This client had a mossy green velvet couch and two black/cream toile wingback chairs….and this was the last chair to finish off the room. She couldn’t take the floral any longer…but she loved the chair to rock her grand babies. So she thought this green large check w/ gingham piping would finish off her french country family room. I think it did the job!

Another after shot… I even matched up the bolster pillow to line up with the slipcover on the cushion. Crazy, I know.

Anyhow…got to take the day off today with Heber and went for a long bike ride while the kids were in school. I think we got 11 miles in. Fun to go hang out and enjoy the warm weather (57 degrees) today!

This client decided to change it up with some oatmeal linen that she prewashed to soften it up. She wanted to do french welting instead of piping. French welting is a 2″ strip of fabric folded in half and ironed and sewn in the seams with tucks made in the corners.

She also wanted a boxpleat skirt all the way around the base with the legs showing as much as possible.

Love the oatmeal linen!

Before loveseat

After loveseat…with french welting.

close up of front of arm…see the tucks on the french welting on the corner of the cushion?

Boxpleat skirt…. I self lined this skirt (fold in half).

French welting tucks on the cushion.

Close up of front.

Side note…so tonight I bribed my 6 yr old (or maybe he bribed me?) to let me cut his hair, it was nasty and bedhead in the back and shaggy. He loves baths… he takes like three a day, so he had asked me to take a bath with him (bathing suits required of course). I told him I would if he let me cut his hair…..HE SAID YES!!!!! Halleluiha (however you spell it)!!!!

This client wanted to change it up and make her chair neutral. She used three curtain panels from IKEA for her fabric…the had a slight stripe so of course I matched that up. You’ll have to look close in the pics for the stripe/texture. I loved her pillows that finished it off. Like I’ve said I am a sucker for green.

Before…beautiful velvet stripe…she just was wanting a change, which I totally get. I change things not because I don’t like them anymore, but because I want to look at something different.

After…tan solid. We didn’t do a skirt, so we could show off the darling turned legs on casters.

Front of arm

Inside wing.

If you look hard you can see the stripe/texture…really subtle

Side Note: I was featured on Be at Home: Home and Garden Blog  go check it out…thanks