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Overcoats, coats and jackets as upholstery: ingenious ideas from a British studio

Overcoat in upholstered furniture

Overcoat in upholstered furniture

How to creatively restore old furniture? British designers have some interesting ideas about this. They literally change old armchairs into coats, skirts, jackets and even military uniforms. And as a decoration they use automatic sleeves, caps and tennis balls. What rehabilitated chairs look like in new «outfits»? It’s worth looking at!

Beautiful rehabilitation

Beautiful rehabilitation of old furniture



Beautiful rehabilitation of old furniture

Rescued Retro Vintage’s masters face a daunting task – they need to change old armchairs. But first, the old upholstery is removed from the furniture. Then the process of polishing and painting the wooden base takes place, and only then the furniture «dress» in traditional English jackets, coats and even in an overcoat sample from the times of the Soviet Union.

Transformation of old furniture

Transformation of old furniture

Old coats, greatcoats and jackets were used for upholstery.

Old coats, greatcoats and jackets were used for upholstery.

Focus on detail

To make the finished chair look more impressive, when upholstery on an overcoat, they try to keep the lapels, buttons and even pockets.

Retro armchair

Retro armchair

Furniture items are complemented with gloves, shawls in breast pockets or scarves. And in some cases, like in Soviet military uniforms, patches and native buttons with a star and coat of arms are used. And used machine shells were sewn onto the backs of the chairs. Looks impressive!

Stylish details

Stylish details

With an english accent

With an english accent

There are chairs with caps, stripes and awards. For tennis lovers chair «dressed» in a white skirt, and the seat was made in the form of lawn grass. Poof left without «clothes», but elements from tennis (net and balls) were used as decor, which looks very playful and unique.

Creative ottoman

Creative ottoman

Unusual furniture

Unusual furniture

Furniture that will make the interior stylish

Furniture that will make the interior stylish

Vintage style furniture

Vintage style furniture

Sometimes, designers are impressed by the most unusual things, phenomena and even people. For example, Brazilian artists were inspired by the outfits of 19th century thugs to create very unusual and colorful furniture..

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