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Seeking Out The Shadows
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items Find your own quiet retreat from the afternoon sun. From inviting armchairs and breezy layers to natural textures, handy side tables, and solutions for softening harsh light, these finds help turn an overlooked corner into a comfortable place to esca...
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🪑 The Retreat
🌾 Cool Underfoot
☁️ Soft Landing
🥤 Close By
🌤️ Chase the Shade
🪑 The Retreat
The piece that makes the corner worth escaping to. Look for inviting shapes, generous comfort, and seating that encourages you to settle in and stay awhile.
🪑 Generous Barrel Chair
A beautifully rounded chair with an enveloping shape that makes settling in feel effortless. Its generous proportions give a quiet corner the feeling of a destination rather than simply another seat.
A beautifully rounded chair with an enveloping shape that makes settling in feel effortless. Its generous proportions give a quiet corner the feeling of a destination rather than simply another seat.
Barrel Chair
🛋️ Luxe Lounge Chaise
An inviting chaise designed for stretching out and staying awhile. The upholstered form brings a softer, more relaxed feeling to a corner made for reading, resting, or escaping the heat
An inviting chaise designed for stretching out and staying awhile. The upholstered form brings a softer, more relaxed feeling to a corner made for reading, resting, or escaping the heat
Chaise Chair
🔄 Swivel Armchair
A substantial upholstered chair with an easy swivel that lets you turn toward the light, the room, or your favorite view. Comfortable and flexible without sacrificing its polished presence.
A substantial upholstered chair with an easy swivel that lets you turn toward the light, the room, or your favorite view. Comfortable and flexible without sacrificing its polished presence.
Swivel Armchair
☁️ Curved Chaise Lounge
A wonderfully cocooning seat with a rounded silhouette and room to really get comfortable. The included pillows make it feel ready for an afternoon of lounging right out of the box.
A wonderfully cocooning seat with a rounded silhouette and room to really get comfortable. The included pillows make it feel ready for an afternoon of lounging right out of the box.
Round Chaise Lounge Chair
🪶 Deep Lounge Chair & Ottoman A low, generously cushioned setup made for sinking in. The matching ottoman gives you the option to put your feet up and turn a little corner into a true lounging spot.
Oversized Chair and A Half
🛋️ Deep-Seated Lounger
A relaxed, armless lounger with an especially deep seat that invites you to curl up rather than perch. A wonderfully casual choice for a corner where comfort comes first.
A relaxed, armless lounger with an especially deep seat that invites you to curl up rather than perch. A wonderfully casual choice for a corner where comfort comes first.
Chenille Accent Chair And Ottoman
🌾 Cool Underfoot
Ground the corner with texture and softness underfoot. From natural woven layers to more decorative patterns, these rugs help give the retreat its finished feeling.
🌊 Hand-Knotted Statement Rug Hand-knotted texture and an artistic pattern give this rug a collected, one-of-a-kind feeling. It brings depth beneath a seating area without making the corner feel overly formal.
Hand-Knotted Rug
🌿 Coastal-Inspired Hand-Tufted Rug
A softly layered pattern and substantial tufted texture gives this rug an easy, relaxed character. It adds visual interest beneath a chair while keeping the overall feeling comfortably casual.
A softly layered pattern and substantial tufted texture gives this rug an easy, relaxed character. It adds visual interest beneath a chair while keeping the overall feeling comfortably casual.
Coastal Seaside Hand-Tufted Rug
🌸 Scalloped Wool Rug
A pretty scalloped border gives this classic wool rug an unexpected decorative detail. Soft texture and a distinctive edge make it feel more like a design element than an afterthought.
A pretty scalloped border gives this classic wool rug an unexpected decorative detail. Soft texture and a distinctive edge make it feel more like a design element than an afterthought.
Wool Scalloped Border Rug
🌾 Woven Jute Rug
Natural woven texture brings an earthy, relaxed foundation to the corner. Its casual character works beautifully with comfortable upholstery and other natural materials.
Natural woven texture brings an earthy, relaxed foundation to the corner. Its casual character works beautifully with comfortable upholstery and other natural materials.
Jute Striped Area Rug
🤍 Soft Textured Area Rug
A quietly textured rug that adds warmth and softness without competing with the furniture above it. An easy foundation for creating that collected, comfortable-corner feeling.
A quietly textured rug that adds warmth and softness without competing with the furniture above it. An easy foundation for creating that collected, comfortable-corner feeling.
Ivory Area Rug
🌱 Natural Textured Rug
An understated floor covering with organic texture that helps ground a small retreat. Its relaxed character pairs naturally with woven accents, upholstered seating, and plenty of daylight.
An understated floor covering with organic texture that helps ground a small retreat. Its relaxed character pairs naturally with woven accents, upholstered seating, and plenty of daylight.
Solid Braided Area Rug
☁️ Soft Landing
The little layers that make a favorite seat even more inviting. Add texture, support, and a touch of personality without making the corner feel overdone.
🪡 Hand-Stitched Linen Pillow Hand-finished stitching gives this pillow an artisanal quality that makes a simple chair feel more special. An easy layer of texture for a corner that should feel relaxed, not overly decorated.
Linen Blend Hand Stitched Pillow
🎀 Bow-Detail Pillow A playful bow detail turns an ordinary accent pillow into a little focal point. It adds personality and a touch of whimsy to an otherwise quiet seating area.
Cotton Gingham Printed Bow Pillow
🪶 Striped Lumbar Pillow
The elongated shape makes this pillow especially comfortable against the lower back, while its simple pattern adds a tailored finishing touch to a favorite chair.
The elongated shape makes this pillow especially comfortable against the lower back, while its simple pattern adds a tailored finishing touch to a favorite chair.
Cotton Striped Lumbar Pillow
🌈 Textured Bouclé Pillow Cover
A tactile pillow cover with an unexpected striped design that brings softness and a little visual playfulness to the corner. An easy way to refresh a favorite seat.
A tactile pillow cover with an unexpected striped design that brings softness and a little visual playfulness to the corner. An easy way to refresh a favorite seat.
Boho Throw Pillow Covers
🌿 Botanical Accent Pillow
A decorative floral motif brings a hint of the outdoors into this shady retreat. Soft pattern and personality make it an easy finishing layer for an armchair or chaise.
A decorative floral motif brings a hint of the outdoors into this shady retreat. Soft pattern and personality make it an easy finishing layer for an armchair or chaise.
Square Floral Throw Pillow
🧵 Tufted Lumbar Pillow Cover
A richly textured surface gives this lumbar pillow cover plenty of visual interest without needing a complicated pattern. The elongated shape makes it particularly well suited to a lounge chair.
A richly textured surface gives this lumbar pillow cover plenty of visual interest without needing a complicated pattern. The elongated shape makes it particularly well suited to a lounge chair.
Green and Cream White Throw Pillow Cover
🥤 Close By
Keep the little necessities within reach. These tables bring a useful surface, a bit of storage, or simply an unexpected dose of personality beside your favorite seat.
🐝 Whimsical Sculptural Table
Part side table, part conversation piece, this playful design gives a quiet corner an unexpected dose of personality. Just the right size for keeping a drink or small essentials within reach.
Part side table, part conversation piece, this playful design gives a quiet corner an unexpected dose of personality. Just the right size for keeping a drink or small essentials within reach.
Bumblebee Side Table
🌾 Two-Tier Rope Table
Open shelving makes this compact table surprisingly useful. There is a place for the drink you're enjoying now and another spot below for books, reading glasses, or whatever else belongs nearby.
Open shelving makes this compact table surprisingly useful. There is a place for the drink you're enjoying now and another spot below for books, reading glasses, or whatever else belongs nearby.
Grass Rope End Table with Two Open Shelves
🌿 Cane-Shelf End Table
A woven shelf detail adds warmth and texture to this practical little table. The combination of a useful upper surface and lower storage makes it especially handy beside a lounge chair.
A woven shelf detail adds warmth and texture to this practical little table. The combination of a useful upper surface and lower storage makes it especially handy beside a lounge chair.
Solid Wood End Table with Cane Shelves
🪵 Compact Table
A small-footprint table that pairs a useful surface easily with a champion chair, when you need somewhere to land a drink, book, or everyday essentials.
A small-footprint table that pairs a useful surface easily with a champion chair, when you need somewhere to land a drink, book, or everyday essentials.
Round Side Table
🧺 Basket-Base End Table
A clever combination of tabletop and concealed storage gives this piece more purpose than its small footprint suggests. The basket is perfect for keeping throws, books, or other corner essentials close by.
A clever combination of tabletop and concealed storage gives this piece more purpose than its small footprint suggests. The basket is perfect for keeping throws, books, or other corner essentials close by.
Round Table with Fabric Basket,
📚 Two-Tier Side Table
A straightforward little table with open storage below the top surface. It gives a reading corner somewhere to hold the essentials while keeping everything visible and easy to reach.
A straightforward little table with open storage below the top surface. It gives a reading corner somewhere to hold the essentials while keeping everything visible and easy to reach.
Small End Table with 2-Tier Open Storage Shelf
🌤️ Chase the Shade
When the afternoon glare is the problem, change the light. These window solutions help soften, filter, or block the sun while adding another layer of style to the room.
🌤️ Dual-Layer Roller Shade
Two layers give you flexibility over how much daylight enters the room, from softly filtered light to a darker, more restful retreat. A practical solution when afternoon glare is getting in the way of relaxing.
Two layers give you flexibility over how much daylight enters the room, from softly filtered light to a darker, more restful retreat. A practical solution when afternoon glare is getting in the way of relaxing.
Cordless Blackout Zebra Roller Shades
🌾 Woven Light-Filtering Shade Natural woven texture softens the window while still allowing daylight to glow through. It brings warmth to the room and takes the edge off bright afternoon light.
Cordless Natural Woven Roller Shade
🪟 Tailored Roman Shade
A classic Roman silhouette gives the window a more finished, furnished feeling while filtering incoming light. A beautiful choice when you want shade to become part of the decor.
A classic Roman silhouette gives the window a more finished, furnished feeling while filtering incoming light. A beautiful choice when you want shade to become part of the decor.
Light Filtering Roman Shade
🌿 Hand-Blocked Linen Curtain Hand-blocked pattern gives these curtains an artistic quality while the linen fabric keeps the window treatment feeling relaxed. A pretty way to soften strong sunlight and add character at the same time.
Handmade Curtains
☀️ Sheer Linen Curtain Lightweight linen filters daylight while preserving an airy feeling at the window. Perfect for taking the harshness out of bright light without making the room feel dark.
100% Pure Linen Sheer Curtain
〰️ Textured Sheer Curtain Panel Subtle texture and a softly patterned surface give these sheer panels more personality than a basic curtain. They gently diffuse incoming daylight while adding a finished layer around the window.
Textured Vertical Stripe Grommet Curtains