help me with the spelling of this furniture retailer called rochebobiou?

Answer 1

It's Roche Bobois....a high end very contemporary line.

Answer 2

roche bobois

They're overpriced for what they have, even Design Within Reach is cheaper. Knoll has more authentic mid-century design.

My advice - - go to some modern art museums, Bauhaus houses, make sure it's what you want to live with. Mid-century design was actually geared around being more life-friendly than traditional design so you're probably going to like it - but it's different from the norm so make sure. And make sure it matches your house - or vice versa.

Then I would start, especially if you have kids, with a mix of Ikea AND the expensive stuff - - I'd also look for the real thing, in Manhattan or on-line (Eames chairs and the like). Ikea has the same Scandinavian-type design and bright colors, it will match well and be more affordable, you can scale up over time - - but it will enable you to do the whole house modern, because one thing about the designer stuff, it really doesn't match well with the traditioanal stuff, you have to go one way or the other.

Me, I did mid-century when I was married, I'm now divorced and went with antique Chinese - - - - a very different look indeed but similar in that I have a lot of daybeds and benches.

The secret - figure out what you really like and then go with it - don't hold back, do the whole place the way you like.

Also, get good pieces first, then worry about wall color. Don't pick a pallette first - - - fall in love with a few antiques, a few pieces of furniture, get them, organize around them.

If you want beauty, take an "art" approach - - painters first figured out what the girl would look like and be wearing, then they figured out what the background would look like.

This is why the opposite approach, starting with a color scheme and then getting things that fit into it, that "match" it, puts you in a position where you see something at an antique show that you love but pass on it because it "didn't match" and then the whole ride home you're daydreaming about who ended up buying it, what they're doing with it, whether you'll decide 20 years later to track that person down and buy the thing from him.