You know how you have a project in your head and for various reasons you have to wait and wait until you can complete it? You design it, redesign it, contemplate the choices, finally decide on the perfect fabric… And then you have to wait some more? This has been the case with my little [...]
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My slip is showing.
Posted in Before-After, Home Decor, Sewing, Slipcovers on August 19, 2010 | 40 Comments »
The DAY my laundry room was CLEAN!
Posted in Before-After, Home Decor, Laundry Room on July 25, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Notice I said DAY… and shame on me for taking so long to give it a face lift! I’m really embarrassed to show you the “before I picked up all the clutter” shot so I’ll substitute this. It’s close except I didn’t have two cute little cubs to blame… The room was intended as a [...]
Everyone makes the occasional slip.
Posted in Before-After, Home Decor, Sewing, Slipcovers on July 10, 2010 | 14 Comments »
So during my lengthy slipcover-making research, I ran across a book review on Amazon.com. D. Strong said, “…. with a bit of dilligence (sic) you can have a very nice slipcover within half a day.” I’d like to know what part of the universe has days that last almost a month. Here’s what I started [...]
Slipcover dining room chairs. Check.
Posted in Before-After, Home Decor, Sewing, Slipcovers, Tutorials on March 1, 2010 | 42 Comments »
I came. I sewed. I conquered! There’s nothing that builds the ego like a successful do-it-yourself project! I ordered these chairs in a neutral fabric since I knew I planned to slipcover them. I tugged and measured, ate plenty of snacks and checked my email at least ten times while working out the muslin pattern. [...]
Pull up a chair!
Posted in Before-After, Home Decor, Slipcovers on September 7, 2009 | 6 Comments »
What do you do when you own the perfect chair, but it’s not covered in the perfect fabric? Make sure your supervisor approves the job first. Rrrrrriiiiiippppp the chair apart but take care to remember how to put it back together…. Dig out every last one of those blasted staples … Don’t quit in the [...]
Something gave.
Posted in Before-After, Home Decor, Something's Gotta Give dining room, Window Treatments on August 26, 2009 | 42 Comments »
I’m a list maker. Rather than looking at each item as a “To Do,” I prefer to view scratched off accomplishments as “Ta Da’s!” This week I completed a major project on the Ta Da List ~~ my dining room makeover. It all started with a movie. In Something’s Gotta Give, we all fell in [...]
A Banquette Before-After!
Posted in Before-After, Pillow, Sewing, Window Treatments on May 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
A joint effort to bring a little pizazz to a friend’s banquette. Here’s the before: My design software allows me to get a pretty close idea of how it will all come together. I take a picture of the window, do a drawing of the proposed treatment, then fill it in with the fabric of [...]
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