that buffalo plaid chair is pretty awesome especially sitting next to the chinese-y bamboo looking table (what would you design educated people call that type of table? chippendale? chinoiserie? chippenoiserie?). i'm not mad at the bird pictures either, or the copious amount of layered rugs. and honestly...i have to say never EVER has wood panelling looked so good.
is that emerald green velvet on the walls??!!!!!
hell yeah it is!!!!!if the lodge thing still isn't for you, check out this philippe starck chair my mom sent me...
all it needs is a little red tartan plaid throw or throw pillow and you have the look without the lodge feel.
and here is the RL indian cove bedding collection. not sure if i would go all out with the plaid all over my bed but those buffalo plaid cases next to that leopard is working for me.
the green version is quite nice too...
the green version is quite nice too...
how are we all feeling about this?
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Yeah, well, lodge isn't usually my bag, baby, but whatever Ralph dictates, I'll probably honor.
Honestly, since I saw the Badgley Mischka house I have been LOVING this look. Although, it must really be used sparingly.
I dunno... living in a town full of plaid woods jacket wearing hill billies I can't imagine looking at one of those pillows on my couch without cringing :P
Pine paneled walls, buffalo plaid covered chairs, oriental accent table (how's that for skipping the proper name of which I know not), the bird prints are out of this world and the overall vibe is outstanding. In agreement with MLHP, anything King Ralph says, I will probably obey.
I think Ralph has always had a way with this look. He makes it look like some chic eccentric English person packed up their stuff from their manor home and moved to Colorado or Wyoming. Kind of English country house meets Wyoming.
I do like this, but maybe toned down just a tiny bit. I don't know how crazy I am about the knotty pine panneling - but I love the chairs with the mixed fabrics. Kilims mixed with plaids mixed with leopard!
Quirky and cool for sure!
BTW if you see that leopard PS Kartell Mademoiselle chair grab it! It was a limited edition, now retired and gone forever, done by Dolce and Gabanna. We sold the last one we had at perch. in New Orleans, and it broke my heart that I didn't buy it myself.
xo xo
I'm not normally a lodge — or Ralph Lauren — kind of girl, but that buffalo plaid chair is amazing. I love it and I want it now! It would be so perfect in a cozy winter space, and you can never go wrong with leopard print. Really, really loving the combo. I have a fab buffalo plaid jacket from last year, and I think I'll try it with a leopard print scarf now. Thanks for the inspiration!
Surprisingly I like it. My whole house? No way, my cabin in the woods..yes!! Now I just need that cabin...you can come and bring the s'mores.
ditto what Rachel said...it's definitely a collected eclectic look within the lodge aesthetic (with a bit of French in there too) and kudos to pulling it off, but I can't imagine actually wanting to occupy the space...too busy, too much stuff...I don't think it's very modern. The Philippe Starck chair however, I can live with. It's lovely.
You have to stop making me like things I was convinced I didn't like... I have to say, I still hate most lodge looks, but Ralph Lauren did a pretty great job! I am down with the green velvet wall! And that leopard and green velvet chair rocks! Damn you, Jenny and you, too Ralph! :-)
I have to say I am torn. While I can love looking at the pics, and always am a sucker for the quirky touches (a la chinoiserie table with buffalo plaid chair), I can say I could never spend more than five minutes in that room. It's a love/hate relationship I suppose. Now I have to go look up Barclay Butera's version of lodge. More my cup of tea probably?
Oh dear, now I am longing for a cabin in the woods so that I can decorate with buffalo plaid and leopard. It will have to be after I win the lottery and get a small beach cottage that i will decorate with Belgian linen slip covered chairs and easy antiques. Oh the Kingdom of Thingdom has won over my greedy heart. Darn.
I do have a pair of Leopard lumbar pillow on a pair of Chinese red lacquer, caned chairs in my hallway. I smile every time I pass them. No Buffalo plaid though.
Marybeth from Dallas
I'll leave the lodge to the stuffy old men's club, but I will happily take that cool leaopard love your mama sent you!
I dig the green plaid. I'm not so into the leopard stuff, though. The animal prints have just never sat well with me. Not even the fakies.
I am LOVING this! i saw the print ad for this collection in this month's elle decor and saved it to my files immediately. who knew leopard and plaid could look so good?!
So very Ralph Lauren chic of them...oh wait it is Ralph Lauren. They have such a classic look.
I like it! There's something so cozy about the colors, textures and layers that brings me comfort. Some of the prints are unexpected, but I have a feeling that given the chance to actually be in the space, I would feel at ease and at home. Nice post :)
red plaid = awesome. also I REALLY love that emerald green wall... where the hell could i put that? i want it.
Lodge isn't my thing either, but Turn of-the-Century-Big-Game-Hunter-meets-Hercule Poirot's-Orient Express is something I've always aspired to. This is kind of taking the lodge thing in that sort of direction, so I can definitely live with it.
And omg, I must have that chair in the first picture
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