Before & After: From Carriage Seat to Entryway Bench

We love Grace's enthusiasm for all things vintage. While busy running an amazing blog of her own, Poetic Home, she also manages to find amazing pieces to transform. Take for instance, this carriage seat pictured above...

Grace was able to see the potential of the carriage seat and repurposed the find as a bench in her homes entryway. After removing the fabric, Grace sanded and stained the seat and restored it to its original beauty. We love the delicate lines of the piece and think it adds a wonderful vibe to the space.

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Comments (12)

Beautiful. A perfect dark accent in the pale room. So glad she freed it from that terrible upholstery job!

posted by farmhousemoderne on October 22nd 2009 at 7:06pm
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wow!

posted by rosaleen on October 22nd 2009 at 7:28pm
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Very beautiful! Love how the iron is bent like a Thonet bentwood chair- any idea if it was made around the same time- 1890's or-? Great example of form following function!

posted by Acer on October 22nd 2009 at 7:53pm
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I love this plain... My new search, Carriage Seat, left alone!!!!

kim

posted by boardinghouse on October 22nd 2009 at 8:24pm
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Beautiful! I was so afraid, on first glance, that the 'before' might be the 'after!'

posted by Jennifer 42 on October 22nd 2009 at 9:00pm
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Nice one, Grace!

posted by v1m on October 23rd 2009 at 4:14am
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I was also terrified that the 'before' was the 'after'. Why doesn't AT label these things more often?

posted by Rolen the Great on October 23rd 2009 at 8:13am
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It's a piece of ART!!!

posted by jeffnyc on October 23rd 2009 at 9:26am
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Phew! I initially thought the striped fabric version was the after too.

But the real after is FAB-u-lous. Great job - very elegant, unique, and interesting!

posted by home body on October 23rd 2009 at 10:37am
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Beautiful! And thanks for introducing me to another lovely blog.
p.s. I also thought the "before" was the "after" ... so nice to see something restored with such respect.

posted by mirandabee on October 23rd 2009 at 12:07pm
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Love. It. Want. One.

posted by Lilli K. on October 23rd 2009 at 3:40pm
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How beautiful!!!!! I wish I has room in my apartment for THAT.

posted by juju73 on October 25th 2009 at 5:44pm
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