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My client had a great sized little sectional that needed some sprucing up. She wanted a dark denim sectional with “jean topstitching”.

BEFORE—

AFTER! I love the pop of color in the room. It adds so much.

There’s a thread that’s actually called “Jeans Topstitching” by Coats and Clark. Dual Duty plus. It’s a TON thicker than normal thread, so your stitching will actually stay on the top of the fabric and show more.

Side Notes–

My oldest son went to his first Prom a few weeks ago, I made him a bow tie and matching wrist corsage to give to his date out of my scrap ribbon and linen. I love that he’ll let me be a part of it, and I can be creative and make girly stuff.

2. We took the kids to Costa Rica last month. It was an adventure! We drove to Las Vegas to catch flights since they were half as much as from SLC, and we all know I’m frugal…so there you go. Plus we were hoping Logan was going to qualify for a race in Arcadia, the day after we got back to Vegas. Which he did! So we drove the rest of the way to California, so he could race. He got 9:22 on the 2mile race! Then we drove 10 hrs home the day after the race.

Traveling with big kids is so much more enjoyable than when they were little! We got to sleep in, read books, swim in the ocean at the same time–instead of momma staying on the shore holding the baby. I’m really cherishing phase 2! When did they get so big?! Two out of the 3 are taller than me now.

BEFORE—Large cream sectional that was showing a little wear.

AFTER–My client purchased a grey tweed type fabric (50 yds). Love the darker color in this room!

She also had me make 4 IKAT pillows to mix in with her other pillows.

It was a large 4 piece armless sectional with an ottoman.

We added a skirt and piping to give it a different look from the original.

Her husband was thrilled with it. Usually the husbands are indifferent–but he LOVED it as much as she did.

This pillow fabric was amazing!

Close up of the textured gray fabric.

SIDE NOTE—MY NEW STAIRS!

BEFORE—wall and carpeted, nasty stairs

AFTER—More open floor plan– we opened up that wall that was bedroom and made it our office off the front room. We are still working on getting the balusters and handrail installed, but I wanted to show it off anyways!

We moved into our house 14 years ago–as newly weds. Our house has had to keep keep changing with the needs of our family. We finished the bonus room when we needed a family room. We finished the basement when we were pregnant with our 3rd baby and I wanted a finished work room. We took out a kitchen wall and added a bar to entertain and have more space. When my business grew, we converted our garage to my new work studio…

HERE was my current problem—all the kids would hang out around the bar on the computer crowding my tiny front room/ kitchen area. Here’s the ironic part–we had 2 bedrooms on the main floor that weren’t EVER used (guest room and a “office”). I decided to put one to use.

It was a late summer evening and we’ve been talking about this project for awhile–a few other families were hanging out with us on our front porch, we decided to get started. The kids had a blast!

In progress–from the office side

Now the kids have a spot!

It felt AMAZING that next morning! I LOVED it!

Our boys helped remove the carpet and tack strips…for $ of course!

AFTER—We installed the hardwood stairs ourselves. I bought the treads and risers from Stair-treads.com and stained and polyeurethened them ourselves. Here’s their instructional video for installing. If you are redoing your stairs buy this tool for $20 from Home Depot! It makes your cuts look like magic and fit like a glove.

We did hire a handy man to patch the sheet rock and set the newell posts and install the trim since there were crazy angles we didn’t feel comfortable doing it. Totally worth the money! Then Heber was awesome and repainted the whole ceiling and painted the stripes back to the right of the door.

Dark denim sectional

Grey Tweed Sectional