Again in 2021, we purchased this couch secondhand on eBay. I knew that the key to getting an costly, trendy, high quality couch on a finances was to go secondhand, so I arrange alerts for a Conran couch and bagged this one for £150; the patrons had been promoting their property so wished a fast sale, and organised a pick-up by way of Shiply (this price an additional £90).
After which the couch sat in our lounge for 3 years. We haven’t actually used it as our lounge has been a makeshift warehouse for the previous couple of years with matches and workplace storage. It was in an okay situation, some marks and some tears within the cloth, however I knew I wished to do one thing with it that felt extra ‘us’. I’d been eyeing up striped sofas for years, I at all times cherished Lucinda Chambers’s striped couch and Sophie from Cote de People is commonly styling dreamy multi striped cushions and sofas.
We needed to wait till we had sufficient cash saved, but in addition time to analysis if we wished to do it extra affordably. I used to be quoted roughly £1,000 for the stripping and fabric, however then cloth would nonetheless be on high of that. I nonetheless suppose that is respectable worth for a ‘bespoke’ couch that nobody else may have and the purpose of reupholstery is making one thing final – it’s nonetheless extra economical (and environmentally pleasant) than shopping for a brand new couch, nevertheless, we would have liked to buy round.
I made a decision to look additional afield (primarily outdoors of London) and got here throughout Collins Upholstery based mostly in Haywards Heath. I remembered Jess Hurrell used them a number of years in the past and so they got here again with a quote of £550. The quote was with out cloth and there could be an additional assortment and supply price (I’d add right here that this was a regular quote – we contacted them anonymously, not as an Influencer and didn’t negotiate value by providing protection). The wonderful thing about contacting an upholsterer first is that they may give you a tough estimate of how a lot cloth you’d want; we had been instructed roughly 12-14 metres, which helped us finances the subsequent step.
I began to analysis cloth. I am keen on manufacturers like Colors of Arley and Designers Guild however at £75 – £125 per metre I needed to preserve trying. I made a decision that the couch is a superb form, and the stripe can be an announcement in itself, so I wanted to belief that it will nonetheless look good if it didn’t price the earth. And realistically: I’ve by no means not favored something striped in my house or wardrobe! I went basic and located St Agnes broad stripe from Simply Materials – it was £19.51 per metre. I then purchased 14 metres to be actually positive we had sufficient.
Disclaimer: I didn’t test if it was appropriate for sofas and to be trustworthy the positioning simply says appropriate for curtains and cushions – I waited to see if the upholsterer talked about something however all I heard was how good it seemed when it was completed! We didn’t get it restuffed or something, I feel from simply placing all of it again collectively it appears to be like plumper, however they did repair one of many wood ft which had come unfastened.
And all I can say is how a lot I LOVE IT! It makes the room really feel pulled collectively and brighter (I discover velvets suck gentle out of any space!). I do know it’s not tremendous sensible with children however I strive to not get myself too labored up about it. The actual fact I have a look at it each day and find it irresistible outweighs my fear for it to get soiled – I’d somewhat use and stain one thing I really love, tbh.
