Christiane Lemieux

Christiane Lemieux Founder and Creative Director Lemieux Et Cie, Author of The Finer Things, Undecorate and Frictionles

In October the room draws in. We follow it.For most of history the bed was the most valuable thing a household owned, an...
10/11/2026

In October the room draws in. We follow it.

For most of history the bed was the most valuable thing a household owned, and the hangings were worth more than the frame. Wool and silk held the warmth of the body against cold stone. Curtains drawn at night made a room within the room.

The French refined the idea. The lit à la duchesse, its canopy hung from the ceiling with no posts at the foot. The lit à la polonaise, a crown of fabric gathered high above the sleeper. At the Hôtel de Rambouillet, the marquise received Paris in her Chambre Bleue, guests seated in the ruelle beside her bed.

In 1975 the geographer Jay Appleton gave the feeling a name. Prospect and refuge. We rest best where we can see out and cannot be seen. A canopy offers both.

So bring the fabric down. Layer the linen. Gold silk, grey velvet, a stripe, and a toile. Nothing matches. Everything belongs.

Fall is the season of the cocoon.

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A week in flowers.Roses. Celosia. Amaranthus. One tulip.The vase does the rest.
10/09/2026

A week in flowers.
Roses. Celosia. Amaranthus. One tulip.
The vase does the rest.

Textiles are the first thing your nervous system touches in the morning and the last thing it feels at night, which is w...
10/07/2026

Textiles are the first thing your nervous system touches in the morning and the last thing it feels at night, which is why how they're made matters more than most of us admit. Our collaboration with Métaphores starts from the idea that sustainability and neuroaesthetics are the same conversation about making things the body can trust. Join us tonight at 161 Grand Street to see and feel it for yourself.

First fire of the season, and suddenly the whole room wants to be touched. That's the thing about collaborating with fa...
10/05/2026

First fire of the season, and suddenly the whole room wants to be touched. That's the thing about collaborating with fabrics. They're woven in France by people who've been doing this for generations, and you can feel it the second you sit down. We're keeping the curtains open a little longer this year, but the fire stays lit. Happy very tactile fall.

Mums and Métaphores. Layer on layer. It’s all in the depth and the details. DM me to RSVP to our event Wednesday eveni...
10/04/2026

Mums and Métaphores. Layer on layer. It’s all in the depth and the details.

DM me to RSVP to our event Wednesday evening and see this incredible collaboration IRL.
New vintage in store now.

Can you feel that first chill in the air?By four o'clock the light's already going, so we've started living in the bedro...
10/02/2026

Can you feel that first chill in the air?

By four o'clock the light's already going, so we've started living in the bedroom. A lamp on, the curtains drawn, a book we'll probably finish by December. The French used to hang curtains around their beds just to stay warm through the winter, and honestly, they had the right idea. We're staying in until spring.

Textile and text share a root. The Latin "texere" means "to weave." Both are telling this story one thread at a time.I a...
09/30/2026

Textile and text share a root. The Latin "texere" means "to weave." Both are telling this story one thread at a time.

I am so excited about our latest collaboration. Metaphors begin with the fiber. Lemieux et Cie begins with the frame. The new Fragments collection is where they meet, a new textile capsule shown on our furniture throughout the showroom.

The brain reads texture as touch, even from across the room. You see a jacquard, and your hand already knows it. Come test the theory at our gorgeous showroom event.

The Essence of Material
Wednesday, October 7
5:30 to 8:30 PM
161 Grand Street, New York

DM me to be added to the RSVP list.

It’s just about color today.
09/29/2026

It’s just about color today.

Monday is for sitting still long enough to decide how you're actually going to take on the week...
09/28/2026

Monday is for sitting still long enough to decide how you're actually going to take on the week...

Pierre Emmanuel Martin paints like he's waiting for weather to change. These forms are dark on dark, shapes you have to ...
09/27/2026

Pierre Emmanuel Martin paints like he's waiting for weather to change. These forms are dark on dark, shapes you have to sit with before they resolve into anything, and that's exactly why they belong in a room built for rain. I hung one across from a window on a grey afternoon and watched the light move across it for twenty minutes without meaning to. Some art wants sun. This wants a storm outside and nowhere to be.

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