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Would you be disappointed with this?

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Thistledew · 05/04/2018 21:28

I am a self-confessed perfectionist so am genuinely interested as to whether I am being over critical here.

I got a chair reupholstered, as per the picture below, and am not 100% satisfied with the outcome. Anyone else agree or am I being unrealistic?

Would you be disappointed with this?
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elQuintoConyo · 05/04/2018 21:35

Should it be pink?

stellarfox · 05/04/2018 21:35

No it’s fine. The birds are so close to each other on the pattern I don’t think there would be any way of doing it so you had no birds sliced

OakIsBetterTho · 05/04/2018 21:36

They really should have lined the birds on the seams up! I'd be disappointed.

TheGiggleLoop · 05/04/2018 21:36

Pop a cushion on it and nobody will notice.

MrsSchadenfreude · 05/04/2018 21:36

I’d have wanted the pattern matched up. But sometimes people are a bit dim and you need to specify things that you think should be obvious. I took a picture to be framed, at a reputable framer’s and didn’t think I would need to say “please don’t glue the picture to the mount and the back of the frame”, but years later, when I cracked the glass, found out that they had done exactly that.

Homemenu1 · 05/04/2018 21:36

Depends how much you paid, however it would drive me potty to have the pattern not matching. Tbh it could be so much better

QueenieBuchanan · 05/04/2018 21:37

No I wouldn't be happy. The seems aren't good and nor is the chair. I think the pattern should match

SleepFreeZone · 05/04/2018 21:37

I would have expected the pattern to have been matched up too and im a professional curtain Maker.

Zintox · 05/04/2018 21:37

The pattern matching would annoy me too but I think it's a difficult pattern to match with seams not perpendicular to the seat. I'm not sure what they could have done as if they tilted it the fabric would end up on the bias.
Did you discuss the pattern matching in advance?

mimibunz · 05/04/2018 21:37

It would cost more to sort out the seams. Depending on how much you paid you should expect that attention to detail.

NotAnotherNoughtiesTune · 05/04/2018 21:37

It doesn't look symmetrical to me but I am VI.

Also kind of looks like some of the seams are lose especially on the left side.

Also not a fan of the colour but that's personal taste - like the birds though :)

arethereanyleftatall · 05/04/2018 21:38

Oh I see it now. Now I know, it's obvious. It's a shame you spotted it in the first place!

Abbylee · 05/04/2018 21:38

Put a nice pillow on it to break up the birds.

Nightmanagerfan · 05/04/2018 21:38

I wouldn’t be ok with that - the pattern doesn’t match up and it’s so annoying as it’s only out by a tiny bit on the left hand side. Did you request it to be pattern matched?

justforthisthread101 · 05/04/2018 21:39

I’d expect the pattern to match.

Gorgeous chair by the way.

NotAnotherNoughtiesTune · 05/04/2018 21:39

Loose*

Trinity101 · 05/04/2018 21:40

Didn't see it at first, but now I do I definitely I wouldn't be happy with it.

3luckystars · 05/04/2018 21:40

I would never have noticed that, I think you are for the birds picking a detailed fabric like that because it’s never going to be eggsactly right.

IHopeYouStepOnALegoPiece · 05/04/2018 21:43

I wouldn’t be happy with that. If you’ve paid to have it professionally reupholstered then I would absolutely expect them to pattern match especially on a print line that

3luckystars · 05/04/2018 21:44

Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.

longtompot · 05/04/2018 21:45

Its quite a tricky thing to do, but a competent upholsterer should have been able to do the join much better than they have. Maybe not get the birds whole as such, but not so obviously in half as they have done. Its due to how the back curves and fabric can only do so much. I do love the fabric and the chair is a beautiful shape.

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Thistledew · 05/04/2018 21:45

I provided the fabric (I appreciate it is not to everyone's taste but I like it for DC's room). I had quite a few conversations about exactly how I wanted the piping done so it didn't occur to me that I would need to specify that the pattern should be matched.

As a PP who is a curtain maker said, I assumed that it would be done automatically or if there was a good reason why it couldn't be done to be consulted on the final finish.

I'm paying £260 for the upholstery, including new seat springs, so feel it really should have been done right.

My concerns is that I got the last of that fabric from the shop.

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athingthateveryoneneeds · 05/04/2018 21:46

Yes that would bother me. Unfortunately the pattern is too large and spaced out to prevent something like this happening.

HeadingForSunshine · 05/04/2018 21:46

Bloody awful. It would irritate the hell out of me but so would using that pattern and colour on thst style of chair. It isn't in keeping.

HeadingForSunshine · 05/04/2018 21:47

You have got what you paid fir. £260 is peanuts. I'd expect £450 plus fabric.

Nice chair.

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