Stripped bare

We were super excited today as the man we had chosen to reupholster two ‘fauteuils’ (armchairs) we have, contacted us to say he was now ready for us to deliver the second chair.

We’d been to see him some weeks ago now. He works out of a small ‘atelier’ in Romilly Les Vaudes. We’d taken one of the chairs with us and discussed how we wanted them to be finished and chosen our fabric and fastenings, so that he could then send us a Devis (quote), which he did a few days later. But literally the day we were going to deliver the second chair he called us to say he was not well and he needed to delay us delivering the second chair.

Although the bibliothèque, where the chairs are going to go, is not finished yet, we had wanted to make sure we didn’t delay getting them completed too long. So it was great to hear this week that he was now ready to start on the second chair. When we arrived he showed us the carcass of the first chair. He’d stripped it bare of all its upholstery, ready for the woodwork to be prepared. The gold velour was the fabric underneath the existing grey covering.

We can’t wait to see them completed.