"No, not there...
...please, have a seat here instead."
After being laid off from my job in the mortgage industry, I realized that this was an opportunity to revamp my life and my surroundings. I got rid of EVERYTHING in my apartment and decided to start anew. Little did I know that it would take more than a year to complete this little renewal project.
I recently found two of these club chairs (brand new) at an outlet store near Pasadena, CA. I purchased them both for only $400.00. I found out shortly thereafter that they were still being sold a major retailer for the original price of $700.00 a piece. (Trust me, it's all about the art of the deal for me.) As you can see in the first image, they were covered in a fabric that even your grandmother would hate. After two weeks of searching, I finally found the perfect fabric in a men's suiting ($28/yd x 13 yds) at Diamond Foam & Fabric on La Brea in Los Angeles and had them recovered by my upholsterer, for only $275.00 per chair. It pays to shop around, because Diamond Fabric was charging nearly $600.00/chair to re-upholster. End result: Two custom club chairs for under $1300.00. Since, I'm going for a B&W, New York Penthouse-inspired look, these chairs are perfectly suited. Just a couple of more small pieces to add and I should be completely done in the next couple of weeks. I hope!
I recently found two of these club chairs (brand new) at an outlet store near Pasadena, CA. I purchased them both for only $400.00. I found out shortly thereafter that they were still being sold a major retailer for the original price of $700.00 a piece. (Trust me, it's all about the art of the deal for me.) As you can see in the first image, they were covered in a fabric that even your grandmother would hate. After two weeks of searching, I finally found the perfect fabric in a men's suiting ($28/yd x 13 yds) at Diamond Foam & Fabric on La Brea in Los Angeles and had them recovered by my upholsterer, for only $275.00 per chair. It pays to shop around, because Diamond Fabric was charging nearly $600.00/chair to re-upholster. End result: Two custom club chairs for under $1300.00. Since, I'm going for a B&W, New York Penthouse-inspired look, these chairs are perfectly suited. Just a couple of more small pieces to add and I should be completely done in the next couple of weeks. I hope!
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