Escape Pod

An Airstream renovation project

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

New old sofa in place

This is not the original sofa. I had the L-lounge configuration, which I liked...at first. After gutting the whole trailer, I realized I liked having more of an open space. So, I picked a single guacho frame from a guy who was redoing an 80s model Airstream. The thing was in pieces and there were no cushions, so I had to guess how it all went together. But now I have a nice sofa bed that doesn't take up a lot of space.

I rebuilt the lower cabinets in birch with aluminum trim to match the other birch wood pieces in the trailer. It will have sliding white acrylic doors to match the other cabinets.

I chose a tweed-like fabric for the reupholstering and chose a style that was closer to a 50s or 60s sofa. I really like the Case Study furniture pieces from back then.

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