that\u00a0looks better\u00a0the more use it sees, then you hold onto it and profess rabid fan-dom”<\/em><\/h2>\n

Another lovely Chesterfield story, I’m sure you’ll agree. A big thank you to Brynne for taking the time to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) to share this with us.<\/p>\n

Don’t forget to check out Brynne’s blog<\/a>\u00a0 – make sure you pop over and say hello if you get chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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