Textile Tuesday: Vintage Furniture Transformations

Lacefield customers often comment on the unique upholstery pieces we feature in our catalogs and on our website.  Even junky old thrift store furniture can become eye candy with a simple upholstery job in one of our signature print textiles. Throughout the year we scour antique markets, Craigslist, Goodwill stores and local thrift shops for inexpensive, distinctive furniture for Lacefield photo shoots.  Here are some of our favorite finds in all their thrift store glory, alongside their beautiful transformations:

A vintage granny wingback is transformed with Lacefield Bengali Grey textile

These hotel surplus dining chairs now look like French antiques with a little help from
Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and Lacefield Bombay Cobalt and Bombay Mist textiles

Lacefield Isla Spring textile breathes new life into this settee

An assortment of vintage chairs are revived with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint
and Lacefield Jasmine Seaglass & Trellis Mist textiles

This curvy beauty was brought into the 21st Century with Lacefield Madras Bisque textile

A cheap chain store wing chair gets a classic update with our Serengeti Coral textile

We use a wonderful local upholstery shop for the pieces shown in our photo shoots, but after an amazing weekend of networking with DIY bloggers at Haven Conference, I feel inspired to learn how to upholster some smaller pieces myself.  There is a great new upholstery guide book on the market, written by professional upholsterer, Amanda Brown. The extremely talented and resourceful Brown runs Spruce, a furniture redesign firm in Austin, Texas.  Would you be brave enough to take on an upholstery DIY project? 

Spruce by Amanda Brown is available HERE

From Trash to Treasure

A colorful Chairloom ad from Lonny Magazine

   
Philadelphia based Chairloom is one Lacefield Designs' textile customer that truly knows that "one woman's trash is another woman's treasure". Business partners Molly Andrews and Tracy Jenkins breathe new life into battered and worn furniture pieces by reupholstering them with vibrant new textiles. The ladies of Chairloom have become known for mixing traditional furniture shapes with colorful, bold prints. Visit their website and Facebook page to view some inspiring 'Before & After' photos like the ones below.

tattered wing chair left for dead on the side of the road

 wing chair brought back to life by Molly Andrews and Tracy Jenkins
 of Chairloom  -  upholstered in our Marrakesh Firefly textile

retro sofa salvaged by Chairloom

sofa revived by Chairloom - upholstered in our Marrakesh Cobblestone textile 

a mid century chair that Chairloom will be recover in our 

Marrakesh Lagoon textile - can't wait to see the 'after' photo!

wish we were closer to Philadelphia so that the ladies of Chairloom

could work their magic on this pair of vintage wing chairs we plan to

recover in our Bengali Grey  ikat textile for an upcoming photo shoot!

Lacefield Designs Bengali Grey textile

Have you used our textiles for a recent upholstery project?  We would love to see your 'Before & After' shots!  Share them on our Pinterest 'As Seen In' page or on our Facebook page.