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Wood armed chair

November 29, 2015 by Shelley

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My client picked up this wood armed chair off a local Facebook Yardsale page. She wanted to redo it in a brushed white denim with ties and box pleat skirt.

Chair BEFORE

Chair–AFTER! Her room was BEAUTIFUL!! It fit right in! We decided to ditch the saggy back cushion and replace it with a 24″ down pillow with 1″ ruffle.

I did 1.5″ blind hem on the skirt to eliminate bulk. The fabric was a decent weight and with the pleating–self lined wouldn’t have worked.

Side note #1— Many of you know of my bestie, running partner, other half– Camille about 4 years ago I slipcovered her sectional in a turquoise canvas. She loved it, but it has faded being next to the window and she decided to switch it up! She tested the arm pads 1st with some Navy Rit Dye to see how it would work out. AMAZING!!!

She dyed the whole slipcover Navy blue with Rit Dye. Here’s her instagram post! It is seriously AMAZING in person. Best idea ever! Now it’ll hold up at least a few more years, and every time she washes it she can add some more dye to keep it from looking faded and worn.

Side Note #2– Last month I turned 40! I decided to plan my own party! Eight of us girls flew to LAX and rented a beach house in Newport beach for 3 nights. BEST TIME EVER! Hot tub, beach, bikes, ferris wheel, treats, naps, and sleeping in!

bikes on the boardwalk

Side note #3–the week after my bday in LA, my family and I drove to Seattle for my nephews wedding. It was an amazing wedding with the best Dance Party EVER! My boys didn’t know what to think watching their mom and dad dance like it was 1999!

Side note #4- My little guy is still making knives! Check out his latest! He cuts saw blades with his Dremel that my brother gave him.

Cream wingbacks

September 30, 2015 by Shelley

My client wanted to update her 90’s plaid chairs to cream wingbacks. I had some cream twill on hand that worked for what she needed! BEFORE—Plaid wingbacks

AFTER—Cream wingbacks, we kept the legs showing.

These finished off her room beautifully!

Side Notes– Well it’s hunting season here in Utah and my two oldest got to go this year! Love this pic Heber took of them! They are heading out again this weekend for anterless elk tags…hopefully they get something! They’ve been watching hunting shows since April!

My youngest is super crafty and is always trying to make something out of anything else we own. He was set on making a knife blade and needed some steel–he asked if he could have the table saw blade! That was a definite NO! He settled on an old piece of skateboard rail that was kicking around. He’s been filing this thing for days!

Navy/oatmeal chair

August 26, 2015 by Shelley

My client decided she wanted to switch it up and have a navy/oatmeal chair. She found this great fabric from www.fabric.com. It washed beautifully! click HERE to see BEFORE pic.

After! Lots of matching! She had some extra fabric, so instead of making pillows she thought arm pads would be best to keep the chair looking good. I provide some great, painless MATCHING TIPs in my Advanced Slipcover Guide. It’s an instant download! Use Promo code FALL to receive 20% off!

I really wanted the arm pads to match up as well!

SIDE NOTES! My summer in a nutshell!

My boys are always creating something! I LOVE IT! To see more of their projects search instagram #hebersboys or click here

Heber and I celebrated our 18yr anniversary!

We took our first family backpacking trip! One mile, one night in the Unitas (Lake Ruth).

My oldest son is running cross country and had practices EVERY day of the summer—which meant lots of carpooling! At last weeks meet, he took 31st place out of 256 varsity boys! So worth all the carpooling to see him push himself and run hard. He average 5:30/mile for 2.9miles! So proud of him!

I helped plan our family reunion! We had it on the Oregon Coast this year, which was AMAZING! These are all my siblings! 6 kids and 21 grandkids, it was quite the party! Talent shows, dance parties, fishing, hot tubbing, hiking, paddle boarding, etc! My sister surprised us at the talent show with these bobble heads from an old family picture–her whole family had them on and danced to YMCA–It was the funniest thing I’ve ever seen!