The other piece of furniture that has been given the make-over treatment is the sofa that lives in the conservatory at the end of our kitchen. When Stewart and I combined households we also combined items of furniture and the sofa came from his house. Between you and me I was never very keen on the colour or the fabric but in the interest of fairness it came to live with us... although it wasn't me that ripped it... honest! The combination of sun in the conservatory and apparently boys sitting with their feet up (I'm not even going there) caused the fabric to rot and tear.
We lived with it as you do, covered with a large throw but it was never ideal and always looked a mess. Stewart was all for getting rid of it but I rather liked the shape and felt the basic sofa was sound. So when someone recommended a good local upholsterer, I had it recovered.
It arrived back home last week and look how beautiful it looks now!
Complete with two new cushions from Ikea!
That does look smart! And I love the colour :-)
ReplyDeleteI know where you're coming from, it took me 15yrs to convince someone that his old red sofa needed to be replaced!
That was well worth the effort for sure
ReplyDeleteWow!, it looks amazing.
ReplyDeleteIt looks good Gina, hope you've told the boys to keep their feet off! 😉
ReplyDeletedoesn't that look just stunning Gina!
ReplyDeleteEven in it's sorry state I could see that it was a lovely sofa. Now it looks beautiful and you must be so pleased with it. Love the colour too. No more feet on it!!
ReplyDeleteGreat job!! It would have been a shame to throw it out when you see how well it looks now!
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As good as new - gorgeous. x Jo
ReplyDeleteWow, what a transformation, it looks superb.
ReplyDeleteIt looks gorgeous - is it allowed in from the conservatory now?!
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Wow! What a facelift..... looks great.
ReplyDeleteTwo brilliant transformations in these last two posts.
ReplyDeleteGreat colour for the settee - keep the lads feet of definitely!!
ReplyDeleteYou "new" sofa made me smile this morning. What a wonderful colour! Made my heart all beat-skippity for a moment. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteJust proves you should never throw anything away! I might have to get the name of the upholsterer/sofa magician from you x
ReplyDeleteIt is a beautiful shape and the colour is very much nicer now. Isabelle was asking about those cushions recently, if anyone else has them - see http://in-this.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/more-tables.html
ReplyDeleteBeautifully revitalised and the cushions set it off.
ReplyDeleteSofa envy? Is there such a thing? Definitely cushion envy!
ReplyDeleteAnother beautiful transformation. That's a wonderful blue... and no doubt cheaper than a decent new sofa that wouldn't look half as classy!
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