Saturday 5 May 2012

Airest couch/daybed

SOLD: Airest couch/daybed


 

Poor little girl was in the workshop for a while, but finally her turn came and she was good as gold during the repairs.  

I took her apart to re-set the loose joints and clean the old flaking coating from the sides and arms.  I haven't had too many of these from Airest but most seem to have at least some mahogany or other imported timbers in the frame so it's nice to see a full native wood one; Kauri & rimu.  



I got the fabric from an outlet store that does not identify the makers, so not sure who this is by but it looks like a quality manufacture. It's a very changeable color depending on what the light is like but it ranges from light grey with a brown hint to a taupe brown with a grey hint.  It accents to almost any color because of it's neutral base.  

She was an all round joy to work on, I just love the no nonsense design, she's a what you see is what you get kinda girl.