Classic Cotton and Ruffles

  This a a great new look for my customer's sunroom furniture.  The furniture was ready for a new set of slipcovers. The room is very inviting and cozy now.  I am in love with the classic cotton fabric and the ruffled skirt. She purchased a pretty fabric to cover the pillows. They were delivered just in time for Thanksgiving day.

 A view of the whole room

 

Before picture of the sofa in the old slipcover

 Before picture of the chair in the old slipcover

Mother Goose Slipcover

I nicknamed this chair the "Mother Goose" chair when I saw the beautiful carved arms.  My customer just became a grandmother and this room is dedicated to her first grandson and many more grandchildren to come.  This will be the perfect spot to read his favorite stories and for rocking to sleep. I love the look of the denim fabric against the exposed wood.

     

Before picture 

Close up of Goose Carved Arm

 

 Back Detail

 My customer wanted to include this iron bench into the room.  She chose the same denim fabric and a ruffled skirt for the slipcover.

 This was the inspiration picture

French Knots on Linen Slipcover

I received a call from a customer wanting a slipcover for a wing chair her husband inherited from his grandmother.  She had it upholstered in the past but was still not happy with the look and she knew she had to live with this chair. 

I have been admiring the french knot slipcover designed by Holly Mathis Interiors and made by LS Slipcovers for a while and I was delighted when my customer showed me that it was the look she wanted for her slipcover. I had a lot of fun transforming this wing chair to resemble the inspiration picture and I am so happy with the results.   This wing chair has a separate seat cushion but she wanted me to copy the look in the inspiration picture so I slipcovered over the cushion.    The fabric was 100% linen in a Dove Grey. I have included all the transformation pictures below.

Here is the inspiration picture.  Slipcover designed by Holly Mathis Interiors

 Delicate little french knots outline the arm fronts, outside arm seam and the outside wing

 Little kitty Charlotte peaking her paws out from the skirt.

 There's Charlotte's new favorite hiding place. She is too cute!

 Side view

 Drum Roll Please!!  

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 Before Picture

 Inspiration picture from LS Slipcovers

Below you will see a couple pictures of how I covered the wood with foam and dacron.

Hollowed out foam is slid over the wood arms and wings.

The foam was then shaved to the desired shape. 

Then I used a tag gun to attach the dacron over the foam to smooth everything out.  I could not get a very tight fit this way but the customer's husband wanted to be able to go back to the original look if he wanted.  Although my customer says it never will. LOL

Linking to:

Feathered Nest Friday
Restyle Relove
Miss Mustard Seed
My Salvaged Treasures
All Things Heart and Home
Thrifty Decor Chick

Romantic Slipcover

My latest slipcover has to be one of my favorites. If you have been following my blog you know that I adore ruffles.    My customer has great taste and I love how she decorated the apartment. She actually lives in an old gum factory headquarters that was converted into apartments.  The whole room has a very romantic feel.  The ruffles on the slipcover added to that romantic feeling.  My customer ordered 5 new down pillows for the back of the sofa and new down wrapped seat cushion inserts. She added a back pillow and now has 5 instead of 4 which I think looks more inviting and the seat cushions are 1" thicker than the original cushions.  The last two pictures are the before pictures of the sofa and chair where you can really see the difference between the new seat cushions.

 On a side note: I am so happy my soldier is back home from Afghanistan.  I am so very proud of him but I am happier he is finally back home!!!! God Bless all the military and their families!!

Lola Loves Ruffles

Let me introduce you to my customer's adorable puppy, "Lola".  Lola loves her new slipcover with flowing ruffles.  Lola's owner loves the shabby chic style of slipcovers with ample ruffles, slightly baggy fit, and draping skirts. I enjoyed creating this slipcover with the mix of linen and ruffles giving that classic shabby chic style.

A closeup of the 100% cotton linen look fabric.

Here is a side view showing the use of ruffles instead of cording under the arm.

Here is the inspiration photo from the Chez Fifi Blog: August 2010

This slipcover is by Susie and Mark Holt owners of Posh on Palm. I would love to visit their new store location in beautiful Downtown Sarasota in a Grand Hotel one block off the Bayfront at 33 South Palm Ave. Sarasota, Fl.

 

Back view of inspiration photo. Susie Holt loves to add lace to her slipcovers. I love this style and have added the Posh on Palm blog to my bloglist.

 My customer wanted her chair to resemble the beautifully unique style of the Posh on Palm chair by using a mattelasse fabric for the arm fronts and boxing around the ottoman.

Here is a little footstool in same fabric and ruffles...Too cute!

 

Linking up to
French Country Cottage
Miss Mustard Seed
Redoux Interiors
The Shabby Nest