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March 6th, 2008
chairloom

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today’s last post is a before/after of sorts, but done by a furniture makeover professional- molly worth of chairloom in pennsylvania. using a gorgeous 100% organic cotton coral anemone fabric from oliveira textiles, molly restored this victorian settee to perfection. it makes me want to kick my shoes off and have a glass of sweet tea on the porch. if only there weren’t snow in the back of the photo. you can see more of molly’s great furniture makeover work right here at chairloom. [thanks, molly!]

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23 comments
Dawn F said:
March 6th, 2008 - 1:11 pm

simply gorgeous!

katie said:
March 6th, 2008 - 1:52 pm

That is a gorgeous sofa!!! Love that print!

March 6th, 2008 - 2:00 pm

This is stunning!! Great job!

jaime said:
March 6th, 2008 - 2:17 pm

These before/after posts are great!

March 6th, 2008 - 2:23 pm

oh man that is nice. we want to upholster our couch before we move out west.

March 6th, 2008 - 2:59 pm

Sooooooo delicious! I am a sucker for contrast–especially new fabric on old shapes, or informal funk on traditional forms.

March 6th, 2008 - 3:23 pm

This is AMAZING, I’ve been dying for an armchair just like this. What a great business idea - and great name!

Jules said:
March 6th, 2008 - 3:51 pm

How difficult is it for someone to try to reupholster a piece of furniture like that? I have several that have been passed down to me, but I find that it is much to expensive to have it done professionally.

jessica said:
March 6th, 2008 - 4:49 pm

stunning work! Love the shape of the piece

Job well done!

Nina said:
March 6th, 2008 - 4:53 pm

Very pretty!

Suzanne said:
March 6th, 2008 - 5:47 pm

i didn’t even notice the snow in the background, i was so enchanted by the couch!

Shelly said:
March 6th, 2008 - 6:04 pm

I’ve got to find that fabric! WOW

Shelly said:
March 6th, 2008 - 6:21 pm

I have to find that fabric

March 6th, 2008 - 6:54 pm

I create custom pieces! Call me & we can create a masterpiece together! Each chairloom piece is one of a kind. 914-484-5498

Rachel said:
March 6th, 2008 - 7:10 pm

I walk by that settee every day on my way to work. I literally stopped this morning to stare at its beauty. Imagine my surprise to see it on your site!

Rachel said:
March 7th, 2008 - 6:48 am

This chair is just too unreal and beautiful to be real :)

Frida said:
March 7th, 2008 - 7:00 am

What a gorgeous fabric. I love it!

March 7th, 2008 - 8:32 am

It is for sale! $3,000. Can ship from Philadelphia!

Teresa said:
March 7th, 2008 - 9:37 am

Good Lord… that settee is is beautiful.

Pixie said:
March 7th, 2008 - 10:11 am

Grace, how about doing something on how to reupholster so we mortals can assess whether we can stop drooling and actually do this?

grace said:
March 7th, 2008 - 10:19 am

pixie

i’ve posted links to reupholstery tutorials several times ;)

if you search for “reupholster” on d*s you’ll find the links in the comment sections and in several posts. i’d be happy to send you some links if those don’t work. just shoot me an email.

grace

Pixie said:
March 7th, 2008 - 11:21 am

thanks Grace!

stanley shain said:
April 5th, 2008 - 8:34 pm

Dawn and Deb:

That settee is exquisite !
The furniture piece is a classic and so is the fabric equally luscious ! The article said it was organic cotton, but I am sure they were so taken by the look of the fabric on such a lovely mainstay of furniture design that the cloth could have been made from mashed potatoes. Their minds were rumbling and they forgot that you specialize in hemp. … hemp or ‘coonskins, what treat to see such elegance !
Hemp was the mainstay of America first industry… rope, sails, foods, oils, clothing …. and now you have brought it back to us.
Well done , ya’all !

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