Trash to Treasure
- February 4th, 2016
- in News
We’re sure you’ve heard of the line, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Recently, one of our designers and upholsterers had the opportunity to bring to life that famous cliché. A discarded executive-style chair was found in surplus and given new life for a client who greatly desired a beautiful new chair.
Designer Leah Shepherd found the chair for her client and worked with Upholsterer Janice Burrell to come up with a design. The chair was in really rough shape. The arms were scratched, the fabric was worn and stained, and the metal nailheads were dull. After sending it to the cabinet shop to have the arms and base refinished, Janice recovered the chair in a durable vinyl. She added decorative tufting to the back and piping around the edges of the chair. She also changed out the lackluster nailheads with new ones. And in just a few days’ time, what one department considered trash is now another department’s treasure!