It was the custom-made chairs draped in silk velvet called Deluxe Blue Crab from Gretchen Bellinger that caught my eye. How gorgeous and bright does this hue look? So rich and regal. Velvet can be dated at times but if done right, the correct selection of furniture as well as other add ons in the whole scheme of design, can make the textile just as modern and fabulous…

This masculine space with the chromes, gunmetals, charcoal grays & black wooden floors is amazing. I wouldn’t change a thing…

The same color scheme is carried on into the living room. Love the retro telephone on the side table…

Is velvet one of your favs?

{Images via Mimi and Meg, La Dolce Vita, Photo by James Ray Spahn for House to Home UK as seen onFlorence Finds, Styled by Carolina Irving Photographed by Simon Upton for Elle Decor}