My sister has been wanting to change things up for awhile in her family room…we spent many a times on facebook messaging links from http://www.fabric.com/ of fabrics that we liked. She finally decided on doing Navy blue/ bright green…I call is “shelley green”, I got tired of saying, “you know the green I like”.

Anyhow…Nikki decided to do the green chevron on this LARGE ottoman that my mother-in-law gave to her. Then we found a great print that pulls in the colors together on her pillows.

Last weekend I headed up to Nik’s house to watch conference with the family. In between sessions, I made her ottoman and 3 pillows.

Here is the Before…. Large and Dated, but comfy and great scale for her room.

After…Green Chevron that pops off her brown slipcovered sectional.

I matched up the Chevron on the sides… I missed my industrial machines and cutting table during this project.

Look how great the print is on the pillows that pull it all together! And you can see the matching better in this photo.

Close up of pillow print… bit blurry sorry.

Loving it altogether!

Another after….

Side Note #1— Yesterday was my Birthday, and Heber was at work all day…so my darling boys made me a cake from scratch! Frosting and all. I think it was to make up for being so naughty at church. Either way, I’ll take it.

Here’s my oldest.

Double stacked round chocolate cake…my favorite. A little crumbly, it didn’t come out of the pan so well.

My youngest helped clean the bowl…

They couldn’t find candles…so they used matches after they already served up a few pieces….better late than never, right!

Side Note–#2
I got on a team to run Vegas….YEAH!!! I am taking two of my running partners with me to join in the fun. About 11 days till the race!

I did these pair of wingbacks for a past client. She loves white and Shabby Chic. She was given a pair of wingbacks from her mother-in-law. She loved them, but they were starting to show wear and tear. So she got some white duck cloth and a Rachel Ashwell blue/cream stripe fabric and lots of lining. She wanted both chairs lined to help cover the embroidery and to make them wear longer with her kids.

Here is the before…

Here is the after on one of them…white duck cloth lined with “telephone arms”…at least that’s what I call them. The skirt is raw silk. I did a 1.5” blind hem on the skirt to give it some weight.

Front…showing part of the arms and the cushion.

I love the blue skirt on the bottom.

Side view.

Second chair after…blue/cream stipe with no skirt and lined of course.

Telephone arms…..I run the vertical seam on the front of the arm to connect the outside arm and the inside arm.

Another after….

Shot of the room…with cream loveseat.

I love all her dark woods and antiques with the white and light blue.

Close up of front of chair.

Front of cushion.

After.

Close up of first chair skirt. I liked that she did each chair different and made the room look more eclectic.

Side note— I think I am going through race withdrawls, Vegas Ragnar is in two weeks from tomorrow and I am not on a team….yet.  I really think I want to run. So if any of you need a runner, let me know.

Side note #2— I now have a “Slipcovers by Shelley”  Facebook Page. Come “like” my page if you want to follow me on facebook.

Linking up to Miss Mustard Seed

This client had this large oversized chair that she wanted to use in the seating area right off her master bedroom. She loves the soft colors of shabby chic decor, so she went with a large stripe of cream/brown/turquoise.

Here is the chair before..

Here it is after…alot more fun and interesting than the cream solid fabric of the before.

After…

Front of arm….of course all the stripes are matched up.

Outside arm

                            

Here’s what it looks like in the room!

Side note- This past weekend Heber took the boys up to the cabin to put up the gutter on the back of our newly laid roof, I had finished painting the bathroom at the cabin the day before and decided to stay home to clean out the boys room and the basement family room. Took me 6 hours! I threw out 3 bags of crap, and organized.

Much to my surprise, when the boys got home…Logan (11 yr old) informed me they hung the turquoise beadboard on the ceiling in the bathroom at the cabin!!! I was super excited, now I can’t wait to go up and see it and finish putting up the trim. Heber took a few pics…but they were blurry and not blog worthy.