Holiday Décor Dress Up

Tis the season to dress up and accessorize, but I don’t mean yourself – I mean where you sit!

Offering up a bit of haute couture for your chairs, Amsterdam based Bernotat&Co Design Studio is offering a way to dress up your décor in time for those Holiday parties.

The new prêt-a-porter collection of CHAIR WEAR, all crafted in Europe, is based on the line’s favourite models from their initial collection and comes with names as adorable as the product itself: Knit Net, Pique Pocket, Big Baggy and my fave – Hoodini.

From L-R: Knit Net, Pique Pocket, Big Baggy and Hoodini

From L-R: Pique Pocket, Knit Net, Big Baggy and Hoodini

I love that the line that started as a mildly ironical joke, ended up inspiring a new way to look at furniture upholstery. Also the idea of upcycling old furniture is fantastic. Their tagline is: “Why buy a new chair when you can dress up the one you have? And I totally agree!”

But the company says that their aim was not just restyling, rather about the possibilities of adding comfort to hard wooden chairs, or of creating additional functions for simple chairs.

This Holiday, I’ll be buying a new sweater for myself and one for my chair. What about you?

CHAIR WEAR is available to order from Bernotat&Co and soon from Magazin and Gimmii.

Images courtesy of Bernotat&Co and photographers Marleen Sleeuwits and Rogier Chang.

Lisa Raffaele

I'm Lisa, a real born and bred Torontonian in every sense of the word. I'm a PR practitioner by day with a fabulous client list, at a very cool boutique firm in the core with a view of the city that can make anyone want to move here. I have a mild to moderate hat obsession, and you’ll usually find me searching the city for the next big chef, and rarely without a fashion or décor magazine in my purse. Before PR, I was a travel writer/editor/photographer, and spent most of my time travelling the world and bringing my stories back here. The rest of the time I spent indulging in the city's untapped culinary scene as Post City Magazine's main restaurant photographer. But, no matter where I am in the world, nothing beats coming home. That's why I've spent the last few years planting my roots here, moving from Toronto’s uber-chic west side to the heart of Greek Town in a modern Victorian semi (a.ka. my lifelong décor project), with my husband and super-stylish son. Yes, I'm one of those moms, the one who won't give up her sense of style post-baby bump; and why should I?! I aspire to have my cake and eat it too - I am Italian after all. And, now why my 2-year-old in tow, I can bring him along for the ride.

by Lisa Raffaele

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