salon furniture

squiggled · 09-10-2005, 04:08 PM

I want to decorate my salon with all the nice things that I like. I know it is not reasonable to assume people are going to treat my things how I would, so... what do you think about having any leather footstools in the rooms, and upholsted chairs in the lobby? Am I truly stuck with furniture that can only be cleaned with lysol? What do you have that has stood the test of time?

dancnfever · 09-10-2005, 04:12 PM

we have a leather couch, some tables, and nice chairs set up in our lobby...and in the rooms we have benches painted brick red w/ a plant on it...wow, doesn't sound nice...but we get many compliments & has held up extremely well.

dcjjp2 · 09-10-2005, 04:16 PM

I also have a leather sofa and leather ottomans in the lobby with an all glass coffeetable and aluminum and glass side tables in the lobby and bathroom. In the rooms I have aluminum and black leather chairs (very slick) they hold up well to commercial traffic.

I began the salon with Philippe Starck Clear "louis ghost" chairs (google them, they are awesome!) in the rooms, but they proved to be too fragile for commercial use, now they are in my dining room.

sbeachtanz · 09-10-2005, 05:53 PM

Really nice leather sofas or fabric chairs in lobby I would recommend.
I have had bad luck w/ nice seating in each room - between disgusting people not caring and lotion stains. I got great classly looking chairs from ikea (very inexpensive) for the rooms and have recieved many compliments on them.

clubtan1 · 09-10-2005, 08:38 PM

We use colored milk crates. Simple but effective

Lusheeta · 09-10-2005, 10:07 PM

We have wood art deco chairs that aren't very comfortable. Customers smear lotion all over everything though, so it works.

mr belvedere · 09-11-2005, 12:16 AM

Well, I figured, "since I was at it already", might as well divert this thread too! You want to have unoffensive, easy to clean, long lasting, cheap azz furniture in the joint. I like to shop at the local DAV for my lobby furnishings, and go to the Salvation Army (great write-off) for all the cutsie cwap I put in the rooms. Good luck. BTW, it's not the LPPA that really matters, it's the BL.

West Side Tanner · 09-11-2005, 11:44 AM

Quote:
On 2005-09-10 19:38:00, clubtan1 wrote:
We use colored milk crates. Simple but effective

No you don't!

West Side Tanner · 09-11-2005, 11:46 AM

In the lobby we have fabric chairs, won't do that again, in the rooms go with something that is washable/wipeable, lotions will get on them.

Miami Bronz · 09-11-2005, 01:01 PM

We have expensive wing back chairs in our lobby. Who sitting anyway? They are suppose to be tanning. Love the chairs and love my people. Bring someone into my store to visit and we will sell you something. den-den, Miami Bronz

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09-10-2005, 04:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
squiggled Join Date: Apr 18 2005 Location: West Coast Posts: 102 Rep Power: 4	I want to decorate my salon with all the nice things that I like. I know it is not reasonable to assume people are going to treat my things how I would, so... what do you think about having any leather footstools in the rooms, and upholsted chairs in the lobby? Am I truly stuck with furniture that can only be cleaned with lysol? What do you have that has stood the test of time?

09-10-2005, 04:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
dancnfever Waiting Confirmation Join Date: Dec 10 2004 Posts: 34 Rep Power: 0	we have a leather couch, some tables, and nice chairs set up in our lobby...and in the rooms we have benches painted brick red w/ a plant on it...wow, doesn't sound nice...but we get many compliments & has held up extremely well.

09-10-2005, 04:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
dcjjp2 I love Derf!! Join Date: Jul 12 2004 Location: Va Posts: 5,429 Rep Power: 13	I also have a leather sofa and leather ottomans in the lobby with an all glass coffeetable and aluminum and glass side tables in the lobby and bathroom. In the rooms I have aluminum and black leather chairs (very slick) they hold up well to commercial traffic. I began the salon with Philippe Starck Clear "louis ghost" chairs (google them, they are awesome!) in the rooms, but they proved to be too fragile for commercial use, now they are in my dining room.

09-10-2005, 05:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
sbeachtanz Join Date: Sep 15 2004 Location: Nassau County, NY Posts: 23 Rep Power: 0	Really nice leather sofas or fabric chairs in lobby I would recommend. I have had bad luck w/ nice seating in each room - between disgusting people not caring and lotion stains. I got great classly looking chairs from ikea (very inexpensive) for the rooms and have recieved many compliments on them.

09-10-2005, 08:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
clubtan1 Join Date: Jan 31 2005 Posts: 3,317 Rep Power: 42	We use colored milk crates. Simple but effective

09-10-2005, 10:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
Lusheeta Join Date: Jun 2 2005 Posts: 118 Rep Power: 4	We have wood art deco chairs that aren't very comfortable. Customers smear lotion all over everything though, so it works.

09-11-2005, 12:16 AM	#7 (permalink)
mr belvedere DERFERATOR Join Date: May 10 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 8,592 Rep Power: 52	Well, I figured, "since I was at it already", might as well divert this thread too! You want to have unoffensive, easy to clean, long lasting, cheap azz furniture in the joint. I like to shop at the local DAV for my lobby furnishings, and go to the Salvation Army (great write-off) for all the cutsie cwap I put in the rooms. Good luck. BTW, it's not the LPPA that really matters, it's the BL.

09-11-2005, 11:44 AM	#8 (permalink)
West Side Tanner Join Date: Dec 27 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 2,548 Rep Power: 5	Quote: On 2005-09-10 19:38:00, clubtan1 wrote: We use colored milk crates. Simple but effective No you don't!

09-11-2005, 11:46 AM	#9 (permalink)
West Side Tanner Join Date: Dec 27 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 2,548 Rep Power: 5	In the lobby we have fabric chairs, won't do that again, in the rooms go with something that is washable/wipeable, lotions will get on them.

09-11-2005, 01:01 PM	#10 (permalink)
Miami Bronz Join Date: Mar 10 2005 Posts: 53 Rep Power: 0	We have expensive wing back chairs in our lobby. Who sitting anyway? They are suppose to be tanning. Love the chairs and love my people. Bring someone into my store to visit and we will sell you something. den-den, Miami Bronz

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