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| Club Chair BEFORE |
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| Club Chair AFTER |
Recently my decorating partner, Gina, and I worked with a couple for whom eco-design is not a trendy buzzword but a deeply held life philosophy. Our clients, both university professors, hired our firm,
The Redecorators LLC, to re-do the drawing room of their 1920s stone home in Philadelphia's
Garden Court District with this mandate: make it elegant and welcoming for entertaining (which they would need to do on a regular basis as part of their professional positions) but still comfortable and liveable for family gatherings ... and don't use one piece of new wood doing it.
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| Chaise BEFORE |
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| Chaise AFTER |
In
Part One of posts highlighting this project, here are
Before & Afters of furniture used in the room. Of nearly two dozen items the only new purchases were three floor lamps and two tables--one made of recycled steel, the other a current issue of a classic Knoll Tulip table. Every other element was a vintage piece, refurbished and sometimes radically reconstructed.
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| Sofa BEFORE |
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| Sofa AFTER |
To find the furniture and accessories we scoured auctions, vintage stores, Ebay, Craig's List, garage sales and the basement of our upholstery work room. We then altered finishes and recovered chairs, sofas, ottomans, with high-end yet durable to-the-trade fabrics in a palette ranging from soft ivory to deep charcoal. The results: an
Eco Chic room that's luxurious, livable ... and sustainable.
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| Armchair BEFORE |
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| Armchair AFTER |
To see before and afters of the finished space check back next week.
Design and photos by Doreen Creede & Gina Pierantozzi for The Redecorators LLC Source URL: http://thesoap-box.blogspot.com/2010/11/before-after-vintage-furniture-rescued.htmlVisit The Soap Box for Daily Updated Hairstyles Collection
