Designer review: Elizabeth Trost
I came across this designer, Elizabeth Trost in one of the local magazines here in Israel. Something about these chairs just don’t look right to me…
I like the striped fabric on this chair, but then those black wooden legs don’t go with the rest of the piece porportionally and the placement of the two back legs seems odd and unbalanced.
The brown textured fabric shown here makes this chair look like it came out of someones attic and again the legs are all wrong. These legs are too delicate for the weight of this chair and the back legs don’t follow the same style as the front legs. These legs are a little too ”zen meets woodcutters cottage” for me.
I lost it when I saw this one, the bright patchworkish fabric and then the chair legs that look like they came off of a dresser… I think these are the same legs as seen in the first chair but in brown wood.
And this chair had potential fabric wise, I could see it looking cute in a girls room but again the legs just don’t mesh with the rest of the chair. It almost looks as if it is sloping forward…
I have no kind words for this chair. My guess is that the style was an attempt at “shabby chic”. What are those brown spots on the back? They look like stains or mold… your guess is as good as mine!
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May 15th, 2008 at 9:12 am
they sort of remind me of those substantial traditionally tufted sofas with delicately turned wooden legs ending in ridiculously tiny brass casters… i’m sure there’s a name for that style but it escapes me. i always thought they looked unbalanced and, well, funny. so do these chairs.
May 15th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
I agree, those legs are pretty terrible and rob the chairs of any grace. But I’ve got to thank you for giving the link to Trost’s store in Ramat Hasharon….they seem to have some very cool, colorful stuff. I would even order some of those chairs, if only they could change the legs.
On a separate note, can anyone please please tell me where one can buy slipcovered couches here in Israel, besides IKEA? (I don’t find IKEA couches comfortable and they’re too small). I would love slipcovered pieces in an elegant shabby chic kind of style, or any style actually, as long as it comes off and can be washed!
May 15th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
There are a few places you can find well made slipcovered sofas - but expect to pay a premium. I’ve found them in Unique in Florentine, Hederim in Florentine (store review - http://www.tchochkes.com/wordpress/hederim-store-review.html), and Penthouse Furniture in Ga’ash(http://www.tchochkes.com/wordpress/penthouse-furniture-store-review.html).
May 16th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Thanks Shira. I was hoping to find something reasonable, at Beitili kind of prices, so those might not be relevant.
I’ll keep looking!
May 16th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Hi Tammy,
About 6 years ago Beitilli had slipcovered denim sofas in their Ramat Gan showroom. We were going to buy them, but they weren’t as dark as I wanted, we hesitated, and then they were gone. I haven’t seen anything that interesting since.
What you could do is go to Florentine, have a regular sofa made at the exact specifications of an IKEA sofa (but it will be made better) and then buy the IKEA slipcovers. I can recommend the place we got our sofas if you are looking for inexpensive and well (enough) made.