Mid-Century Modern

UPDATE: Our reupholstered couch has been returned :) It's beautiful! I'm so excited... Good call John!!!

The picture at left and bottom are the "before" pictures. The picture at the top is the "after" picture.



FROM 7/20 AT 3:55PM: John did a lot of work to get our apartment ready before I got here. He had a whole house to furnish, and he had to haul it all into our apartment on his own.

One of the things John found was this really cool mid-century modern couch. The 3 pieces are actually all separate pieces. It has very cool feet and a nice shape. Unfortunately, it's seen much better days and needs to be reupholstered.

We found an upholsterer through a furniture repair company. Ric, the upholsterer met with John in June to discuss the couch. Ric used to live in North Carolina where he restored furniture. He and John discussed High Point (where the NC furniture market is... one of the biggest in the country) and Woodstuff (where Dad and Margo used to work) came up. Ric was familiar with Woodstuff, which was kind of cool.

Anyway, John found a furniture restoration site that recommended a fabric store in North Carolina... Not Just Linens. All of their fabric is $7.99/yard. We told them what we were looking for and they sent us 10 samples. We chose one of the fabrics, ordered it, and it arrived last week.

Unfortunately, our upholsterer didn't have an opening until August... but then he called today and said he had a cancellation. So, he's coming tonight. It will take less than a week. John and I are both very excited! Our elderly couch is getting fabric surgery :)