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Orange Damask Ottoman

September 24, 2011 by Shelley

Ottoman Before…

Ottoman after….orange damask with a boxpleat skirt.

She had two different pieces of fabric out of the same print…one was a heavier upholstry weight cotton and the other was quilt fabric weight. SO….to make it work I used the heavier weight fabric on the top and band and piping, and I used the lighter weight fabric for the skirt. I self lined the skirt to give it more weight.

Close up of skirt

Of course there was some matching involved from the top to the band on the side.

Another after shot.

I love how much it added to the room! It seems like Ottomans are the new throw pillows. I have always brought color into my rooms through the pillows and have kept my couch bases neutral….Now I think Ottomans are taking over that job! 

Side Note#1— I Spent last weekend in North Carolina with my sister Angie…and we stayed with Gina from Slipcover Chic.

About a year and a half ago, Gina called me from my blog and had some questions about doing a slipcover business. We chatted and she offered up her guest room, if I ever wanted to come stay. Little did she know, I love to take trips and would most likely take her up on the offer.

We shopped, ate pecan pie, and met Kristi from Pink and Polka Dot for dinner. Kristi lives two hours from Gina! She drove to meet both of us for the first time! We tried to talk Kristi into coming to Gina’s to stay over, but she decided she need to head home. So Gina and I stayed up and started slipcovering her couch… we got it all pinfitted!

The next day the sun finally came out….Gina took my sister and I to the beach. Somehow I sunburned the back of my legs pretty bad, they felt like they were on fire for my 6 hour flight home in jeans.

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       Me                                  Gina                               Kristi

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Slipcover DVD giveaway at Tatertots and Jello Blog

September 20, 2011 by Shelley

Hey Ladies—- Jen at Tatertots and Jello is hosting a giveway for my ““How to Slipcover” DVD.

Here is a picture of her sectional that I did for her this summer. I love the the grey chevron pillows and the rug of course.

So head on over to Tatertots and Jello to enter my giveaway!

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Red Floral Ottoman

September 16, 2011 by Shelley

Here is the ottoman before…..

I love the bold print of this fabric! My client chose a solid red to use for the piping to frame it.

Of course there was a little bit of matching involved.

I think I am being inspired to change out my ottoman to something bold and fun. I’ll have to see what I can come up with.
Side note #1— two weekends we headed up to our cabin to work on finishing the bathroom. We needed to put up a few more pieces of beadboard on the walls and ceiling. I decided to leave the walls white and paint the ceiling turquoise. Then I am going to trim it out in wood that I stain walnut for the baseboards and window casings. Can’t wait till it’s done and I can put up my turquiose chevron shower curtain that I made about 8 months ago.
The boys were big helpers and wanted to paint the beadboard for the ceiling. What the heck, right? Less that I have to do, and who’s going to be able to see up close on the ceiling if they don’t do a great job?

Unfortunately they got bored after awhile and went off in the woods to work on their fort.

Side Note #2—- yes….I ran another race last weekend. I ran the Red Rock Relay. It started at Brianhead up Cedar City, Ut canyon and ended in Zions.  Here I am on my first leg of 5.6 miles about 1pm. Halfway through it started raining and hailing and the temperature dropped to 44 degrees. It was almost all uphill. My second leg was 8.4 miles around midnight, and my third leg was 5.25 miles uphill about 9am. Then I ran an extra 2 miles for someone….so about 21.5 miles total! I think that’s it for the year unless I end up running Vegas Ragnar Relay.

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