Slipcovers by Shelley

Sunroom Slipcovers

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To help you get your house put back together and freshen up your decor after the holidays!
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I did this set of chairs for a darling grandma in Sugarhouse. She was so appreciative and grateful, she sent me home with a bag of homemade caramels. My boys loved them!
CHAIR #1–BEFORE—english rolled arm, my favorite. Faded, tired, and scratched up from the cat.

CHAIR #2– BEFORE—faded, worn, and she removed the skirt because the cat had gotten to it.

 Chair #2– AFTER— great green/ cream check with skirt. I had enough fabric to self line the skirt.

Chair #1–AFTER—loved this fabric, oatmeal background with cute green floral. It washed up great. Did 1 1/2″ blind hem on the skirt. Just a bit of matching :)….barely had enough fabric to center the floral on the throw pillow. She ordered 17 yds of this fabric which had a 27″ repeat.

She wants to do her couch next and switch out the rug…you know how it goes- you change one thing and then it’s a domino effect.

I like the eclectic look of these two chairs together….
SIDE NOTES—-Lots going on in December…took about 3 weeks off work and started on our new garage and work room. We also spent Christmas week at a beach house in Southern California.
BEFORE—- had to remove fence, some concrete, and huge willow tree

                                     

DURING—Concrete pad was poured, and somehow I managed to do some man work and dismantled and removed the garage door—-which I sold on KSL.com— I was pretty proud of myself.
 
AFTER—new garage went up in a day! A-shed built it. Then they came two days later and installed the garage door and electrical and rain gutters. Super impressed!
Here’s my dad, he came to help for a day to help frame new wall in the old garage for my new WORK STUDIO!!! I can’t tell you how excited I am. I have decorated it in my head 100 times!
I ended up going with a set of french doors that both open—Furniture go be loaded straight in…no more hauling chairs through the house, down the hall, and down the stairs to my basement work room. We still need to have someone come stucco around the doors.
Inside of french doors
Here’s the inside—can’t wait to make curtains for those windows. I will have 500 sq. ft!

SIDE NOTE- #2 Christmas week was magical! We stayed at a beach house on the sand with it’s own private beach and hot tub. It was on beach road in Capistano Beach, Ca. My sister and her family came as well…so the kids had a great time with their cousins.

I don’t think I’ve ever done almost nothing for 7 nights– we had no plans, just hang out at the beach house.

We went on walks, read books, hot tubbed 5 times a day, went to the thrift store, cooked, made cinnamon rolls, checked out the tide pools, watched the dolphins in the surf. We even saw a whale spout right in the breakers! I LOVED IT!!!!

The kids loved looking for cool moon rocks and sea glass.

 We even got a few really sunny days…here are all my boys soaking up the sun on our last day.

 This was our view every night! Magic, I tell you!

 The boys even ventured out and paddle boarded one day.

 HEAVEN—this was our view after getting out of the car after driving for 10 hours. Blue skies, sunny, 60 degrees—compared to our 25 degrees at home.

 We even had our own fire pit on the sand—made smores and hot dogs a few nights.

 Boys enjoyed the tide pools too!

                                         
 When we got there,  I told Heber to get ready to fall in love again….I have loved the beach since I was a little girl growing up in Southern Cal. Super romantic!

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Cream Linen Loveseat and Chair

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 Chair—BEFORE–muslin covered ready for a slipcover

 Loveseat–BEFORE

 Chair–AFTER

 Loveseat–AFTER– cream linen with a 7″ gathered skirt.

Whole room—light and airy.

 Front of arm

The following is some pillows and pad that I dropped off a few weeks ago—I loved all these colors together, my client did a great job picking out fabrics!

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Green Lattice Loveseat

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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.

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