While J and I were at Modern Manor on black Friday we noticed a new addition to the store, a Bears From Chairs wall. Ryan and Kylie had the brilliant idea when they found out they were pregnant, to make a bear for the future son out of an Eames Lounge chair. Here is their story:
“Bears From Chairs was inspired by my wife and I’s first born son. We own a vintage modern furniture store in Phoenix called Modern Manor. On New Year’s Day in 2011, we found out we were pregnant with our first child. That same day, we found an original 1960’s rosewood and leather Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman. It had a big rip in the seat and needed to be reupholstered…..something we do quite often to vintage pieces with upholstery issues. I told my wife Kylie that I thought we should salvage the leather and make a teddy bear for our new baby boy. Then I thought hmmmm…..that’s kind of a cool idea. Over the next few months, we played with the idea and came up with Bears From Chairs.
Bears From Chairs is a collection of hand sewn teddy bears made from the original fabric of important, modern designer chairs from the 20th century. There are so many amazing chairs that were designed with such beautiful fabrics and leathers, and it is such a shame that a simple rip or stain means the whole chair’s worth of upholstery goes in the trash can. We are saving it by making hand sewn, hand numbered and named bears.
Each bear carries part of the name of the designer attached to the chair that the upholstery came from. You can only get so many bears from 1 chair, so they are limited and numbered accordingly……making them truly one of kind.”
How adorable is that? Here is their rad wall displaying some of the bears now. {bear with me..haha get it?! im a dork.. these photos were taken with my iPhone, so not the best quality} but I just couldn’t wait any longer to show y’all these bears.
Side note: how fun is that lit-up sign? Im thinking we will do one that big for the nursery! What? You don’t think the baby would love being under that many lights every night?!;)
Really though, I love these bears they did. I love that the are totally unique to each person, that they have so much history, and they are the ultimate one-upping of the traditional teddy bear. What would you rather give as a baby shower gift? A teddy bear from Toys-r-us or a Bears From Chairs? I think the answer is obvious:)
Those are awesome, funny though. They bought all these lampshade frames from us at Antique Plaza. We were wondering what they were gonna do with them. They make great bear holders, how cute!
Lorrainesays
Your page is very hard to read now. The font is quit small and tends to look blurred or faded. I love your blog but this hurts my eyes~!
No way Kat! Thats so funny! They used them for the bears and for the lighting in the store. It looks so great- you should go in and check it out! Lorraine- I changed the font, hope that helps!
Those are awesome, funny though. They bought all these lampshade frames from us at Antique Plaza. We were wondering what they were gonna do with them. They make great bear holders, how cute!
Your page is very hard to read now. The font is quit small and tends to look blurred or faded. I love your blog but this hurts my eyes~!
No way Kat! Thats so funny! They used them for the bears and for the lighting in the store. It looks so great- you should go in and check it out!
Lorraine- I changed the font, hope that helps!