{"id":933,"date":"2010-10-30T09:56:45","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T13:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hickoryfurniture.blogs.eprevue.net\/?p=933"},"modified":"2010-10-30T09:56:45","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T13:56:45","slug":"north-carolina-furniture-trend-watch-dressmaker-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/north-carolina-furniture-trend-watch-dressmaker-details\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Furniture Trend Watch: Dressmaker Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-meta\">Last Updated Saturday, October 30, 2010<\/div> <p>Can you tell the difference between an expensive, well-made piece of furniture and a piece that has been mass produced? While they may appear to be the same, there are many details that separate the high-quality item that will last for years from the lower quality piece that will wear out in a year or two.<\/p>\n<p>A quality frame is important, of course.\u00a0 Hand-tied springs and high-quality foam rank right up there in importance.\u00a0 A beautiful yet durable fabric is a must.\u00a0 But the details that make one piece of furniture stand out from another can be readily seen (<a href=\"\/contact\/\">we will help you with foam, fabric, and frames<\/a>).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Button tufting:<\/strong>\u00a0 It takes time to cover buttons and place them just right on the back of a chair or sofa.\u00a0 While this may not be your preferred style it is a detail that appears on quality furniture pieces.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Contrast welting:<\/strong>\u00a0 Finishing the seams of a piece of furniture with welting is an expensive detail.\u00a0 A welt covered in a contrasting fabric adds a designer look and turns an ordinary piece into something special.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pleating, ruching and ruffling:<\/strong>\u00a0 Just as these details finish off an expensive gown or a pair of draperies, they add to the look of a piece of furniture.\u00a0 You may decide to add ruffles to a bench placed in a feminine bedroom or pleat the skirt of a sofa in a traditional living room.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trim:\u00a0<\/strong> Trim can be a simple piece of gimp trimming the cushions of a chair or it can be luxurious buillion fringe hugging the hem of a couch.\u00a0 Braid can be applied in place of welting and nailheads will add a rustic yet modern touch to an ottoman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Updated Saturday, October 30, 2010 Can you tell the difference between an expensive, well-made piece of furniture and a piece that has been mass produced? While they may appear to be the same, there are many details that separate the high-quality item that will last for years from the lower quality piece that will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,68],"tags":[97,98,19],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}