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The Joy of Collaborating

Customizing upholstery in partnership with our interior designer clientele is always an exciting journey for us. We absolutely love the process of collaborating with other creatives, and helping them to realize their vision for a client project. We also happen to be passionate about color, textiles and sartorial details, so we love it when we get to work with like-minded individuals. 

Sure; it may be simpler to only offer a selection of stocked items, but where’s the fun in that? As a trusted trade resource for couturier furnishings, it’s more gratifying for us to fill a niche within the design community and to play a role in the creation of projects both special and unique. 

Customizing furniture isn’t just about the final product; it’s about the entire process. The energy and vision our interior design clients bring to this work inspire us and fuel our creativity. With our designer-partners, we consider how each upholstered furnishing item interacts within its environment and the dimensions of the living space, along with how it will function. This collaborative effort involves our entire team. 

Dutch Model, Sanne Vloet (L), and our Creative Director, Tina Nicole (R) discussing the Freya sofa design before the first “sit test”

For instance, our Freya sofa/sectional is the result of a creative collaboration between Nathan Anthony, Dutch model Sanne Vloet, and Lauren Piscione of LP Creative. Inspired by our popular Hugo sectional, Sanne envisioned bringing the serene Japandi aesthetic—a fusion of Eastern minimalism and Western comfort—into her new LA home.

Dutch Model, Sanne Vloet arriving at the factory for a “sit test”

The resulting design, Freya, features elegantly cascading arms, soft rounded corners, and memory foam cushions for ultimate comfort. It includes large box accent pillows and double-down filling throughout its backs, arms, and pillows. This three-piece sectional offers generous, versatile seating with a wedge and center module that provide a range of lounging positions, including resting on the back rail for casual conversation. Named after the revered Norse goddess, Freya embodies both beauty and strength, making it a standout in any space.

The Freya sofa, final install in Sanne Vloet’s new LA home

At Nathan Anthony, we cherish these opportunities to create unique, functional, and beautiful pieces to be enjoyed for years to come.

Thank you for reading and please let our Custom Design Concierge™ team answer your burning custom upholstery questions and assist you with placing orders. 

Tina Nicole

Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer

Nathan Anthony Furniture, Los Angeles

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A Touch of Whimsy for High Point Market 2021

High Point Market 2021 is quickly approaching and we can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on! This year is EXTRA special as our intros two special collaborations.

The High Point Market is the largest furnishings industry trade show in the world, bringing more than 75,000 people to High Point, North Carolina, every six months. Serious retail home furnishings buyers, interior designers, architects, and others in the home furnishings industry can be found in High Point twice a year because if you can’t find it in High Point…it probably doesn’t exist.

Our collections will be shown in our permanent High Point Market showroom, InterHall IH- 602,  June 5 – 9. Reserve your spot today!

“With the home continuing to serve as a haven, I’ve been paying attention to seat depth, double down cushion fills, extra surface padding, and cozy fabric covers like extra plush boucle,’ says Co-Founder and Principal Designer Tina Nicole. “Interior design clients want to live more fully in their spaces. People want upholstered furniture they can curl up into.”

Nicole saw a need for a curvy wing swivel chair called TEDDY that had an enveloping feeling to it. She also wanted to design a smaller swivel chair and ottoman called HELA to go with FREYA (see below.) All these shapes are hitting the right style notes- soft, cozy, rounded, billowy and functional.

The TEDDY swivel wing chair
The TEDDY swivel wing chair
The HELA swivel chair and ottoman

That is just the start of what you can expect to see in this upcoming market, but let’s dive in further!

Nathan Anthony x Sanne Vloet x LP Creative

Dutch model Sanne Vloet and Lauren Piscione of LP Creative were set to create a new living space in Vloet’s Los Angeles home when the pair teamed up with our co-founder and principal designer Tina Nicole to co-design a three-piece sectional inspired by the east-meets-west Japandi aesthetic. It took several rounds of drafts, prototyping and sit tests. In the end, we created FREYA! 

Freya, measuring 152-inches (W) by 102-inches (D) by 27-inches (H), is named for one of the preeminent goddesses in Norse mythology. It features a tight seat and back; large boxed accent pillows; and all double-down fill on its seats, backs, arms and accent pillows. It’s shown in an ivory French boucle.

The FREYA 3-piece sectional

Nathan Anthony x Cara Woodhouse

The Pilar upholstered bed, custom designed by Cara Woodhouse of Cara Woodhouse Interiors, is an update to our Divano style, featuring pill-shaped edges which convey a look of the moment, at once modern and minimalistic. The headboard extends well beyond the width of the foot rails, and its linear-rectangular upholstery zones with rounded corners are separated by a refined metal accent.

At 144 inches, the extra wide shapely headboard additionally features polished chrome metal accents. This modern platform bed style requires only a Queen-size mattress, which is recessed inside the platform cavity. It is shown in a Belgian ivory velvet

The PILAR bed

We hope you are as excited for High Point Market 2021 as we are! Please don’t hesitate to write to us with any additional questions at inquiries@nafurniture.com.

To avoid having to wait in a socially-distanced line, please register online before you arrive to High Point Market.

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