Anybody know about Four Seasons slipcovered Furniture?
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slipcovered furniture - which brands?
Comments (5)Here is a list of manufacturers as a starting point. I have also included the link to photos of slipcovered sofas in Houzz because you can view the picture, and ask questions. They will often identify the manufacturer of the furniture. You might also want to post on the Home Decorating forum. They might be a bit more chatty about this. Mitchell Gold & Bob Williams http://www.mgbwhome.com/slipcovered-C13.aspx MGBW also private labels some of the sofas sold by the retailes listed below. They are available nationally. Rowe Pottery Barn Rooms To Go (Cindy Crawford Collection) Arhaus Ballard Designs LL Bean JC Penney Restoration Hardware Room & Board Club Furniture Nantuckit IKEA Crate & Barrel Home Decorators Collection Cottage Home Lee Industries Our Boat House Here is a link that might be useful: [Slipcovered Sofas on Houzz[(https://www.houzz.com/photos/white-slipcovered-sofa-phbr0lbl-bl~l_42878)...See MoreIKEA Slipcover Sofa-Anyone Know Anything?
Comments (11)I'm going to be the negative one here. My Dh and I bought the Ektorp sofa and matching chair when we first got married. We needed something inexpensive and stylish and thought the price was right. IKEA's delivery service was horrible. We took a day off from work the day the delivery was supposed to come and they never showed up. On Day 2, my FIL spent an entire day at our house and again, they didn't show up. On Day 3, my FIL was at our house again and at 5:00, when they still didn't show, we called up screaming. If we hadn't called they wouldn't have shown up. It left a bad taste in our mouth but at least we got our furniture. However, the chair was in our house with limited use for 1 month and the leg sank in. The sofa pilows were a crumpled mess. The slipcover was dragging on the floor, not sure if it just didn't fit or if the cushions sank. I wasn't expecting much but it wasn't even worth the little amount that I paid. The frame was like cardboard and the cushions were the cheapest foam imaginable. Slipcovers faded after washing. After 1.5 years, the sofa looked beat up and we had to get a new one. My advice is to invest in the Mitchell Gold, unless you're planning to switch out your sofa in 2 years. Its a good sofa for a kids playroom (which is where my sofa ended up while the chair went to the trash) because then you don't have to worry about it but I wouldn't recommend it for a living space. The price point isn't so appealing once you notice that its not even worth $100. I think that's why there are so many of them on CL. People buy them and then realize they need to get something better. Others may have had a better experience but I learned my lesson. If I had known then what I know now, I wouldn't have spent my hard earned $$ on cheap junk. It's almost better to live with hand me downs until you can save $$ to purchase quality pieces that will last over 5 years. Just my $.02. Good Luck with whatever you decide....See MoreAdvice on three- or four-season (or screened-in!) porches
Comments (29)Thanks for the smart points about rain, klem. And I agree -- there are just so many options, and people are so opinionated about those options, that it's hard to know what to do. My biggest concern remains the weather and how that will affect things, but I know that's a local issue. Maybe I should walk around the neighborhood and survey some people with porches about the sun and the temp, etc. Without adding any new information, my wife and I are divided on what to do -- she thinks just screening it is fine, but I think it would be really nice to have glass for the late fall / winter. If we had to decide today, I think we would either do simple / cheap modern storm windows (which could be opened to the screen on the bottom half during the summer) or do something a bit more adventurous. What I'm thinking on the adventurous front is to screen it in, but do it in a way where there's space to add the old-style wooden storm windows later -- just simple single-pane units that slide into the windo frames and attach with this: http://www.houseofantiquehardware.com/screen-hooks-storm-sash-window-hanger?sc=12&category=91 . The main thing would be attaching the screen on the inside of the frames, or at least creating an outside sill deep enough for the storm windows to nestle within it and still be flush on the outside. Then we could remove the storm windows and store them in the garage during the summer (though that wouldn't help with rainstorms you mention). Does that make any sense? If we did that, we could see how we like the screen in the spring and summer, but add the glass later in an affordable and removable fashion. I haven't seen many people try this, but I think we could build the storm frames and get the glass cut by a local shop. Basically we would recreate something like this company's product: http://chicagogreenwindows.com/storm-window-primer/...See MoreNew 4 season porch, furniture acq., arrangement, decor.. overwhelmed
Comments (7)Patricia Colwell Consulting: Floor, Mannington "Century Pebble" LVT, needed to be rigid core. Looks like terrazzo, light gray/tan. Thanks for reminder about "stuff". We are wanting to keep the space fresh. Getting new furniture, decor is taking weeks, even months these days. Only piece I'm emotionally attached to is table from family but that will get update. The space out door will have a deck, then be integrated into green space, plantings of perennials (pinks/whites), trees, bird baths/feeders, open country, sunsets. New fire pit. Privacy isn't a huge issue but will want to have an option. It's also NORTH exposure/back yard, gets mid to late afternoon sun. Trees and distance to the neighbors. Room is for relaxing, decompressing, restoring, staving off winter blues, enjoying a meal with nature. I want to read/art/music, my guy wants tv (I don't but I won't win that battle). It will have a Tiara II Heat N Glo direct vent gas stove in the corner. It is very comfortable....See Moredmurphy50
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