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This design is inspired on William (Billy) Haines chair design called the "Pull up chair", however, he had few different creations that look very similar to yours.....therefor, few different companies manufacture variations of this chair!

Modern Flavor has 2 different styles w/ great quality and price:

Bucket chair
http://www.modernflavor.com/seating/bucketchair/index.html

Classic Bucket chair
http://www.modernflavor.com/seating/bucketchairclassic/index.html

Price: $765 C.O.M (w/o fabric cost)

This sofa was made by Loja Designs in Venice, CA.......It's called "Framed sofa" in a Walnut body, down-envelope seats and foam wrapped back cushions.
Contact me and we can email the pictures of this exact sofa w/ the same fabric......all the same as above.

Thanks
sustainable@ymail dot com

It's not that simple or cheap to copy the Charles Sectional, we have done few of them and reupholster several for our "high-end commercial" clients in LA....I agree that $16,000 is a lot of money, but, $1,599 from a similar sofa from Modern Design Sofas is even funny!!! Regarding Ikea and West Elm furniture, with all my respect to those companies, but, they are cheap, don't look the same and it won't last long.....you just can't compared to the B&B Italia sofas, which I am very familiar with their upholstered pieces and furniture's structures!

Few things to think about it:
- What is your budget for a similar (or copy) Charles sectional? This will narrow down your options between Imported furniture (Like: Ikea, West Elm....reads, Chinese Furniture), domestic or custom furniture!
Btw, Chinese foam was finally prohibited in US, but, still can be sold as "furniture" for a little bit longer, it does NOT comply with the Flammability standards of CA technical bulletin # 117, which it will be the US standards in a near future!
Still on the foam issue, a quality foam (HR grade) for this sectional alone based in wholesale price would cost you at least $500-$800 depending on the size, between cushions and padding the frame, which is very important to the longevity of upholstery pieces, besides, all wood materials, labor (carpentry, seamstress and upholster), springs, down, legs.....and the company's profit!

So, my point is: On the long run, "the cheap" furniture will cost you more than a good custom piece, it won't last you more than 2-3 yrs looking decently (unless, if you don't sit on it...just a display piece!) and the first problem that you might have, you could consider throwing away.....most of them, can NOT even be re-upholster.....believe me, I have been in business for while and I had similar experiences with my clients!

Anyways, If you need any advices, send me an email.....as you might have noticed, I appreciate a good design and quality furniture......not really into furniture Corporations that sells crap furniture, making huge profits building overseas and taking advantage of the poor, uneducated labor, which a lot of times are kids!

Let’s keep businesses open in America, spend money wisely having quality domestic products, instead of buying the same product every 4-5 yrs over and over……I am not saying to spend a fortune in a piece of furniture, but, you can pay a reasonable price, depending on the product and still have competitive prices compared to the Big furniture’s corporations! Let me give you a small example…..you can pay $2,000 - $2,500 for a good quality sofa made locally, instead of buying a $1,000 Ikea sofa that does NOT look as nice and it won’t last you long, so, in 3-4 yrs you have spent the same amount of money (buying another sofa from Ikea, when your first one is trashed within couple yrs) and still have a much nicer piece than the Ikea sofa w/ your custom choices!

Also, have you seen the inside (wood frame, glues on the foams, staples…..) of an Imported sofa? You don’t want to see it…..if our kids toys have “crazy bad” chemicals from China, imagine our furniture, which the inspection is not even close!

Think about it and let me know……..
Thanks,
Flave
sustainable@ymail.com

I have been to Philip's house in a variaty of ocasions, even tough, the pictures are great, it's really hard for you to have the "feeling" of his house on pictures.....it's a full variaty of details put together along the years!
His house has peaceful feeling, a true believe that you are somewhere else instead of Venice, it doesn't have the Marrocan looks only (except for the furniture), but, a mix of African / Native Mexican influences!!! Underneath of the "guess house" (picture 29), it has an amazing "dinner room" w/ seat's shaped of concrete and a massive dinning table, it gives a feel that you are having a dinner inside of a cave, it's truly unreal.....it's one of the best views of the house and yard!
Since the first time, I went there, I never seen any house like it anyhwere, especially due to the size of the lot, which makes it incredibily well plan....it might have an over all "cold feeling" for some people, but, completely matches their life style! Also, not many pictures of their 2 "walk in fireplaces" and few more private areas of the house, so, the house actually has the "comfy" feeling as well, it's just private!!!

*PS: This is not an Interior Design or Architectural project, he actually designed himself the detail concept of the house and he has been adding new "pieces of his world" in this house for the last 15 years, from new buildings to plants!

Well done Philip!!!

I believe these lights are from FLOS, an Italian co. that has an amazing selection of lights , but, not as easy to purchase in US. I have used their lights in a project before, beautiful, little expensive, but great quality, well worth!!!

Outstanding idea guys..... I'll contact you soon to start using your company for some of my jobs!!!! Congratulations, we need more people like you guys thinking outside of the box!

Great job and awesome usage of the space.....beautiful accessories complementing the rooms too!! Well done!

Great job, Rachel..... Very charming and inviting space using the brightness very efficiently.

You probably got the chairs from Loja Designs ( www.lojadesigns.com ) ....I got a pair from there, but, you definitely made look much nicer!
Well done....you probably should think of starting your own Interior Design business for small scale houses.

FS

Lots of modern lighting stores carry a lighting brand from Europe, Italy maybe, called Flos lighting....not cheap or super expensive, but really high-end quality...used in several projects and it's amazing. Cons: If you are willing to wait 4-6wks for shipment, it's well worth to check and it has a very similar design there!
Good luck...cheers.