Ercol sofa restoration project

Hi all,

So some of you are aware that I have a slight mid century chair addiction (Kieran is somewhat out of the picture on this fact still!).

Anyway I could help but purchase this lovely Ercol sofa/bench/bed thingy that came up on eBay last week. I managed to get it for £56...bargain!  I Guy was also pleased to discover we only had to collect from Stratford St Andrew, even if he wasn't so pleased to be collecting it at 7am Sunday morning!

It was slightly disappointing to discover it was much darker than it appeared from the eBay pics, which means it needs to be stripped, sanded and possibly bleached; however I have an essay to avoid doing, so I started straight away!

Here are the before pics:

These are a few images I have for inspiration:

I think I'm going to just have a base cushion and scatter cushions along the back, as in the first pic. If i'm not able to get the colour of the wood how I would like then my back up plan will be to paint it, although I'm not yet sure what colour i'll go for!

I hope to put up the after pics in a few weeks months.

p.s. Kieran still doesn't know. I'm hoping he won't be reading this post any time soon!

Lastly...we miss you!

Love, Kate x