Plant your butt on something beautiful
By Christa TerryOh, MetroSofa, you minx! Temptress! Or is that tempter? I mean, really now, is an only seating shop traditionally male or female? It doesn’t matter. Your antique-modern aesthetic makes me want to light all of the furniture in my house on fire just so I have an excuse to buy more.
Seriously — classic styles merge with hip fabrics in a perfect blend of old and new. They start with recyclable or antique wood frames that would otherwise end up in a landfill and work their magic to make them beautiful again, choosing “paints, fabrics, cushions and finishes with green production and manufacturing in mind.” Yep, green as in eco-friendly so you can feel good about your chair…unless you had to torch all your existing chairs to get it.
Plus, if you don’t like any of the chairs you see below, you can custom design your own!
Magnificence incarnate, no? If the fact that one must inquire for pricing puts you off a bit, I have a tip just for you. Regularly visit your local thrift shop until a ratty old Louis armchair comes in. Snap it up, and strip it. The first thing you need to do is sand and paint the frame. Then reupholster the cloth bits using some mod fabric and a heavy-duty staple gun. Voila! You have yourself a chair that’s (almost) worthy of the MetroSofa name.
Naturally, it will always be better than anything you sourced from some hoity-toity shop because you made it yourself!
June 19th, 2008 at 6:26 am
Oh, that black-and-white damask one…..I’m in lurrrrrvvvve!
June 19th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I love the last one. I’m all about the Funky Goth Look. Colours really pop against black, and ornate woodwork in all matte black is not overbearing like it is in cream with gold accents.
June 20th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Oh dear. I think you may have just inspired my next fit of DIY, NtB.
I want to make similarly funky, whimsical chairs (number fabric, I’m looking at you) for my home. In fact, the chair I use at my computer has been in desperate need of reupholstering for far longer than I care to admit. It’s a very pretty chair that I inherited when my father died, and the frame’s in great shape but the seat is incredibly ratty. Now I want to find a fun new fabric to fix it up a bit.
I may need to go prowling for upholstry remnants this weekend.