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Swede Collection Makes Hand-Carved Shell Stools

I want to show you another new product Swede Collection showed at April High Point Market.  We made an 18" square stool that is 19" high [dining table height] that has a hand-carved shell on all sides.  I love making little stools.  You can tuck them anywhere in a room.  I particularly make these so men can sit on them.  Extremely sturdy and built to last 200 years.  Have you ever watched a man enter a room and his eye searches for a place to sit down?  Men won't sit on anything they think will collapse under them and are frustrated when furniture is so delicate it shouts out "don't sit on me".   Won't happen with these stools. 

I made three different color combinations so you could see how versatile they can be.  

This one has an Acacia [blue/green] finish with Italian gold leaf and Italian cut velvet upholstery.

The fabric has a teal background with chocolate velvet damask.

This one has a textured Silvermist finish with Italian cut velvet upholstery in blue/gray on a metallic background.  Notice that the shells are on all sides.

This Silvermist finish is the same as my shell-carved barn door with Italian silver leaf.  Nailheads match the Italian leaf color.

This third one is Software Gray with Italian gold leaf and a solid gray velvet for the upholstery. 

The finishes and upholstery choices are unlimited.  The other thing I like about them is they are so easy to ship FedEx Ground. 

They would look great in pairs tucked under console tables. I also made them 19" high so you could pull them up to a dining table for extra seating.  

Swede also makes hand-carved leaf tip 20" square stools which were introduced at October 2017 High Point Market.  Several colors in these as well. These are Swedish in style. 

Now I am thinking about what design to make the next stools.

Colleen 

Swede Collection is Making Elegant Barn Doors

You have heard the saying "necessity is the mother of invention".   Have you ever wanted a beautiful sliding barn door and the only thing on the market is ho hum or your builder had to make one for $300 out of some pine boards on the jobsite?  Still not very pretty?  If you are like me, you searched the entire Internet and could not find any sliding barn door that had hand carving or was elegant.  

Search no more.  Swede Collection introduced at April High Point market its first three elegant barn doors.  Nobody but Swede is making these.  There are more designs in the works for October High Point market including a very interesting one you could call Bohemian with lots of details. 

Want an elegant sliding door between the master bedroom and bath?  How about one of these? Also incredible in a dining room.

This one is Silvermist blue with hand carving and Italian silver leaf.  

And it is finished on the back side as well.  Italian silver leaf on the trim.  Lovely from both sides.

Have a white room and need an elegant white sliding door?  Here she is.  Hand carved a couple feet from the top down. 

 

 

 

The back side is painted white also.  Due to the depth of the door the carving can only be on one side. 

How about the elegance of this one in Serious Gray with Italian gold leaf on both sides. 

Back is the same as the front on this one. 

Sizes???  These three are 8 foot 4 inches tall and 39 inches wide. They fit an 8 foot interior door that is either 32 or 36 inches wide. 

Can't wait to show you the new ones being developed now.  They also come in 88 inches high for either 7 foot interior doors or 6'-8" openings. 

Pass the word.  Pretty barn doors now exist.  Webmaster is putting them up on swedefurniture.com this week. 

 

Colleen