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As of recent, I have become fascinated with fainting sofas. I hate to admit this but I am slightly obsessed with the television series, Mad Men. My husband says that Netflix refers to me as a binger. Ok, ok, I will agree. It is a problem and I don’t foresee giving up Netflix anytime soon.

During one of my “Mad Men” binges, one of the main characters bought a fainting sofa. I might add that she purchased it without her designer’s knowledge. Needless to say, her designer was mortified. The fainting sofa wasn’t ideal for the space but I can see using the sofa in certain settings.

I was curious to learn about the history behind fainting sofas. A fainting sofa is a backless sofa with one end raised for reclining. The sofa was popular during the nineteenth century. The theory is that women wore corsets which restricted air flow, causing them to faint. Some homes and hotels had dedicated fainting rooms where ladies could recline and catch their breath.

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I love this modern adaptation of the fainting sofa. What do you think? Is there a place in modern design for the fainting sofa?

 

Image 1 clockwise: neoeocon.com; houz.com; royalartpalace.com; newl.com

Image 2: houzz.com

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About Leslie Hendrix Wood

Leslie Hendrix Wood is the founding editor of the luxury lifestyle and design blog, Hadley Court and an has her own interior design firm, Leslie Hendrix Wood Interiors in Midland, Texas.

Leslie received her undergraduate degree in business. She worked briefly in banking and returned to school to earn her MBA.

Upon graduation, she moved to Washington D.C. to work on a Presidential campaign and received a Presidential appointment to a position in International Trade.

At the end of the administration, Leslie returned to her hometown and joined the family oil and gas business, although her first passion has always been, after raising her children with her husband, business and interior design.

When she saw her children were closer to leaving home, she decided to start the blog, Hadley Court. in 2012, which won the Design Bloggers Conference Hall of Fame award for Best New Design Blog in 2013 - a prestigious honor granted by her peers.

In 2014, she is, in addition to blogging, beginning to build the family friendly luxury lifestyle brand: HADLEY COURT, based on her values of Gracious Living, Timeless Design and Family Traditions.

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