Showing posts with label sofa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sofa. Show all posts

Monday, November 8, 2010

The Pièce de Résistance

One of my most expensive purchases was a 7-foot couch that I customed from Alisia Home in Plaza Damas. Inas, the owner, makes the most beautiful pieces and if you are stuck with ideas, visit her shop for a jolt of inspiration. Inas helped me select a Latimer model à la Tricia Guild in Fuchsia Oxford Cotton, complete with castors (wheels) and feather cushions.


I had a much more affordable sofa in my old apartment. It looked fine except that the cushion wore thinner quite noticeably after a few months. The fabric shrank after I washed it and the cushions moved about like jack-rabbits whenever someone heavier than 60kg tried to get comfortable. Moral of the story: Don't stinge on your sofa.