Sunday 5 April 2015

New furniture & curtains

Since buying the boat we have wanted to change the layout of the saloon and upgrade the seat coverings. The windows have blinds instead of curtains and we have wanted to change them as well.

The saloon is a fixed L shaped settee and there are two further bench seats either side of the bow doors where a table can be set up for meals.

The pictures below are of the old furnishings and window blinds.





















We wanted to remove the L shaped seat replace it with free standing furniture (a 'normal' chair and a 'Captains' swivel chair). After looking at various furniture makers/upholsterers we settled on Elite Furnishings of Litchfield to make new curtains, a chair and provide new seats and backs for the two bench seats. They also supplied the Captains chair for us.

The pictures below show the new curtains and new furniture.









































We also had some square blinds made up from the curtain material for the portholes to cover up the foam inserts.