Slipcovers by Shelley

Tall Wingback Couches and booked till June 20th

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This client found these couches on KSL.com for $50 each (matching pair)! I can’t tell you how excited I was about these couches. They were almost as tall as me! I have never seen anything like these before…They were BEAUTIFUL!!!

My client wanted to do one large down wrapped cushion on these instead of keeping the 3 separate cushions. I couldn’t agree more.

Couch— BEFORE

Couch—BEFORE

Couch—AFTER with a new down cushion. The original cushions were 3″ tall, and we went with a 5″ thick down cushion. The couches were large scaled and I thought they could take some extra height.

Couch—AFTER

Check out the legs on these! My client went with a cream duck cloth fabric from Joanns. She prewashed it of course, so she can wash the slipcovers after they are made.

Side Note #1—- I am booked until June 20th!
Side Note #2—I paid off the cabin this month! Happy Day! I know I am a little neurotic about debt and interest.
Side Note #3—I have been working hard on editing my “Pillow Talk” ebook (make pillows with piping and a zipper. It’s getting close! I demo all the pillows below in the book (knife edge, mitered, bolster, ruffled, piping with ZIPPERS!) It will be available for $25 in a few weeks.
Side Note #4— Just painted 13″ horizontal gray and white stripes in my front room. They look amazing. If you want a sneak peak (iphone pic)…..check out my Slipcover Shelley facebook page. Once I take some real pics with my big girl camera, I’ll do a post.

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Comments

  2. Those are the most unique, awesome sofas I’ve seen! Very cool… Question – where in the world did you find the down cushion? I’ve been searching high and low for some down cushions without luck.

    Great job on the sofas – I’ve recently used your instructional DVD to slipcover some pieces of furniture as well – no way I could have done it without your help!

  4. Those turned out beautiful!

    and there is NOTHING wrong with wanting to be outof debt – we paid off our house 2 years ago. I love the freedom. And we live debt free too. It’s a wonderful life lesson to teach our children. Don’t you think?

    sam

  5. @ Queen Bee—down envelope cushions…google Ronco Industries (Sylmar, Ca) and ask for Justin he’ll help you out. They have great customer service and are really reasonable.

  6. I think I just found my favorite blog!!! I love making slipcovers (& love paying off debts even more!)! I get asked on occasion by friends to make slipcovers for different things and never know what to charge them because I don’t have an official ‘business’ set up for it… I just love the challenge of figuring out how to make each piece fit. I read on your post that you had your client purchase & pre-wash their own fabric..is that correct? what a great idea! Keep up the good work & looking forward to reading more!! Elizabeth :)

  9. You did a wonderful job on the slipcovers. The higher cushion fill was a great choice, the single cushion looks to have much better proportions now. What a deal your client got on those gorgeous couches.

  12. Shelley you have such an amazing talent, thanks for making my vision a reality. I am loving my couches!

  13. I haven’t been able to reach the person at Ronco yet, but looking at other sites, it appears custom down “L-curved” seat cushions (2 for a 7′ sofa) cost around $300 per cushion for the 50/50 white goose down they recommend. That seems very high to me. That would be $600 just to replace the cushions on my sofa! What do you recommend to your clients?

  14. I haven’t been able to reach the person at Ronco yet, but looking at other sites, it appears custom down “L-curved” seat cushions (2 for a 7′ sofa) cost around $300 per cushion for the 50/50 white goose down they recommend. That seems very high to me. That would be $600 just to replace the cushions on my sofa! What do you recommend to your clients?