06/25/2026
Some pieces wait years for the right moment.
I have been quietly collecting vintage textiles for years, always hoping to find the perfect upholstery project. One such textile was this vintage blanket fabric. I’ve been waiting for the right set of chairs to pair it with, and this month I finally found them.
I was initially drawn to the scale, craftsmanship, and beautifully simple lines of the chairs themselves. What I didn’t realize was how difficult they would be to identify. After quite a bit of research, I was able to trace them back to Lambrecht Studio, a small-batch maker whose work is remarkably scarce today. In fact, I was only able to locate a single comparable example online.
The combination of warm teak, sculptural ladderback frames, and the vintage textile felt as though it was always meant to exist.
One of the things I love most about collecting and designing is that not everything needs to happen immediately. Sometimes the right objects find each other years apart. Sometimes an idea needs time to mature. Sometimes the best decision is simply waiting until something feels undeniably right.
These chairs found their home this week, and I couldn’t be happier for the people taking them home. It feels like the final chapter in a story that started years ago with a folded piece of fabric sitting patiently on a shelf.
That’s the magic of slow design ✨