My client had this pair of red checked chair….a gentleman’s (larger framed) and a ladies chair. She was ready for a a change.

Ladies chair— BEFORE

Gentleman’s chair— BEFORE—-check out those HUGE “telephone” arms. At least that’s what I call them…they look like the old school phones.

AFTER—- She chose a stunning tan linen fabric that had a black flocked velvet damask print on it.

Gentleman’s Chair— AFTER

Ladies chair— AFTER

Close up of “telephone” arms

I did the sides on the outside all in one piece, so I wouldn’t have to match up the pattern from the outside wing to the under arm. I had to put pins above the repeat for placement, because I couldn’t see the pattern from the wrong side of the fabric. SO I had to go off my pins and hope it all worked out.

I sewed a 1.5″ casing around the bottom edge, and then fed a rope through pulled it tight and tied it to the back leg. This is a great solution to help keep the slipcover tight and in place….but time consuming if you have to refeed the rope through if you are going to be washing often….. These will be dry clean only, with the velvet flocking, so it was a great option for these.

Close up of casing….with a couch… you’d do two casings on the front and back sides a few inches apart, so you can figure 8 the rope through. My client showed me this casing idea off another slipcover she had made in Virginia….I loved it!

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.

Dining room- BEFORE– we removed the fan and replaced it with a chandelier, painted all the walls cream. I left the ceiling wood.

Dining room- AFTER —hung some curtains, slipcovered some parson chairs, and talked my sister into letting me have this turquoise table.

Kitchen- BEFORE– we removed the wagon wheel chandelier and the make shift counter on the right of the pic.

Kitchen- BEFORE– we also removed the wall between the kitchen and dining room (where the paneling changes colors)

 

Kitchen- AFTER– we also replaced the counter top with butcher block from IKEA. We also installed a used cast iron sink and a new goose neck faucet.

Kitchen- AFTER

Kitchen- AFTER

Kitchen–AFTER- We also bought an apartment sized fridge and stove (20″ wide) and found a cabinet that fit just right in between them.

Family room- BEFORE— notice the cubby room at the bottom—we took out those two walls and the drop down header thing to make it one large (well larger) space.

Family room- AFTER— See the new large windows! They let in so much more light! I hung curtains, slipcovered a sectional and some club chairs and an ottoman. I also painted a mirror that my mom gave me. We also replaced the light fixture with a silver chandelier.

Family room- AFTER— the floors were beautiful through out and we didn’t have to do anything to them. HARDWOOD laid on the diagonal (or bias…as a seamstress would say).

Loft–BEFORE— notice the railing this is for the overlook, which we removed and covered over to aquire more square footage. The steps were a little random and lead out the window to the upper deck. We also removed the old light fixture and shutters off the window. The door at the end of  the pic is the bunkroom.

Loft- AFTER– painted walls and left the trim and ceiling wood and hung curtains. Of course I made new pillows and bedding and painted some thrift store end tables and bought some new lamps at TJMAXX.

Loft- AFTER

Bunkroom–AFTER —

Stairs to loft—they were turquoise originally and we left them alone….these were a huge selling point for me…. they were turquoise, what else can I say?

Dining room–AFTER

Bathroom Floor- BEFORE — I pulled off the peel and stick pebble looking tiles, and then I ripped off the subfloor to find raw hard wood underneath, that was laid on the diagonal like the rest of the main floor.

Bathroom Floors- AFTER—- I puttied, sanded, conditioned, stained and polyeurethened….and they ended up matching great at the threshhold!

Bathroom- BEFORE–see the nasty peel and stick pebble looking tiles?

Bathrom–AFTER — got a new vanity, toilet and put up beadboard. Ipainted the walls cream and the ceiling turquoise and all the trim is dark wood. I don’t have all the pics….darn it! We also ditched the old medicine cabinet and hung a chandelier.

Bathroom— AFTER—turquoise beadboard ceiling and cream breadboard walls with dark wood trim. Silver chandelier and turquoise chevron shower curtain.

Book shelf that I had Heber hang above the toilet for extra storage.

NEW WINDOWS— My dad came and helped us replace the tiny windows for new 48″x48″ windows. You can see the old window leaning between the two new windows. We replace three windows on the main level. One in the dining room and two in the family room.

AFTER— I slipcovered a loveseat and ottoman for the loft. They sit exactly where the overlook was. This is Carters spot….he loves to sleep on this loveseat.

OUTSIDE— AFTER— I painted the trim green. I wanted it to pop off the dark wood paneling. We also reroofed the cabin..it was the original roof which was from 1978. The boys helped a ton as well as Hebers brother and our friend Jared.

Driving up the driveway the first time we came to look at the cabin…it looked like a tree house perched up on stilts. My first impression heading up the driveway was that we had just wasted an hour driving up here. It needed ALOT of work.

Cabin in the fall— we have a steep driveway that works well for a tubing run in the winter.

Deck– BEFORE—- My dad came and helped demo the dry rot deck. There were about 3 layers of TI-81 paneling stacked up on eachother. Underneath there was massive dry rot— since there wasn’t proper drainage