Teal Retro Danish Armchair: From Drab to Dreamy

This week saw the completion of a retro chair transformation using a striking colourful teal fabric! This gorgeous little chair is an original 1950’s Danish armchair, with a beautiful show wood detail frame, angular arms and classic tapered legs. It boasts an unusual upholstery inlay detail to the side of the chair, which adds definition to the angles.

The original fabric was a faded burgundy weave, which did little to enhance the stunning frame.  I choose a bright colour for this chair as this chair deserves to be noticed! The wood work was professionally french polished as it wasn’t in great condition, so I needed to use a fabric which complemented the new wood tone and made it pop! After much deliberation I opted for Designers Guild‘s Allia in Teal. I’m so glad I did – its such a great colour and has really given a personality to this once forgotten chair.

It’s so comfortable (and I’m not just saying that), the seat is fully sprung and feels like you are sitting on a mattress!

What do you think about the colour of this chair? Would you be brave enough to use teal in your own home? Please comment below!

This chair is currently for sale, priced at £625.00 GBP on the Florrie+Bill website.

Restored Retro Danish Armchair

Earlier this month we restored this fabulous retro Danish armchair. I fell in love with the simple, clean design of this chair, and the slightly curved arms are so stylish. This chair was covered in a bespoke choice of fabric by the client, and will be going into a home design studio.

It was fully stripped and the wood frame removed from the seat and back. The woodwork had a lovely patina, and was requested to be left looking ‘vintage’ – so we just brightened it up a little using Danish oil. New webbing and foam was added to provide superior comfort as the original webbing and foams had disintegrated. A lovely new dome shape was created on the seat. The chair was newly upholstered in Villa Nova’s Geneva Vintage cotton-linen in the Caraway colour. Its laid back, washed effect texture suits the simple style of this armchair.

Such a transformation – here is a picture of the chair before our restoration. As you can see the original fabric, although quite lovely, was unfortunately dirty and worn.

Now its fully restored its looking perfect… And it makes such a great chair to use for taking photographs of cushions!

Cushions shown are from a selection of Flock fabrics cushions coming soon at Florrie+Bill.

Wooden Armchairs: Project of the Week!

These chairs are real beauties!

We are currently stripping back a lovely pair of Wooden Armchairs which we think are from the 60′s or 70′s. There are no manufacturers mark on these, though the arms and top back rail have an Ercol-esque feel to them. Having worked with Ercol frames previously we suspect the chairs to be British manufactured, if for nothing else but the comparable quality.

The chairs were originally varnished in a rather nasty dark brown, which we are currently removing and finding the lovely grain underneath. We will probably finish the frames with a wax to really enhance the grain and patina of the wood.

The chairs need a couple of repairs to the original seat springs, and the seat and back cushions are awaiting to be upholstered. We have not yet decided the fabric for these, so if you would like to enquire into buying these chairs and covering with your choice of fabric then please get in touch.

We will of course update you with the finished chairs in the store when ready.