Showing posts with label restoration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label restoration. Show all posts

Sunday, December 09, 2012

Before and after of a Modernist Screen


This is a story of love at first sight.


I believe this screen was the first thing that I saw when I entered this house, more than 3 years ago. It had a cruel, forgotten and very dirty life at the basement. Actually, because of this Modernist screen, I started an old furniture restoration course.

Luckily it wasn't broken, it was only dirt. As you can imagine, the 3 pieces of cloth were the first to go straight to the garbage can. They were also the most complicated thing to substitute.
After a little looking, I found the most gorgeous piece of cloth ever, embroidered by hand.



You're probably thinking when does the "but" appear... alright... it's right now!! Of course, the price!! Only 205€/m  (266$/meter)!! ... and of course I had to find a B Plan!!

I went to the finest cloth store in Catalonia, which is without any doubt Ribes & Casals, downtown Barcelona, and I bought a piece of pink silk. I used my mum's advice and I had it hand painted, similar to the first cloth I had found.
Don't you think it was a wonderful job?

Results? A unique and exclusive design for a unique piece of Modernist furniture.

Saturday, December 01, 2012

Facade details: A truly ingenious trick

My hubs is a pretty smart person. Because the increasing volume of the facade due to the insulation, it turned that rain water could not be collected from it... so he thought about this! A silicon cord that will alter the course of the water when it rains. Therefore, it will not damage the new facade.

Isn't it great?


Maybe here you'll see it better..