Diary of a Danish Modern Sofa

Sometimes when we find furniture for the store, it needs a lot of work before it can go on the floor for sale.

Take this three seater danish modern sofa frame.

When we first found it, it was in rough shape. The webbing was all gone and the frame was dried out and needed some repairs. After trying to fit it in our hatchback, we had to call Princess Perfect to pick it up, which saved us a step as Lisa Jo was able to do the necessary repairs in order to get it ready for cushions.

Once the repairs were done and new webbing was installed, we picked fabric for the simple box cushions that work so well with this style of frame. We went with a nice neutral army green khaki, perhaps to honour the battle this sofa frame endured before being rescued by us!

These are the cushions, waiting to go on the frame.

When the frame was delivered this afternoon, it needed to be oiled.


See the difference? This wood was thirsty! We're pretty sure it's not teak, but possibly walnut. Teak oil works on both (as well as rosewood and any tight grain hardwood). We applied the teak oil with Bulldog brand superfine steel wool, always going in the direction of the woodgrain, to ensure the oil gets forced into the grain and does its magic. For you teak owners at home, try to do this at least once a year to ensure your teak pieces live a long time and don't dry out. Remember, wood is organic and needs to be fed!

Once the frame was all oiled up and looking much better, we put the new cushions on.

Now this sofa is ready for the shop floor, and hopefully will go home with someone soon! Priced at $1295, it won't last long so come by and check it out. It's really comfortable.

See you at the store!

Time for teak

Here's a lovely teak sofa frame with the original rubber webbing. We want to get cushions made for it, but sometimes the fabric we pick is not what our customers would pick. So we're asking all you readers out there to let us know what you'd like to see on this sofa before we send it out to the upholsterers. Do you like solid or pattern? Vinyl or fabric? Piping or topstitching? Or would you rather make that decision yourself and save us a trip to Princess Perfect?

Right now the frame is priced at $300 as-is (no cushions), but if you trust Ethel to pick out the fabric, then we'll send it out.

UPDATE: Teak sofa frame has sold!

We also got in this teak coffee table/bench with the sexy tapered brass legs.
It does have a few dark spots,

but would make an excellent front hall boot bench, and if your front hall bench is as covered in bags and purses as Ethel's then you won't even see the marks! It's priced at $250.

Also new this week is this pair of end tables with magazine shelves below.


They're priced at $65 each or $100 for the pair.

UPDATE: Pair of end tables have sold!

UPDATE: White vinyl chair & vintage deco telephone have sold!

And if teak isn't your thing, then you might like this little grey side table with black metal hairpin legs.

It's not an Eames wire base table, but it's close! It's priced at $150.

See you at the store!