Before and After - Hickory Chair and Sherrill

I have previously written about how the quality of both Hickory Chair and Sherrill (great North Carolina furniture manufacturers still in business)!   Whenever I have an opportunity to pick up some nice pieces for a good price, I feel confident of their "refurbishing worthiness" - the construction almost always features hand-tied 8-way coil springs which is the GOLD standard of fine upholstered furniture.  I am on a personal mission to help people identify furniture worth redoing.  It is expensive to re-upholster furniture and just not worth it if the piece is not well constructed and likely to last at least one or more generations (not just years).  The easiest way to tell if something has hand-tied coils is to flip the piece over and look underneath for large round coils.  You should also be able to feel the coils very easily.  A mistake people often make is to lift the cushion and observe that there is a metal foundation to hold up the cushion - this is NOT what I am talking about.  Once you know what to look for, it is easy and takes about one second.

In addition to finding these featured pieces in such good condition, I was also able to use fabrics I recently purchased at Fabric World (see previous blogs for these great finds).  I love how these turned out.

Before - Sherrill Club Chair

After - Sherrill Clubs in Richloom Platinum Toile

Before

After - Hickory Chair Edwardian in Embroidered Linen