Whois & Analysis for chairish.com

Chairish is a vintage home decor person-to-person marketplace that operates a vintage furniture and home accessories sales service.

It was founded by former fashion marketing executive Anna Brockway and travel industry veterans Gregg Brockway (co-founder at Hotwire and TripIt, Andrew Denmark (co-founder at TripIt) and Eric Grosse (co-founder at Hotwire) in March 2013.

The company raised a $3.2 million round of funding in July, 2013 and a subsequent $4mm Series A round, both from O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and Azure Capital Partners.

In 2014, the company was named by Architectural Digest as the top new app for home decorating.

Chic, meaning "stylish" or "smart", is an element of fashion.

Etymology.

is a French word, established in English since at least the 1870s.

Early references in English dictionaries classified it as slang and New Zealand-born lexicographer Eric Partridge noted, with reference to its colloquial meaning, that it was "not so used in Fr[ench]." Gustave Flaubert notes in Madame Bovary (published in 1856) that "chicard" (one who is chic) is then Parisian very current slang for "classy" noting, perhaps derisively, perhaps not, that it was bourgeoisie.

There is a similar word in German, , with a meaning similar to chic, which may be the origin of the word in French; another theory links chic to the word .

Although the French pronunciation (shēk or "sheek") is now virtually standard and was that given by Fowler, chic was often rendered in the anglicised form of "chick".

Design is the creation of a plan or convention for the construction of an object, system or measurable human interaction (as in architectural blueprints, engineering drawings, business processes, circuit diagrams, and sewing patterns).

Design has different connotations in different fields (see below).

In some cases, the direct construction of an object (as in pottery, engineering, management, coding, and graphic design) is also considered to use design thinking.

Furniture refers to movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., chairs, stools, and sofas), eating (tables), and sleeping (e.g., beds).

Furniture is also used to hold objects at a convenient height for work (as horizontal surfaces above the ground, such as tables and desks), or to store things (e.g., cupboards and shelves).

Furniture can be a product of design and is considered a form of decorative art.

In addition to furniture's functional role, it can serve a symbolic or religious purpose.

It can be made from many materials, including metal, plastic, and wood.

Furniture can be made using a variety of woodworking joints which often reflect the local culture.

Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interiors, sometimes including the exterior, of a space or building, to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the end user.

An interior designer is someone who plans, researches, coordinates, and manages such projects.

Interior design is a multifaceted profession that includes conceptual development, space planning, site inspections, programming, research, communicating with the stakeholders of a project, construction management, and execution of the design.