Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Work in Progress







I thought it might be a nice change to have this blog post be about one of the projects we are currently working on.

I have attached a photo of this amazing sectional we are working on. A designer in the East Bay designed this sectional. In the photo, you can see that it has just come out of the frame shop, and is now heading to our spring-up department. The spring up department is where we interweave the jute webbing, and then attach the coils to the webbing and then hand tie all the coils to each other as well as to the frame. This is for a large family which will make heavy use of this sectional. So, we are using heavier gauge coils to ensure maximum life for the seating foundation. The more information the designer provides us, the better we can meet expectations. In this case, the designer told us about how much heavy use these items will get, so we used the heavier coils and added extra supports to the frame.

The sectional consists of 5 pieces. There are two quarter round armless sectionals. When they are put together to form a half circle, the distance across is 12’-0”. So you can imagine the size of home this is going to fit into. Then there is a center ottoman which is a 60” diameter round. This fits into the center of the half circle. And the last two pieces are quarter round benches. They complete the other half of the circle, but they are benches with no backs. The benches can be pulled apart to allow access to the sectional. So, all together it forms a huge circle. I think it is an amazing design. It reminds me of those old “pit” sectional. They were kind of a u-shape sectional with a large ottoman which fit into the center portion of the sectional. But this version is so much more creative and modern. It will have a tight back, with multiple toss pillows. The seat cushions a bench style cushion. We will add D-rings and clips to hold the cushions in place.

Once this sectional begins getting upholstered, I will take some more photos to show you the work in progress. I hope you like it! Thanks.
Jim

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