A Few Before and After Photos

Even though I've been working on chairs for over 2o years, it's only been a year or so since I took over my Mom's business and people aren't really aware of the quality of work I'm putting out there, so I figured I'd post a few before and after photos to let you see a sampling of the projects I worked on in 2012.

This was a fun club chair that I did to match a really nice Arts and Crafts Morris chair that I had done previously in the same fabric

another happy customer!!!

This is a REALLY cool custom sofa designed in NYC in the late 50's.  The father of the customer was a designer and had this built for the family home. 

The curved front, oversized square arms and low back really give this couch a cool style

Sometimes it's hard to imagine what things will look like...

A really fun paisley gave this little parlor chair a playful feel, finished with natural nail heads

The best part about upholstery is preserving the life and stories that are attached to furniture

This split sofa set was where my customers courted as teens 50 years ago, and now with some TLC, they can spend their golden years lounging in luxury!!!

A really cool piece

An interesting Club Chair gets a makeover

This is a past project that I reupholstered earlier this winter.  It was an interesting chair and the stripes were fun.  We eliminated the weird and bulky pleating on the rear panel, which led to an interesting challenge for mirroring and matching the pleats while fitting the panel to the upper curve and the overall tapered base of the chair.

this is the original, very light blue light cotton/poly fabric.

from the side with the pleats

nothing but poly/dacron

kind of matches the shop

the curves and interaction of the top front arm fold led to a little warping of the stripe.