Help on dining table! Target vs. Pottery Barn?
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Design Around This #1- Dining Room- Edwardian, not Pottery Barn!
Comments (45)Cawaps, those chairs are great. Love the "ears" on the back. Your combination of dark ceiling, mid-tone walls, light rug is unusual and I like it. I appreciate your thoughtful comments. This has been fun. I loved seeing each design. I think Crl's is my personal favorite. I could really visualize the room, with the pale blue lincrusta paper, beautiful chandelier, and the great rug that tied it all together and made it a bit more modern. Thank you all for participating! I think maybe we'll get more participation when it's not a holiday weekend. Any ideas for next week? Anyone want to put it together? I'll go back and look at the suggestions and post them....See MorePottery Barn Slip Covered Dining Room Chairs
Comments (15)I like my natural colored slipcovers. Yes some one can spill bbq sauce, but what if they spilled on your dining chair? Unless you are using all wood or vinyl, it is going to stain. Being able to take it right off and treat the stain with out damaging the frame of the chair is a nice thing. Personally, I would look for a less expensive version, but that is due to my wallet, I would probably love these if I could afford them. You can find other covers so you can switch out if you get tired of the white. Since I am busy sewing my own slip covers right now, yes they can wrinkle and shrink. But taking them out of the dryer while still fairly damp can make it easier to stretch them to put on. I have an older and much loved couch that has had the covers washed a lot with no issues with the seams. I did replace the seat cover because over time (and with the help of the dog) was not coming as clean as I would like...See MorePottery Barn Indio Outdoor Dining Patio Furniture anyone?
Comments (36)We have had a partial order of our Indio Metal Dining set and Lounge chairs delivered. (the rest is on backorder) While everything looks nice one of the Chaise lounge chairs and a couple of the dining chairs their legs do not all lign up and so there is a slight wobble to the chair. Both Chaise lounge chairs (not kept under the patio) have been rained on, while they look fine they are retaining water inside the aluminum construction of the chair. While i know aluminum does not rust, however aluminum can corrode over time. I am wondering if this is going to compromise the longevity of the chair? Again everything looks great, the quality of the product leaves us second guessing the purchase decision. Coming from a major designer/retailer like Pottery Barn this is a really big disservice to the customer confidence. i am looking forward to seeing how Pottery Barn addresses the situation. and here are a couple boring videos i took of the chair leaking water, the chairs are on their side and about 2 days after the last rain event. And yes the videos are like watching paint dry.. looks nice...See MorePottery Barn vs. Room & Board sectional reviews?
Comments (23)Hey everyone, I figured I would give an update to this post since it’s been almost a year since we purchased our sofa. We got the Big Sur sectional from PB, and it’s roughly one square acre in size, give or take. From a design standpoint, I wasn’t on board with a huge sectional, but compromising with design style and my wife’s desire for our kids to all all lay on it comfortably, we went with this option. Also, disclaimer, I went with this option because of price. I was not able to/willing to pay more than $5000 for a sofa because that’s what worked for our budget. That restraint plus the size space we wanted to have led to me being comfortable with this choice. Also, everyone’s at a different comfort level with longevity and replacement, and I’m fine having this so far for the price for the next 5 to 7 years, and then replacing it with something high end when we can afford it. What I didn’t want to do is stretch our budget and get something long-term when I anticipate the years of use will be down the structure and fabric no matter what. It’s only been a year, but being in quarantine at home all the time, and my children’s insistence on disobeying “don’t eat this in the living room“ rules, I would say I am very happy. As I mentioned in a previous comment, the Everydaylinen (Oatmeal) is not an especially comfortable fabric, and that continues to be true, but it is not offputting. It’s just not the softest material, though I would say it’s very durable. We use our sofa multiple times a day, my dog insists on sitting on it, and I’ve spilled multiple things on it (red wine twice no judgment, three nose bleeds), and it still looks new. The slipcovers don’t shift much and I’ve only steam pressed it twice. My only complaint is not structural, it’s just a little bit bland. I think that has to do with how large the sofa is, and that I went with an almost white color. Thankfully, I painted the living room white also (Aesthetic White SW 7035), so it feels like an intentional mono-chronicity (I’m making up words now). In short, I don’t regret my decision, and unless I had another two or $3000 to spend on a sofa, I would do it again....See Moresovra
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