tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post5122267112868250842..comments2024-03-22T17:33:05.973+10:00Comments on absolutely beautiful things: Vintage ChairsAnna Spirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00032398753102441691noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-76614352810028351062009-08-05T23:40:51.787+10:002009-08-05T23:40:51.787+10:00she is just gorgeous...she is just gorgeous...paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09732549311548601111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-42656637366240589152009-07-31T18:33:11.759+10:002009-07-31T18:33:11.759+10:00Hi, like everyone else who has posted here, I love...Hi, like everyone else who has posted here, I love these chairs, beautiful. You've given me a great idea for some old chairs I have around my own house. NicoleFirst House on the Righthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17473940051850187576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-53694530405214440712009-07-31T13:18:36.271+10:002009-07-31T13:18:36.271+10:00Love, love, love ticking and the upholstery detail...Love, love, love ticking and the upholstery detailing is great.style chroniclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14864120580214717561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-85332045826568117552009-07-31T00:37:55.273+10:002009-07-31T00:37:55.273+10:00Really pretty chair and the way it lies over the f...Really pretty chair and the way it lies over the frame is elegant. Good choice to present. Love IT!Its Just Another Day In Paradisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297963702844504670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-3279446416937002072009-07-30T16:49:28.452+10:002009-07-30T16:49:28.452+10:00So elegant Anna, I love the pleats and the ticking...So elegant Anna, I love the pleats and the ticking is a perennial favourite and timeless. What a lovely chair - a special piece indeed...JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-13906208016353250392009-07-29T20:27:57.211+10:002009-07-29T20:27:57.211+10:00Oh my God...my mother's chairs are now famous!...Oh my God...my mother's chairs are now famous!! What a lovely surprise to find them on your blog Anna.I'm so thrilled with them, especially when I remember the sad sorry state they were in. They look gorgeous with those embroidery cushions we did up....soft pinks and greens. Yummy. I just adore my beautiful furnishings...big thank you Anna.<br />PamelaMela Fitzgibbonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04811455418693798897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-82462831923348467612009-07-29T18:27:04.604+10:002009-07-29T18:27:04.604+10:00Anna,I really enjoyed hearing you today and your &...Anna,I really enjoyed hearing you today and your "accent". I understood complelty what you had to say about how you dont like to talk about yourself and hold some back. Im not good with that either. I dont have a blog but I just love to read and enjoy the many that I visit on the net. Yours was the first one I visted way back last year. I took one day to read the whole thing. Ive come every day since and enjoy it very much. You have such a great energy and it comes across in your writting. Thanks so much for sharing what you have about you,you family and work. Oh yea now Ned. He is adorable! I always sign off Julie in Holland, Im from the states I moved to Holland 10 years ago ...Julie B. [Holland]https://www.blogger.com/profile/11974062033692887509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-12256034339102707262009-07-29T17:04:20.565+10:002009-07-29T17:04:20.565+10:00Lovely chairs. I'm doing an upholstery night ...Lovely chairs. I'm doing an upholstery night course at the moment and covering a similar chair - hope mine looks as lovely as yours! I was going to sand and re-stain the arms, but I like how your ones are left original - I think I'll go the same way.Nicolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12834039645746349810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-10732034899659092432009-07-29T16:52:38.648+10:002009-07-29T16:52:38.648+10:00I have a very similar chair which I think was my g...I have a very similar chair which I think was my grandmothers, my mother was going to through it out and I said NO! It is in desperate need of new upholstery though and has beautiful arms like that chair. You've inspired me to finally get my chair restored!Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14504601706240499234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-14265419426103541152009-07-29T11:52:24.568+10:002009-07-29T11:52:24.568+10:00Ticking stripe pattern with skirt looks perfect fo...Ticking stripe pattern with skirt looks perfect for this chair.<br />Chic yet casual. Inviting.preppyinnewenglandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13453427224720566169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-24361315090651168652009-07-29T11:17:18.970+10:002009-07-29T11:17:18.970+10:00GREAT to hear your voice finally on Skirted Roundt...GREAT to hear your voice finally on Skirted Roundtable! It was such fun to listen all of the interesting things you had to say!Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-33786406136996922422009-07-29T07:47:52.378+10:002009-07-29T07:47:52.378+10:00Hi :0) I just had to comment on these pretty chair...Hi :0) I just had to comment on these pretty chairs! ..they look so pretty and as if they are wearing dresses and awaiting guests...I love them!Debra Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14581292373288270030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-12527819883559591242009-07-29T07:45:58.347+10:002009-07-29T07:45:58.347+10:00great chairsgreat chairs20 boxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05770878758038116648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-2482862351367892812009-07-29T07:45:47.518+10:002009-07-29T07:45:47.518+10:00I LOVE how you left the frame as is. A lovely way ...I LOVE how you left the frame as is. A lovely way to show their history!Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03834276695991711627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-18739046993045238202009-07-29T07:45:31.449+10:002009-07-29T07:45:31.449+10:00black and white ticking is so gorgeous! anna, i k...black and white ticking is so gorgeous! anna, i know this may seem a boring request, but is there a chance that you can do a post on finding a decent upholsterer?! really. i have at least four chairs (including a featherstone) that need a little sprucing and wouldn't have the first clue about how to find someone decent to restore them....i'm sure i'm not alone in this. xShelley Trbuhovichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00081658528934705521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-59398841602302066722009-07-29T07:26:11.243+10:002009-07-29T07:26:11.243+10:00Perfect little chairs. 2 favourites together, tick...Perfect little chairs. 2 favourites together, ticking and box pleats.Julie@beingRUBYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424920655462727594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-81081615386067227412009-07-29T06:26:40.200+10:002009-07-29T06:26:40.200+10:00Anna,
I love the way the chairs came out.Anna,<br /><br />I love the way the chairs came out.Yansyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976602859032253160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-6685917050167367732009-07-29T06:26:38.416+10:002009-07-29T06:26:38.416+10:00These are great...lovely upholstery and I adore th...These are great...lovely upholstery and I adore the box pleats. So much fun to make something old, look new!Renae Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083827332206881787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-500533988716239822009-07-29T06:21:28.941+10:002009-07-29T06:21:28.941+10:00i love ticking. what a great choice for these litt...i love ticking. what a great choice for these little ladies.72 and sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18244030255190856553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-69144656775272165322009-07-29T03:42:36.631+10:002009-07-29T03:42:36.631+10:00Oh, those chairs are beautiful!!!!!Oh, those chairs are beautiful!!!!!Jenny Frohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00516878326189209955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-63050409526395492742009-07-29T02:22:53.516+10:002009-07-29T02:22:53.516+10:00I am unbelievably in love with these chairs. Love...I am unbelievably in love with these chairs. Love the ticking fabric and the contrast between the old and the new. Great work!!Devonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971701920601718516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-13703030539058279512009-07-29T01:33:15.608+10:002009-07-29T01:33:15.608+10:00great work! love it love it love it! :)great work! love it love it love it! :)Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14453882302076114905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-76930247433849154062009-07-29T01:06:21.876+10:002009-07-29T01:06:21.876+10:00Lovely. It's great that you were able to refre...Lovely. It's great that you were able to refresh the chairs without taking away their character.Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273095879606906106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-33287609421129078722009-07-29T00:43:07.129+10:002009-07-29T00:43:07.129+10:00I love the ticking and the pleated skirts, the cha...I love the ticking and the pleated skirts, the chairs are just beautiful!e.e.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01428060303385329368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588562210437039078.post-63360975165679608372009-07-28T23:28:18.805+10:002009-07-28T23:28:18.805+10:00* Anna, I so appreciate it when the original wear ...* Anna, I so appreciate it when the original wear & tear on the wood IS left "as found"... refinishing would take away ALLLL of sentimental personality of the pieces, making each chair "JUST another chair"!!!<br /><br />KUDOS~ they're simply DEEEEELIGHTFUL!<br /><br />Linda in AZ *Linda in AZ *https://www.blogger.com/profile/02300293275066986999noreply@blogger.com