Archive for the ‘How It’s Made’ Category

Quality and Value Never Go Out of Style

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Colorado Style Home Furnishings reflects a classic style of good taste with a dramatic flair with fine furniture and accessories for Denver Colorado. There is a balance of warmth and integrity where the furnishings feel both centuries old and yet fresh and modern. We celebrate your keen eye for the details that make the difference between good and great design.  Our goal is to exceed your expectations with our signature look, a store like no other.  Colorado Style Home Furnishings wants to be your ultimate design resource for timeless design. Now in our 20th year, we continue to give you inspiration for creating your perfect room. New furniture is arriving weekly so stop by often to see our latest introductions. Be creative! with furniture and accessories that boast a balance of traditional and transitional. It’s refreshing to add a new great design chemistry. Colorado Style Home Furnishings has exacting standards for quality and craftsmanship; and our quality will never go out of style.

Quality furniture bronze drawer pull Colorado Style Home Furnishings

 

Quality furniture inlay marquetry Colorado Style Home Furnishings

 

Quality furniture hand carved Colorado Style Home Furnishings

Living Room Furniture and Great Room Furniture at Colorado Style

Monday, April 16th, 2012

Explore what’s fresh and new in the world of Colorado Style Home Furnishings where our goal is to exceed your expectations with our signature look. This is where casual sophistication becomes timeless and dramatic . Every room in your home has a story to tell.  Get your inspiration from a sentimental piece, a family heirloom, a quirky piece picked up on a vacation or a gift from a treasured friend.  Denver’s premier furniture store and shopping experience balances good taste with appealing design.  Our knowledgeable staff will help guide you so that you can develop your own personal style. 

 Conversational Sectional Sofa

A well designed sofa should be as comfortable as it is stylish.  A sofa should be inviting; a place to snuggle up and spend time with family and friends. A sofa is a major investment so you want to enjoy it for a long time.  Colorado Style Home Furnishings continues to showcase fine quality upholstery and leather furniture.  The quality can be seen in the details.  

Each sofa and chair frame is precisely cut and hand assembled and the wood is kiln dried. Upholstery frames are glued, screwed and double doweled to form last lasting joints.  To complete the construction and add stability to the frame corner blocks are positioned at each corner.

The eight-way hand-tied system is characteristic of high quality furniture.  The suspension system is extremely important for the durability and longevity.  Another  form of construction  is the sinuous spring system which are wires that are shaped in an “S” .  This is a newer way of constructing sofas and chairs and is also very durable.  

Depending on the style of the sofa and the support that is needed, there are several fillings for the seat cushions. Spring down cushions have an innerspring coil and foam is wrapped around it. Blendown  uses a combination of down and a foam core. 

 Leather Sofas and chairs will stand up to wear and tear and will endure for generations.  Quality leather adjusts to your body temperature after you sit in it for a few minutes. It will feel supple and mold to your body as you enjoy every minute that you are entertaining or watching television.

 Camel Back Sofa

Colorado Style Home Furnishings offers many collections of living room furniture family room furniture and thousands of fabrics and leathers from which to choose. Create your own dramatic feel or a relaxed elegant look with timeless appeal.  You have a story to tell and Colorado Style Home Furnishings will help you to develop your own great design in a room that is comfortable to live in.

 Colorado Style Home Furnishings makes designer quality home furnishings affordable. Visit us today.

The Art of Eglomise – History and technique

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

hand painting eglomiseEglomisé is a very old technique dating back to the Pre-Roman era. It’s name is derived from a 18th Century French decorator, Jean Baptise Glomy (1711 – 1786) who was responsible for it’s re-popularization. The materials and technique we use are exactly the same as Jean Baptise Glomy had developed.

creating eglomise

Gold leaf and hand painting under glass provides a reflectivity and beauty unseen in other art forms.

creating eglomise gold leaf

The process is very, very delicate, but we protect the back to avoid any scratching or damage from behind. The end result of the eglomisé process is to make the piece look old, it is not a mass produced automated process, so it will vary in clarity and character. The front of the Eglomisé is simply glass. Clean it with glass cleaner as you would a mirror or glass table top.

 

eglomise fine furniture denver furntiure

The layering of materials is what makes the use of gold so enticing. Light fixtures with gold accents, sideboards with inlaid details, chair frames gilt in gold leaf. Aged or patinated, the reflection of a gold timeliness finish softens the lines of any piece of furniture.  Read more about hand painted furntiure and eglomise.

hand painted furniture eglomise

 

 

Inlay and Veneer

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Inlay is a technique that dates back centuries and is still used today to enhance the beauty of furniture. It lends flair of dramatic sophistication yet it is unpretentious. The use of sumptuous materials and marvelous craftsmanship creates a look that is easy to live with and interesting to look at.  There are some truly fine examples of inlay furniture at Colorado Style Home Furnishings where there is a treasure trove of warm and inviting pieces.

 Inlay and Cutting Veneer

Using time-tested forms and materials as their foundation, a solid body of one material is cut out to receive sections of another to form a surface pattern. Small pieces of wood, stone, shell or metals are inserted into cut outs in the body of the piece of furniture. Geometric or floral patterns are used to create designs that add beautiful depth.  Master craftsmen and artisans continue the tradition of making furniture in a way that will show off your personal style with timeless design. This takes extraordinary skill and the result is a relaxed elegance and a look of graceful age. There are truly fine examples of inlay in the showrooms of Colorado Style Home Furnishings.

 Inlay craftsmanship

Colorado Style Home Furnishings captures the essence of a lifestyle that is relaxed yet elegant and has timeless appeal. The feel is welcoming and livable. There is simple warmth with great attention to detail with pieces for every room of you home.

 Inlay Cutting shell inlay

Explore this video to see some incredible examples of inlay and veneer.

Shell Inlay and Veneer Inlay

Wood – Artistry – Colorado Style Home Furnishings

Sunday, November 27th, 2011


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