Civil War Era Empire Sofa - Restored

Flips & finds, Floyd VA

Derek DeLuzio of 'Flips and Finds' found this Empire Sofa at a local auction and restored  it to a beautiful piece of furniture. Derek is learning the art of furniture upholstery and the work with the Empire Sofa  turned out beautiful. This was  a process of bringing  the wood frame back to life after removing old paint and then putting on new fabric.


Derek's wood shop for 'Flips and Finds' is located near the town of Floyd, Virginia.  You will find Derek there most days working in his 'Rustic Farm Furniture' at the shop.

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Empire Sofa

Empire Sofa before restoring.  At 150 years old the sofa was in need of a real makeover.

Empire Sofa

Removing the fabric exposed beautiful wood work on the frame.

Empire Sofa

A real classic Empire Sofa look once the paint was removed and the wood exposed.

Empire Sofa

This wood grain is really gorgeous and stands out beautifully. A little sanding and clear finish did the job.

Empire Sofa

Fabric was selected that represented the  period this sofa was made as a finishing touch.

Empire Sofa

A very nice Civil War Era Empire Sofa now ready for a new owner. You can see the sofa at our Gallery - located in the Village Green 3 & 4, downtown Floyd Virginia.



How Derek restored this beautiful sofa take a look Video'CLICK'


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David G Larsen

The furniture gallery is in a section of our 'Computer Museum' space and very  easy to find and convenient parking in front just outside the door. Come visit us at the Village Green , #4 in Floyd Virginia.
^{"by David Larsen"  KK4WW Computer Collector Historian}   


  

Legacy of Floyd Virginia - The 'way we were' 25 years ago

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Citizens Telephone Coop was celebrating 75 years in business when they made this  video as a tribute to  the people of Floyd County Virginia in (1989). This video is very interesting and is definitely worth a viewing for history buffs. Most of us don't want to see Floyd change to much in the future but looking back  25 years some change took place.  You may see yourself in the video if you lived lived in Floyd during 1989.

Our LCF Group was in business during 1989 as 'Brookfield Christmas Tree Farms'.   It is interesting to see part of Citizens Coop  located on one of our old Christmas Tree farms. We still own the old Christmas tree farm next to Citizens Coop - take a look  when you go by and those big White Pines in back of Citizens Coop and see the  farm we call  'The Olde Christmas Tree VIllage'.

This year Citizens Coop is celebrating "100 Years in Business"  - We all  look forward to this special year for Citizens.

The Legacy of Floyd County 1989 by Citizens Coop

"Thank you Citizens Coop for allowing me to post this video"

Please leave a comment on the  blog about any interesting experiences you may have had  in Floyd County during 1989.

David Larsen

 I plan to write about some of our Christmas tree adventures -  in the late 70's we  pioneered  the Direct shipping of Christmas trees to our customers in a  box by UPS. We have been  in business here in Floyd for 46 years - it seems like time just a few years ago we planted that first Christmas tree - time does 'Fly by' in a hurry.

^{"by David Larsen"  KK4WW Computer Collector Historian}