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Green Lattice Loveseat

December 6, 2012 by Shelley

My client had this little hide a bed loveseat at the end of her bed, that her grandchildren use when they sleep over. It had a light blue linen slipcover on it that had been loved to pieces… literally. The arms were shredded.

Loveseat–BEFORE

Loveseat–AFTER — her daughter in law helped her pick out this great green lattice print. It was an outdoor fabric, but it washed up beautifully.

There was ALOT of matching with this piece. First off the fabric wasn’t wide enough, and the print couldn’t be railroaded (run sideways)…so I had to match up and piece for the width. Then the skirt had to match up to the front of the cushion, to the top of the cushion to the back cushion.

It all worked out…and then on top of that I had to match up the arm pads too.

Since it is a hide a bed that gets used often, she wanted easy access— I installed two zippers head to head at the back of the decking, so all she has to do is unzip to access the bed.

The tricky part was because the love seat had T cushions the zipper had to wrap around the front of the arm, so the bed wouldn’t rip the slipcover when taking it out.

You can see here where I had to match up the band and edge of the top cushion to get the width.

How cute is this room! My client is a widow and loves to have the grandkids sleepover.

Side Note—#1 Trying to wrap it up for the year, I have two more drop offs and then I am done!

Side Note–#2 We are making progress on our new project. We are converting our garage to my new work studio and building a new detached garage.

Side Yard–BEFORE— we are building a garage where the large willow tree is. We planted this tree when I was pregnant with my first baby, so I was a little sad ripping it out. It has grown a ton and started to shade our garden area—which stopped growing, hence the space could be better used for a garage.

Here is the tree dismantled. The boys and their friends were a huge help!

Here’s the AFTER demo—got the fence, concrete, basketball hoop, and tree removed. Concrete and footings are being poured tomorrow!

Of course I had to start doing some shopping for my new space! I picked up this large hutch off KSL.com for $175. This is the picture from the listing—it’s way prettier in person! Tons of storage for zippers, thread, and fabric! It’s 7 feet tall and 6 ft wide.

16 Dining Chairs

November 30, 2012 by Shelley

I have to admit, I lost sleep over these 16 dining chairs with separate seats and backs. I was trying to figure out how to go around the back post and velcro the skirt closed and make it look good.

The chairs underneath are gray leather with large nail head trim with no skirt. The client felt like the dining room was cold and wanted to add some fabric with a skirt to the floor.

Here is the drawing my designer client drew up for me to show me what he wanted.

AFTER—of course the white linen backs had to be lined. They only wanted black toppers for every other chair and then the picture frame fabric in between (some are square and some are oval).

The topper fabric was a shiny black chintz—so it looks somewhat like leather. The designer decided no piping—which I thought turned out nice.

I did attach some ribbon ties under the skirt next to the back legs, so I could strap the seats on more securely….since they are leather and slippery seats underneath.

Red Basket Weave Chair

November 25, 2012 by Shelley

First off— I am offering a Black Friday 20% off promo code for my “Pillow Talk” Ebook and “How to Slipcover DVD” on my Facebook Page…so head on over and “like” my page to see promo code.

My client chose this great heavy weight red basket weave fabric. It was literally like a blanket…super thick. Luckily she didn’t want a skirt. I don’t think I could have done one with this fabric.