Co-Lab. HOLIDAY 2011
A collaboration between Chairloom & Super Rural
Co-Lab. HOLIDAY 2011 Molly Andrews Co-Editor Tracy Jenkins Co-Editor Steve Belkowitz Photographer Cover & pages 3–10, 12, 16–49, 62–67, 72 & 85 Co-Lab. Contributing photographer pages 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 50, 52–53, 73–81 & back cover Michele DeNardo Contributing photographer Pages 70–71 Rachel McGinn Contributing photographer Page 10
HOLIDAY 2011
Contents
Co-Lab. Co-Lab. is a collaboration between Chairloom & Super Rural. This issue was photographed by Steve Belkowitz.
Molly andrews co-editor
Tracy Jenkins co-editor
Steve Belkowitz Photographer
Seatings greetings! Our warmest wishes for the holidays.
Lots of news from chairloom...
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molly Gives...
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See what Molly is giving this holiday season.
Virginia Johnson, Chain stitched bird pillow
Once was lost, now is found.
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Shop Chairloom’s current collection.
a pair of caned chairs adorned with custom pillows
Tracy gives... See what Tracy is giving this holiday season.
Project No. 8, wool pigeon
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Contents
SAMANTHA FRENCH
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A peek inside artist Samantha French’s home.
Slow Rise, Five Feet
Make it yours.
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See what’s new at Co-Lab.
a custom single-seater x-Bench in two complementary textiles
Pelham, NY Amazing, one-at-a-time restorations, done up in our favorite fabrics for a visionary client in New York.
Heirlooms, meet chairloom…
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Holiday 2011 fabric picks Richly Red 20
schumacher / Regent Velvet Herringbone
Hable construction for S. Harris / Kukui
All That Glitters 27
Wintry Whites 33
madeline weinrib / chevron
Michael devine / venice
textile resources
Ever So Green 45
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Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love! Hamilton Wright Mabie
HOLIDAY 2011
Co-LAB.
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o-Lab. is pleased to offer this holiday magalogue as our expression of joy
and glad tidings this season. This quote from Hamilton Wright Mabie encapsulates our feelings during this time of giving. Both personally and professionally, we were struck by this notion of a ‘conspiracy of love’ among family, friends, neighbors and communities that is truly the best gift to experience. The concept of a ‘conspiracy of love’ resonates so deeply for us at Co-Lab. as we seek to create and recreate furniture, one piece at a time, accepting at first a battered and worn state and re-envisioning a bright and beautiful future. We believe in loving old pieces back to life. Brokenness and disarray lead to fresh starts and great new beginnings. At Co-Lab. we bring together the offerings of both Super-Rural and Chairloom. We are working toward reusing and reinventing furniture that our clients choose and then transform with custom textile choices and practical, purposeful design. Our December photo shoot with talented photographer Steve Belkowitz was done in our newly-rented— and under construction— space in Ardmore, PA. As a team of workers maneuvered around us repairing the ceiling and rewiring the electrical mayhem, we hung white lights on a simple evergreen, swept a very dirty but beautiful floor and scraped spackle off to make room for the tree skirt. Steve shot one piece at a time, both old and new, in this hopeful and sparse setting as we admired the potential and second chance given to these pieces of furniture. The lovely evergreen in the photos and the furniture photographed in the space with it, reminded us as the quote from Alexander Smith says, ‘trees are your best antiques.’ We wish you joy that comes from love and second chances this holiday.
— Molly andrews & Tracy Jenkins
Chairloom
OLD...
O
studio bon / fuzz
nce was lost, now is found. At Chairloom there are two guiding principles
behind our work. 1. The value of being found. We cherish the good bones beneath torn, faded or otherwise timeworn fabric. We see the potential in wood that has lost its luster. 2. The importance of second chances. Life is all about second chances. There is always the hope of being found when we are lost. We believe in restoring old pieces and making them new all over again. We recycle, restore and recreate old pieces, making repairs where necessary, sanding, oiling, re-staining or even painting wood and breathing life into an old piece with today’s beautiful textiles. Before
After
Chairloom & Co-Lab. partners Molly Andrews (holding Monkey) & Tracy Jenkins
Co-Lab.
NEW...
A
Kelly wearstler / confetti Hable construction / trellis
t Co-Lab. we are working on creating entirely new pieces that can sit just
as beautifully with an antique as they can with contemporary furniture. We build and upholster each piece by hand in our studio and we bring our passion for beautiful textiles to every thing we make. There is room for endless customization in size, color, and materials. Every piece we make is meant to be as beautiful as it is functional. Look for our new offerings in the spring.
Holiday 2011
MOLLY GIVES... Molly Andrews, Chairloom
Patent leather fold-up flat Sometimes we have to give ourselves a little something, too, right? I treated myself to a pair of Yosi Samara’s flats in red patent leather this December.
Chain stitch duck pillow You can’t go wrong when you give something by Virginia Johnson. Everything she makes
Feather earrings These are an affordable and ‘grownup’ version of the bright pink feather extension I took my seven year-old daughter to have woven into her hair.
is whimsical and beautiful.
Upstate silk noil scarf In my world, tie-dye never goes out of style. I love this up-to-date way of gifting my Dead Head friends & family!
Rope swing I’m giving my kids a rope swing for Christmas. We’ll attach it to our back deck that hangs 15 feet above the ground and look forward to spring!
Music Giving music as a gift has always been a favorite way for me to tell my friends I love them! These are two of my current favorite albums.
Antique side chair 34" high x 19" wide x 161/2" seat depth re-done in Oodles by Studio Bon $275.00
Chairloom
JOYOUS HOLIDAYS & HAPPY NEW YEAR! I heard a bird sing In the dark of December A magical thing And sweet to remember. ‘We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September,’ I heard a bird sing In the dark of December. Oliver Herford
Carved Federal settee 37" high x 59" wide x 19" inside seat depth 23" total depth $675.00 to purchase as is $650.00 additionally to reupholster 8 yards fabric needed
Trees are your best antiques. Alexander Smith
holiday fabric picks
RICHLY Red
Roberta roller rabbit / big cata
Hable construction for S. Harris / Pololu Valley
Hable construction / checker John Robshaw / trellis
schumacher / Chinois Fret
Roberta roller rabbit / kita
madeline weinrib / charm suzani
boussac / dora
Mokum textiles / shibori
sister parish / chou chou
michael devine / petit fleur
Amanda nesbit / chip
schumacher / greek key
schumacher / Regent Velvet Herringbone
svensk tenn / Aristidia
Vintage square armchair 29" high x 27" wide x 20" inside seat depth 28" total depth $325.00 to purchase as is $475.00 additionally to reupholster 5 yards fabric needed
Victorian Eastlake chair 36" high x 19" wide x 19" seat depth re-done in Betwixt by Celerie Kemble $350.00
Industrial work stools left: 30" high x 121/2" diameter right: 291/2" high x 14" diameter $150.00 each to purchase as is
Carved Bergere chair 36" high x 25" wide x 21" seat depth $325.00 to purchase as is $425.00 additionally to reupholster 31/2 yards fabric needed
holiday fabric picks
All That glitters
Schumacher / Madison Wool
vanderhurd / flower cut out
john robshaw / Vintage Stripe Boussac / diabolo
Mokum textile / Etoile Seema krish / Chowpatty Hathi Pierre frey / city
pierre frey / Vibration vanderhurd / stencil
john robshaw / Hibiscus Hable construction for S. Harris / Kukui
Boussac / dora
Schumacher / shock wave Hable construction for S. Harris / aloha
Pair of vintage armchairs 33" high x 24" wide x 19" seat depth $600.00 to purchase the pair as is $200.00 each to refinish $450.00 each additionally to reupholster with down cushions 5 yards fabric needed total
Vintage bench, footstools & ottoman gold ottoman: 111/2" high x 24" wide x 18" depth $175.00 to purchase as is $250.00 additionally to reupholster 2 yards fabric needed
needlepoint footrest: 8" high x 20" wide x 13"depth $185.00 to purchase as is $95.00 additionally to reupholster 1/2 yard fabric needed
ball foot ottoman: 9" high x 171/2" wide x 12"depth $175.00 to purchase as is $250.00 additionally to reupholster 1 yard fabric needed
italian caned bench: 15� high x 281/2� wide x 14�depth $225.00 to purchase as is
High-backed caned chair 44" high x 25" wide x 23" seat depth re-done in Bellows by Studio Bon $350.00
holiday fabric picks
Wintry whites
amanda nisbet / madiera
vanderhurd / undulating lines
studio bon / popover trina turk / amazing maze
boussac / bishop
john robshaw / aerial
hable construction for s. harris / hilo
schumacher / soho weave
braqueniĂŠ / monbazillac
Eileen Kathryn Boyd / smoke
kelly wearstler / nara
madeline weinrib / chevron
fadini borghini / cesare
kelly wearstler / katana
Mid-century rosewood bench 18" high x 39" wide x 20" seat depth $525.00 to purchase as is $325.00 additionally to reupholster 2 yards fabric needed
Pair of carved, caned chairs 36" high x 22" wide x 18" seat depth re-done in Water Birds & Charcoal Checker by Hable Construction $1,500.00 for the pair
Vintage child’s rocking chair 31" high x 17" wide x 16" seat depth $150.00 to purchase as is $100.00 to sand and refinish $85.00 additionally to reupholster 1/2 yards fabric needed
Ric Rac cubes 13" high x 14" wide x 14" seat depth re-done in Ric Rac by Studio Bon $500.00 for the pair
Vintage pair of armchairs refinished and reupholstered in midnight blue velvet for a client
Antique carved chair 41" high x 18" wide x 161/2" seat depth re-done in Attendants by Katie Ridder $250.00
Vintage wingback 41" high x 30" wide x 211/2" inside seat depth 27" total depth $285.00 to purchase as is $500.00 additionally to reupholster 6 yards fabric needed
Mid-century armchair 35" high x 241/2" wide x 22" seat depth $425.00 to purchase as is $425.00 additionally to reupholster 41/2 yards fabric needed
HOLIDAY fabric picks
EVER so GREEN
martyn lawrence bullard / maharajah silk velvet
Neisha Crosland / zebra
Michael devine / venice
Sister parish / burmese
hable construction / beads
Martyn lawrence bullard / alhambra
pierre frey / copacabana
Studio bon / oompa
Katherine Rally / Garden gate
peter dunham / cruz
David Hicks / york castle Jamie drake / Babe’s tweed
hable for S. Harris / akara falls
Vintage sculptured loveseat 32" high x 49" wide x 21" inside seat depth 23" total depth $625.00 to purchase as is $700.00 additionally to reupholster 9 yards fabric needed
Victorian parlor chair 36" high x 18" wide x 151/2" seat depth 18" total depth re-done in Fuzz by Studio Bon $400.00
Holiday 2011
TRACY GIVES... Tracy Jenkins, Chairloom & Super Rural It’s Ok! Handmade banner by Ashley Anna Brown, made from cotton flour bags and hand-cut wool letters. I can’t think of anyone, myself included, who couldn’t use this kind of reassurance and whimsy these days.
Pigeon This stuffed pigeon is hand-knit from alpaca wool — a soft, cuddly version of New York’s native street bird. And the perfect gift for a four year old Brooklynite!
Mt. Tam Cowgirl Creamery’s signature Glerups felt slippers These slippers are so comfortable
cheese, is a smooth, creamy, elegant, 10 oz,
and cozy, and they last forever. Felted in 100% pure natural wool
triple-cream. Bring this to a holiday party
and available in eight colors.
instead of a bottle of wine!
Armwarmers A bit more stylish and creative than the tried and true pair of socks. Knitted in a signature Erica Tanov print with a bit of sparkle. So cute paired a 3/4 sleeve coat.
Vin du Bugey Cerdon This sparking rosé is the perfect festive party drink. It’s dry like a champagne with a bit of berry sweetness. This has been a family favorite for an age.
Layered brass bracelet Strands of vintage tube, faceted and spiked raw, un-plated brass beads. Stylish, impressive and affordable!
Charging dock It looks like a mild-mannered book on a table or a desk, you almost don’t notice that it’s an iPhone / iPod
Then Again Diane Keaton’s
charger. No more trying to hide
new memoir! A perfect book
that pesky cord!
to cozy up with over the holidays.
Spotlight
Samantha french
T
he soft tranquility and elegance shown in Samantha’s oil paintings are the same
qualities one experiences when interacting with the 28 year-old mid-western-raised artist. The exhilarating sensation of the first summer dip is the same relaxed calm and relief that Samantha brings to her front door upon welcome. Samantha’s paintings reflect and radiate light and color in such a way that immediately transport you in a full sense memory to the lazy, idyllic poolside afternoons of the past spent with friends and family.
Somersault
Spotlight
dive deep
sink in, float Dive in, Float
Samantha French
B
ut it wasn’t a swimming pool where we first met Samantha, it was at The Brooklyn
Flea where we chatted about design blogs, Yorkshire terriers and chairs. Samantha had a fantastic old wingback she’d found on Craig’s List in need of Chairloom’s love. Now newly reupholstered in a solid charcoal grey velvet, this classic wing chair sits surrounded by Samantha and boyfriend Aaron Hauck’s large and small paintings in their laid-back NYC apartment with Monkey & Cricket two of the funniest and most adorable Yorkie mixes you could ever meet. Now a full time painter, Samantha has allowed her past summer memories in the lake country of Minnesota to inspire her painting. Working on commission full time, Samantha looks forward to a trip to California in January — seeking new content and inspiration.
Dive in, Float
synchronized
Co-Lab.
MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL, MAKE IT YOURS... Any time one or more things are consciously put together in a way that they can accomplish something better than they could have accomplished individually, this is an act of design. Charles eames
Single seater X-Bench Can be made to order in any size and any fabric. This bench was upholstered in Confetti, by Kelly Wearstler. And Trellis, by Hable Construction.
CUSTOMIZE IT!
Bring your own fabric, or let us work with you to choose one.
Double seater X-Bench Can be made to order in any size and any fabric. This bench was upholstered in a patchwork of textiles by Hable Construction.
X-Benches
Three standard sizes available, or let us build a custom size for you.
Single Seater
22" wide x 181/2" tall x 161/2" seat depth requires 3 yards fabric
side View Front view
Top View
Double Seater
40” wide x 181/2” tall x 161/2” seat depth requires 4 yards fabric
side view
Top View
Triple Seater
60" wide x 181/2" tall x 161/2" seat depth requires 5 yards fabric
side view
Top View
Generous seating for one. Perfect grouped in a pair and endlessly useful as a versatile room accent. $850.00 each, base price + fabric $1,600.00 pair, base price + fabric
Seating for two. Fits very nicely at the foot of a twin bed. $1,200.00 each, base price + fabric $2,000.00 pair, base price + fabric
front View
Beautiful in a hallway or pulled up to a dining table. Fits perfectly at the foot of a queen-size bed. $1,600.00 each, base price + fabric
front View
Custom double seater X-Bench This was made to order for a client and sized to fit exactly in her kitchen dining nook. The client provided the festive dot textile.
Custom storage box & pillows Can be made to order in any size and any fabric.
Pelham collaboration
HEIRLOOMS & CHAIRLOOM
T
hankfully when Mary Hefner was on Lonny’s Facebook page it ‘suggested’ she
might like Chairloom. Not only did she ‘like it’ but she became a follower and is now quite well versed in textile kings and queens like Michael Devine, Amanda Nisbet, Katherine Rally and Madeline Weinrib. With home furnishing, just like everything, you have to start somewhere. After purchasing a 1895 shingle-style home, Mary and her husband Brennan started to furnish it with a one-piece-at-a-time mentality. They first fell in love with a completely neglected, beat up but stately wing chair they spotted on Chairloom’s Facebook page. While this was a physically ‘sight-unseen’ purchase, it was love at first Facebook post. The chair was soon to be completely restored and re-dressed in Katherine Rally’s Garden Gate textile (handmade in Bali) a Chairloom recommendation and favorite.
A new ‘heirloom’ An inflatable moose head that comes out every year for the holidays.
Heirloom, meet Chairloom… Two Chairloom pieces at home in Pelham. A ‘new’ restoration in Katherine Rally sits with an heirloom in Katie Ridder.
Pelham collaboration
M
ary and Brennan faced the move from TriBeCa and into an empty home with
no formal design experience, but after making an acquaintance with Chairloom quickly realized that they loved ‘fun and bold textiles’ and were drawn to strong colors. After emailing and viewing some fabric samples by mail, Mary and Brennan visited The Brooklyn Flea to see a few other Chairloom pieces. They purchased their second vintage chair as the Flea and it was soon reupholstered in John Robshaw’s Aleppo Coral, a hand-blocked fabric made in India. The couple was soon hooked on the concept of unique furniture pieces reupholstered in their personal custom fabric choices. Mary said she felt emboldened by Chairloom’s
‘creative flexibility.’
After: renewed in Katherine Rally’s Garden Gate textile
Before: the abandoned chair was all potential
A distant heirloom This chair’s first life was in Shanghai where her grandparents lived after World War II. Katie Ridder’s Moonflower fabric in turquoise had the energy and spirit that resonated with the family history of the piece.
Pelham collaboration
One chair led to another, then to an antique carved settee. In between those purchases and makeovers, the couple acquired Mary’s paternal grandfather’s Baker chair from storage in Texas. This chair’s first life was in Shanghai, where her grandparents lived after World War II. When contemplating its second life consideration was taken — perhaps subconsciously at first— to this far eastern location. Katie Ridder’s gorgeous Moonflower fabric in turquoise had the energy and spirit that resonated with the family history of the piece. Lastly, Mary’s mother passed along her childhood reading chair to sit in her young granddaughter Olivia’s room. From grandmother to granddaughter via Chairloom. A cheerful hot pink and white chevron fabric acquired in Philadelphia’s South 4th Street fabric row helps this redo bring happiness to a family in a new phase of life. Given a choice between antique and vintage furniture finds from Chairloom and seating from a high end retailer, our Pelham clients choose Chairloom’s mission and approach to reuse and reinvent, and to participate in the process of recreation through an exquisite selection of textiles.
The Brooklyn Flea Mary and Brennan visited Chairloom at The Brooklyn Flea and chose their second vintage chair. They picked John Robshaw’s Aleppo in Coral, a hand-blocked fabric made in India.
Grandmother to Granddaughter A cheerful hot pink and white chevron fabric acquired in Philadelphia’s South 4th Street fabric row transforms this heirloom and bring happiness to a family in a new phase of life.
textile resources
Amanda Nisbet
Donghia
www.amandanisbetdesign.com
www.donghia.com
Amanda Nisbet
Duralee
www.allegrahicks.com
www.duralee.com
Bainbridge Blues
Dwell Studio
www.bainbridgeblues.com
www.dwellstudio.com
Beacon Hill Fabric
Erin Flett
www.beaconhilldesign.com
www.erinflett.com
Borderline Fabrics
Elizabeth Benefield
www.borderlinefabrics.com
www.elizabethbenefield.com
Brentano, Inc.
Elizabeth Eakins
www.brentanofabrics.com
www.elizabetheakins.com
Brunschwig & Fils
Ferrick Mason
www.brunschwig.com
www.ferrickmason.com
Caitlin Wilson
Eskayel
www.caitlinwilsontextiles.com
www.eskayel.com
Carnegie
Galbraith & Paul
www.carnegiefabrics.com
www.galbraithandpaul.com
Carolina Irving Textiles
Greenhouse Designs
www.carolinairvingtextiles.com
www.greenhousefabrics.com
Celerie Kemble
Hable Construction
www.kembleinteriors.com
www.hableconstruction.com
Christoper Farr
Hickory Chair
www.christopherfarrcloth.com
www.hickorychair.com
Clarence House
Highland Court
www.clarencehouse.com
www.highlandcourtfabrics.com
Clark & Clark
Holland & Sherry
www.clarke-clarke.com
www.hollandandsherry.com
Design Team
Idirica Gazzoni
www.designteamfabrics.co.za
www.idiricagazzoni.com
Designers Guild
Jacqueline Faith Quinn
www.designersguild.com
www.jacquelinefaithquinn.com
Dominique Picquier
Jane Churchill
www.dominiquepicquier.com
www.janechurchill.com
Jocelyn Warner
Lindsay Alker
www.jocelynwarner.com
www.lindsayalker.com
John Robshaw
Louise Body
www.johnrobshaw.com
www.louisebody.com
John Stefanidis
Madeline Weinrib
www.johnstefanidis.com
www.madelineweinrib.com
Katherine Rally
Maharam
www.katherinerally.com
www.maharam.com
Kathryn M. Ireland
Marimekko
www.kathrynireland.com
www.marimekko.com
Katie Ridder
Martyn Lawrence Bullard
www.katieridder.com
www.martynlawrencebullard.com
Kelly Wearstler
{Me}Longings
www.kellywearstler.com
www.melonging.com
Kerry Cassill
Michael Devine
www.kerrycassil.com
www.michaeldevinehome.com
Knoll Textiles
Mokum Textiles
www.knolltextiles.com
www.mokumtextiles.com
Kravet
Neisha Croland
www.kravet.com
www.neishacrosland.com
Kvadrat
Oliveira Textiles
www.kvadrat.dk
www.oliveiratextiles.com
LL Textiles
Osborne & Little
www.purestylehome.co
www.osborneandlittle.com
Lee Jofa
Parlor Textiles
www.leejofa.com
www.parlortextiles.com
Les Indiennes
Pierre Frey
www.lesindiennes.com
www.pierrefrey.com
Lewis and Sheron Fabrics
Pindler Fabric
www.lsfabrics.com
www.pindler.com
Lilly Pulitzer
Peter Dunham Textiles
www.lillypulitzer.com
www.peterdunhamtextiles.com
Lisa Fine
Peter Fasano
www.lisafinetextiles.com
www.peterfasano.com
textile resources
Pollack
Serena & Lily
www.pollackassociates.com
www.serenaandlily.com
Polly Hope
Signature Prints
www.pollyhope.co.uk
www.signatureprints.com.au
Prints Etc.
Sister Parish
www.printsetcinc.com
www.sisterparishdesign.com
Proud Mary
Stace Age
www.proudmary.org
www.staceage.com
Quadrille
Studio Bon
www.quadrillefabrics.com
www.studiobon.net
Ralph Lauren Home
Timorous Beasties
www.ralphlaurenhome.com
www.timorousbeasties.com
Rapture & Wright
Twill Textiles
www.raptureandwright.co.uk
www.twilltextiles.com
Rickshaw Design
Tulu Textiles
www.rikshawdesign.com
www.tulutextiles.com
Robert Allen
Umbrella Prints
www.elizabetheakins.com
www.etsy.com/shop/umbrellaprints
Roberta Roller Rabbit
Vanderhurd
www.robertarollerrabbit.com
www.vanderhurd.com
Romo
Victoria Larson
www.romo.com
www.victoria-larson.com
Rubie Green
Virginia Johnson
www.rubiegreen.com
www.virginiajohnson.com
S. Harris Textiles
What a Load of Scrap
www.sharris.com
www.etsy.com/shop/WhatALoadOfScrap
Scalamandre www.scalamandre.com Schumacher www.fschumacher.com Sea Cloth www.seacloth.com Seema Krish www.seemakrish.com