Comments on: before and after: anna’s sofa

By: bethany

bethany — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:15:30 +0000

I have to agree with the naysayers, here. That wood is so lovely. As someone who would have loved to have found that piece and used it in it’s more natural state…I would have given it a simple re-upholstery job, I am put off by this. I am really a “do what you want” kind of chick when it comes to design and decor, but that wood is so pretty and looked to be in pretty good shape. And those pillows……netting? Not good, in my honest opinion.

By: Geri

Geri — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:41:26 +0000

I’ve been so wishing I had one of these settees…It would be lovely simply reupholstered in maybe a crisp white linen…sorry, but the redo is like a caricature of itself.

By: Mary Kate

Mary Kate — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:42:27 +0000

awful, a beautiful piece of furniture turned tacky…those pillows…and fabric…

By: Hans Fischer

Hans Fischer — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:39:58 +0000

Pure Kitch.
Like Frank Lloyd right said: The great american lust for bad taste.

By: Jayme

Jayme — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:33:44 +0000

This peice is absolutely not my design style — but KUDOS TO YOU, ANNA! It is absoluely exsquisite! Your bold color combinations and unexpexted patterns are to die for. Keep on inspiring those closed minded baboons who say youve done wrong!

By: LUCY

LUCY — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:51:17 +0000

As a furniture designer and somebody who was trained in historical architecture let me say this; I liked it so much more before. True the upholstery need updating, but what doesnt after a time?
The new fabric is beautiful, and works well with the white paint. But, the throw pillows seem out of place. This could be the original intent of the designer, but I have learned from years of experience that an awkward design like that may get attention but will more likely draw negative attention.

That being said, it pains me to see beautiful old wood painted. As architects have long proclaimed covering up a materials true nature is (for lack of a better description, maybe “dishonest?” but that makes me sound like a nut) bad. Wood is inherently a material that screams of life and brightness. When it is older it needs a little more maintenance to help achieve that, but a coat of paint to cover up the scars of its life is not the answer. Painting this couch is like John McCain dumping his first wife when she got fat.

The designer obviously has the ability to find reasonably well choreographed patterns and colors. She only needs to stop massacring already beautiful pieces in this game she plays. SAVE THE FURNITURE, stop a mad woman!

By: stacy

stacy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:40:55 +0000

quite a transformation!