Fantasy Vintage Chair – how much would you pay for Shabby Chic?
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Egg Chair by Squint
Let’s just be clear on one thing first, before you get your hopes up. This egg chair, though gorgeous, is a madly expensive, (and I mean expensive!), unique work of art. Unless you have a minimum of £3000 (that’s$6000!) to spend on a recovered vintage chair don’t even torment yourself by visiting the web site where you will find:
Vintage Egg chairs to commission from £3000.
along with lots of other gorgeous re-covered vintage goodies that you absolutely can’t afford, but we can dream, right? (£200 for cushion ! ) This is turning into more of a nightmare than a dream..!
Squint – the web site and the shop
Sculptor and painter Lisa Whatmough opened her shop Squint in East London about three years ago.She was a collector of antique textiles which she began to use to re-cover vintage furniture in a very modern take on patchwork. The shop recently moved to bigger premises at 178 Shoreditch High Street, London. Shoreditch is becoming a very trendy area of London 
Who do you sell Shabby Chic Furniture to?
I’ve just spent the morning doing the rounds of some gorgeous Shabby Chic blogs and Etsy shops for a blog post next week. (Sneak a preview in our Shabby Chic Friendfeed Room) Some of the work I’ve seen is just as gorgeous and stylish as this chair yet most of it is very modestly priced.
I wonder if you are under-selling yourselves ladies? Rich people love Shabby Chic furniture and accessories too y’know!
Watch out for more Shabby Chic Furniture Fantasy Shopping posts.
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That is one amazing looking chair!
Very nice looking chair. The colors on it are very nice though if you have eyes that strain easily you might want to put on sunglasses.
What?! Speak up! I can’t hear you over the chair….
Lol – yes it is a little ‘cheerful’ perhaps but on a grey London day it looks great
It is definitely a work of art and a labour of love. It takes time to put something like this together. It’s a great way to use up odd pieces of fabric, too. I love vintage chairs, they have so much character and personality. Great to see something that is not just another High Street clone. Long live individuality.
I agree – a work of art. Personally I love it. Vintage chairs are fun aren’t they? I loved egg chairs ever since I talked my Mum into buying me one for my 12th birthday. It was a mustardy orange and I thought it looked terrific with a dark green & red gonk cushion against my dark red feature wall. That was just before my Laura Ashley phase! I wasn’t always into Shabby Chic furniture