When I went back to the patio store to order new cushions I just about fell over when he told me how much they would cost. I bought this Brown & Jordan furniture 15 years ago so by now what I paid for them sounds cheap in today's dollars. I told the guy, "the cushions now cost almost as much as I paid for the furniture!!" Unfortunately the manufacturer knows that these chairs have a unique shape and if customers want new cushions they are the only ones who can provide them, off-the-shelf cushions won't fit. I didn't know what to do when the guy leans over and says, "why don't you just order the fabric and have them made, it will be cheaper". Yeah, why not, if I can make a pillow surely I can handle a cushion. But then he told me how much the Subrella costs per yard if I ordered it through their store, something like $50 a yard (I forget). I decided to search on my own and sure enough I found out that Calico Corners sells it for half that amount. I waited for a fabric sale and ordered them for even less. I didn't try the internet or eBay so I might have done even better, who knows. But as it was I was already saving a bucket load of money and I was getting the same high quality fabric as if I had ordered them. When it was all said and done I was able to make 4 cushions, 1 chaise lounge, and a loveseat for about the price I would have paid to have one cushion made. And I was able to customize them with zippers for easy cleaning. If your cushions have welting on them you don't have to make the new ones with cording, just omit it. You're in control now as to how they are designed. You can add or detract according to your skill level. My cushions didn't have welting or zippers. When I took them apart and saw how simple the construction was it really made me angry at the prices they were charging for new cushions.

Disappointed the scale isn't large enough. When DD1 was sourcing fabrics, I was often disappointed by the pattern as a whole once seen in person. Color was usually the reason when she ordered samples not found locally. Yes, they are custom. DD1 has to the trade access, and a local TTT only workroom made all of the drapes. The fabric is Pierre Frey, Toiles de Nantes; one of their classic patterns. Mario Buatta bedroom, 1980s. I was hesitant to use this fabric, but the blue is perfect with our rug so DD1 kept pushing me outside my comfort zone. The room is very formal and the pattern knocks down the formality. There is a copycat fabric called Palma by Bernard Thorpe, below. Smaller scale and color difference, but I don't know how he gets away with it.

Help?! How have the pottery barn york sofas and the sunbrella performance tweed fabric worn over time? Cushions keep their shape? I have the chance to buy a 2 year old pottery barn york sofa in sunbrella performance tweed - ash for $1600. It seems to be in very good condition. I have two 25 lb dogs who will be on the sofa.

Two things to note thst i don’t see mentioned here. First, the upholstery durability test only measures thread breakage, not piling. Once two threads break, it failes. Anything above 40,000 rubs is contract grade and will last well in a residential setting. Secondly, any material that has a fiber content of more than 25% acrylic will pill. So I would never use Sunbrella on an indoor sofa. Acrylic is also not great for the environment in and of itself. But added to that, Sunbrella is coated with PFAS, which is what gives it its stain resistance (ditto Crypton). (I do understand that the EPA considers these types of chemicals safe, but most consumers do not realize these ”performance“ materials are even coated. People should know and make up their own minds as to its safety). The only thing Sunbrella is truly good at is color fastness because acrylic is solution dyed, mean meaning the color is in the liquid that is turned into the yarn that is woven into the fabic—the color goes all the way through the fiber, rather than garment or yarn-dyed where the color sits on top of the fiber. if you’re going with a light color, there’s literally no good reason to choose Sunbrella. There are far better options asthetically and environmentally.