Heidi over at HoneyBear Lane is hosting a giveaway for my “How to Slipcover” DVD….head on over and check it out. It goes through Saturday.

I was featured a few times over the weekend! I was feautured over at Craptastic and Pink and Polka Dot!  Now on to my post….

COUCH— Before…good lines, but a little tired and old looking.

CHAIR— Before

Couch– After. My client decided to replace the cushions along the back with  five Euro sized pillows. She got two different fabrics for pillows, so she can switch them out and change her look. THIS IS LOOK #1

Front of couch— she opted for no skirt.

Here is her couch with her second set of pillows. LOOK #2.

She went with a white denim for the slipcovers.

Here is her couch and chairs together! On the wingbacks, she decided to do a skirt….just to mix it up a bit. Actually her 19 yr old son decided, she couldn’t decide…so she asked him what he thought. Skirt it was.

Right before Christmas, I met up with Camille to walk around IKEA…just for fun with no kids. OF course I saw these blue chunky weave curtains that I fell in love with. I was in the middle of redoing my guest room, but I loved them so much I decided to use what I had for my guest room and use the beatiful blue curtains for my room.

My bedroom before looked like this.

Bedroom— BEFORE… notice the bench, endtables and lamp…..I changed them all out.

I ordered the green bird fabric from http://www.fabric.com/ It’s called Aviary Moss by Thomaspaul. I ordered another fabric that had turquoise and green together….but it didn’t work out, the green was way too bright! It was almost fluorescent.

I had to come up with a pillow that tied all my colors together. I sifted through my stash and found a small piece of turquoise velvet, green stripe, green linen, and some gray solid. It was perfect…and on the first try too. I love it when it comes together and I am not second guessing myself and changing my mind.

I also found some scraps of some gray/white damask fabric that I used to slipcover my lamp shades.

I also ordered this blue chevron for my chair from http://www.fabric.com/. I don’t like being super matchy, so I put together this bolster pillow out of some more scraps and some gray ribbon. I decided to not use piping on the pillows…just to give it a different feel than I normally do.

I picked up this amazing coffee table at the thrift store for $30. I loved the dark wood and the detail of the carving and the little finial things on the feet. It was perfect for a bench at the end of the bed.

I picked up the magazine basket and turquoise suit case at the thrift store as well, another $5 well spent.

I bought this turquoise artichoke votive holder at Hobby Lobby. I set it in the white bowl that Logan made me for Mother’s Day a few years ago.

I kept my white duvet and bedskirt….that’s why I like to do neutral duvets and slipcovers. That way you only have to switch out your pillows for a quick change.

I switched out my lamps for ones that were in the front room….a little bit more weighty and substanial.

I kept my tan curtains…. They bring warmth and they worked with the wood tones.

I ditched my black end tables that were too big and showed off all my junk underneath on the shelf. I picked up a few sewing machine cabinets at the thrift store for $15 each and used them as my new end tables. The height and scale was perfect. I also loved the dark wood. They are a little scuffed up…but like my dad used to say, “it adds character”

I kept the gray Euro pillows…they still worked with the new lamp shade covers. I also painted my armoir gray too.

Here is her dining room now, with the finished parson chair covers, new modern light fixture and bamboo shades replaced her previous swag window treatments.

She had been holding onto the damask fabric for a few years and found the blue chenille textured menswear looking fabric on clearance at Joanns. It was amazingly soft!

I love the eclectic look of all the fabrics, and the boldness of the damask print. In this setting the damask has a different vibe than it normally does…Funky and bold!

She has had her table for 20 years! She said she’s painted it with every trend including the crackle paint….love that it’s black and the chair legs are brown wood. I love mixing woods, metals, and different finishes. I don’t like when things are super matchy…you know bed-in-a-bag doesn’t work for me. I don’t want my comforter to match my shams,curtains, bedskirt, and lamp shades.

I loved the texture of the blue fabric…I could pet it for hours!

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