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Blue/White Stripe Chair

June 25, 2014 by Shelley

This is my first post on my new wordpress site. I have no idea what I am doing!

Oh some exciting news…I am offering a 20% off promo code for all my tutorials. Use Promo code “SUMMER” till Midnight 7/4/14.

This space had been redesigned by TheGrandeDesign for their clients teenage daughter. They pulled the chair from the master bedroom to repurpose it in this space. I love how well all the colors look together and all the bold prints. Definitely an amazing space!

BEFORE–burgandy Chenille chair that was being used in another room.

The Grande Design did a great job designing this space!

Love the way this turned out!

I ended up sewing ribbon on those front corners and tied them underneath behind the front legs of the chair to hold it taught.

SIDE NOTE#1—Summer vacation is always a party! Whether I’m driving the boys and their friends to the store to buy treats or taking them to the mountain to look for snakes or driving them to the top of Unity pass to longboard home–I love it and love being available for them. I’m sticking to my 2 day work week during summer break, so please be patient with me while I work through my wait list.

Can’t wait for our annual camping at Carlsbad State beach with 6 other families from the neighborhood. The kids have been talking about it for months! Last week I found some cheap flights on Allegiant Air to Honolulu during Christmas Break. We’ve been talking about getting the whole family to Hawaii again, so we bought our flights! Did I mention how much I love trips?! Oh and I may have booked Belize as well for a couples trip in January–Oh man I need to simmer down! I did get it on a Living Social Deal for $540 with a 10% off promo code. Now I’m trying to get enough sky miles to book our flights for free!

#2–Camille and I helped our friend Brooke stage her mantel the other day after an excursion to the local Thrift Store! Turned out AMAZING!

Our cart from the Thrift Store

Gray/Yellow Bedroom Chair and Ottoman

February 26, 2014 by Shelley

My client had this great comfortable chair and a mismatched cheetah ottoman. She wanted to redo them so they’d match her newly decorated bedroom—which is BEAUTIFUL!

Chair—BEFORE

Chair–AFTER- She told me to do it however I thought was best. With the large print, I didn’t want to break up the pattern, so I decided to do a waterfall skirt.

I loved all her bed pillows–eclectic and no two are the same.

Of course there was matching involved.

I love how bright and airy the room looks.

She also had 2 scrolled back parson chairs for her desk area. I chose to keep it tight around the front and a waterfall skirt in the back to keep the pattern from being broke up. Plus we were limited on fabric. 3 1/2 yds per chair with that large repeat.

I had to do seams down the front corners, because the fabric wasn’t wide enough to make it all the way around. Blind hem around the bottom.

SIDE NOTE #1- Brooke’s front room is coming along, we purchased all our main pieces off www.ksl.com, used of course– we moved everything in, so I could get the scale and vision what else we need. We also ordered curtain and pillow fabric. I am super excited, but now we have to wait a week for the fabric to arrive.

The green wall will be painted white to match the other walls, and we are hoping to do a large mirror over the couch.

Curtain fabric—we wanted a pop of yellow in the room.

SIDE NOTE #2– It feels like spring here in Utah! I know everyone else is taking the brunt of the winter for us. We are enjoying 50-60 degree days in FEBRUARY!!! Normally we are in the 30’s.

My boys have been busy making ramps and skateboarding out front with all the neighbor boys.

Pair of Barrel Chairs

February 3, 2014 by Shelley

My client picked up a pair of barrel chairs from ikea for her daughters room that she wanted to update a bit and make it feel a little more “grown up”.

Barrel chair–BEFORE

Barrel chairs–AFTER– she chose a fabric that she can eventually transition the room into more of a teen room.

There was only a bit of matching :)! My Advanced Slipcover Guide teaches you how to plan and match with little effort.

We did a 2.5″ pleat ruffle around the base.

I sewed her bedding and pillows several years ago, when they first moved into their house.

SIDE NOTE—

About 2 weeks ago, we went to Costa Rica with 2 other couples from our neighborhood.

We had an amazing time! It was so much fun to experience a different culture. Boxed milk, eggs on the shelf, guanabana (fruit), ceviche (raw fish in pico d’gallo, church (blow up pool for baptism out front), ketchup in a foil bag, crocodiles, crazy driving, etc.

We did a full day paddle board adventure with Paddle 9. It was an AMAZING day! Paddle boarding in the bay, then they took us to the back country of Costa Rica to rock waterslides, and a waterfall that we jumped off, then to a beautiful beach for sunset. They bought us lunch and gave us Costa Rican treats and snacks. We drove in a rickety van with no a/c windows down with reggae music playing, true Costa Rica culture…I LOVED it!

Waterfall that Paddle 9 took us to! We jumped off the rock that was lodged at the top between the walls. IT took me about 5 minutes to convince myself to jump–it felt like the landing area was so skinny! Then I did it AGAIN! I love off the beaten track stuff–not touristy at all!

Guanabana Shakes were a huge hit!! Apparently the only place in the U.S. that carries guanabana is Florida.

We rented a 2000 sq ft house with 3 bedrooms that had amazing views of the jungle with monkeys. One morning we could see the monkeys while we were laying in bed out our window! It was a five minute drive to the beach.

The water was super warm and it was about 95 degrees everyday with lots of humidity. Swim suit and cover up with flip flops everyday! This was Ventanas Beach–which means “windows”, at low tide there are two tunnels/ caves that you can walk in the go out to the ocean.