Furniture makeovers in Vancouver, WA

Sassafrassity saves the chair and changes its color

Sheressa runs Sassafrassity as a one-person studio, and the work starts from a simple promise: to give your accent furniture a makeover from head to toe. I strive to take each client's idea for their furniture and turn it into reality.

Three kinds of piece come through the door more than any other.

  • That comfy chair that still fits your space but really, really needs a modern look.

  • Family treasures in need of repairs and refinishing.

  • Yard sale bargains you love but don’t love the color.

A tone can keep a chair out of the landfill

Color drives us to love or hate our furnishings.

Adjusting those tones can save pieces from ending up in the landfill or hanging out in your garage. My test is plain: if your furniture functions for you, is well made, vintage, antique or just has sentimental value, it is worth saving. The frame stays, the color changes, and the chair goes back to being the one you sit in.

Pieces worth saving, saved

Chairs, a headboard, a patio sectional and cane seats, finished in the cloth or cane that suited each piece.

  • Pair of black Ming-style armchairs with orange floral seat cushions
    Ming-style chairs, orange floral cushions
  • Two black chairs with new pressed-cane seats and backs against red siding
    Black chairs, pressed cane seats and backs
  • White outdoor sectional with raspberry-pink cushions on a stone patio
    Outdoor sectional, raspberry cushions
  • Shaped vintage headboard re-covered in a white print of green bamboo leaves and orange flowers
    Headboard, bamboo-leaf print
  • Dark wood wing chair with a cane back and a new pressed-cane seat, on a lawn
    Cane-back wing chair, new cane seat
  • Rattan armchair with a navy seat cushion and tropical-print back pillows on a deck
    Rattan chair, tropical cushions
  • Two dining chairs re-covered in a blue and green floral, standing on moss
    Two dining chairs, blue floral
  • Four spindle-back wooden chairs with new cane seats lined up on grass
    Four spindle-back chairs, cane seats
  • Mid-century armchair with wood arms, re-covered in an oatmeal fabric
    Mid-century armchair, oatmeal weave

Working with me

It starts with an email and a few pictures

Email me pictures of your furniture, ideas you like, the room it is going in, anything to facilitate the creative process. I gladly work with clients to narrow down the choices to get them to their final selections, and you can provide your own fabric or order from Charlotte Fabrics through me.

Pick up and delivery services are available, so a chair can leave your house tired and come back fabulous. See what the studio takes on the services page or send a note through the contact page.

Send the picture first.

The studio is at 13909 NE 50th Ave in Vancouver, WA. Call, email, or follow the latest finished pieces on Instagram at @sassafrassity_furnish.

Call 503-245-2453Email a photo