Tuesday, December 16, 2008

My new re-upholstered heart-chocolate rococo dream sofa!

Couldn't wait until I got the chance to take a picture in daylight! I just had to post these rather yellow images of my newly re-upholstered sofa! I'm so excited. I had the fabric for several years and the rococo sofa was in really poor state - the fabric was torn and the stuffing was starting to spread in the apartment. I could never have dreamt that it would turn out this fabulous. I just screamed when I first saw it. It's so yummy. Like a big Christmas candy in our livingroom.
I left it with a proper re-upholsterer and I would never had been able to save that old wreck on my own. Money well spent. They found stamps inside that said that it was made in Sweden 1700-late-something and that it was made for export. I only know that my grandparents got it sent from the Swedish embassy in Moscow in the 50th.

On Saturday when I'm at home while it's daylight I will take some better pictures. (The latitude of Stockolm makes it dark when I leave for work in the morning and dark when I come home - in the summertime it's the opposite though which is nice)

12 comments:

Rima said...

Oooh. Your sofa looks stunning. Well-saved!

Lotten said...

Åhh den är helt ljuvlig! Som en chokladtryffel ;-)

Inger Carina said...

Åh va glad jag blev att ni gillade den!
Oh, I'm SOO happy you like it!
/Inger Carina

Ann Charlotte said...

Guuud vad snygg den blev!!!!
Grattis till den snyggaste soffan i historien

Mary said...

Beautifully done Carina! Good to see you posting again.

Stephanie Suzanne Designs said...

This is divine!!! love your fabric choice.

Stephanie
Queen of Dreamsz

Anonymous said...

I am so jealous! It's beautiful!

Maria said...

SÅ snygg!!
Älskar stilkrockar som det blir med detta tyg.

garngalen // woollysocks said...

oh, den ser så smaskig ut!!!

Anonymous said...

Jag vill också ha! Den är grym!

Amanda said...

What a beautiful sofa! I want one!!

Kara Bay said...

Wow! What a fantastic sofa! We have a pink velvet sofa in a similar style, but it is not nearly that old - maybe 100 years or so. Absolutely gorgeous - I would love to see a before picture.