Intro Line:
A forgotten lobby chair gets a front-row seat to reinvention.
The Brief:
The brief came from within. One of those “what if we...” moments that happen when your hands get restless and your imagination starts to wander.
We spotted a discarded chair - wood still strong, curves still kind - tucked away in a hotel’s storage corner. It wasn’t just a furniture rescue. It was a quiet dare to ourselves: could we turn this into a piece that felt like a painting? That told a story without saying a word?
The Transformation:
We began with the base: that sculptural wood frame, gently restored, polished till it sang again.
Then came the soul - the seat. Its canvas? Waste scraps from sock manufacturing: soft, textured, and stubbornly overlooked. We gathered the offcuts, colour-matched them like threads from a dream, and slowly, patiently, hand-embroidered a landscape into place.
A setting sun. A sky in hues of denim. A sea with waves of cobalt and streams of yellow. All stitched together by hands that know how to listen to material.
The Outcome:
The Skies and Seas Chair became one of our most asked-about pieces.
Not just because it’s ergonomic. Not just because it looks like a still from a storybook. But because how something almost forgotten can sit proudly in the centre of a room again.