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Several people asked for a tutorial on the part upholstered/part slipcovered French chair I revealed yesterday, so this is it! This isn’t a comprehensive upholstery post, but it will give you an idea of what’s involved in upholstering the back and arms of a chair in this style. To get you started, you can read THIS POST on stripping upholstery. I didn’t strip the upholstery off the seat and cushion, because I’m going to make a slipcover instead. I had to take everything off of the back and I stripped the arms down to the muslin. There just wasn’t a reason to strip them down beyond that. I salvaged the batting, webbing and burlap to reuse and used the fabric pieces I removed as templates for the new fabric pieces. I cut all of my pieces and set them out so I was all ready to go. When upholstering a chair like

December 4, 2013 62 Comments

Before and Afters

Upholstery Tutorial

December 4, 2013 5 Comments

Before and Afters

family room gallery

Before I show you the chair and the rugs, I had to share a sweet gift I received in the mail yesterday. It’s an ironstone thimble! Look at the little mark inside. And it was wrapped with a paper tape measure bow. I swear, I have some of the best readers. Thank you, Susan. Now, on to the slipcovered chair. Any guesses which one I pecked away at over the holidays? If you guessed one of the green velvet chairs, you’re right! I know a lot of you loved them as is and I’ve used them that way for a while, but it was time to change them up. I don’t mind a touch of green in the paintings and from the boxwood, but I’m trying to de-green a bit. Here’s the result… I know you perfectionists are looking at that crooked piece in the front. You know who you

December 3, 2013 57 Comments

Before and Afters

Slipcovered Chair & Rugs for Sale

December 3, 2013 No Comments

Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint

in my element

It was time to get some updated portraits for my blog and social media pages as well as some shots of me with my milk paint products for the MMSMP website and the look book we’re working on. The last time I had portraits done, I met the photographer at Lucketts. It gave us a lot of different backdrops, but I’ve always wanted to have pictures taken in my house. In my element. Jody, the amazing lady who did my last portraits, wasn’t available this time, so I worked with another photographer I met through Lucketts. Eddie of Jalapeno Photography has shopped my booth at the Lucketts Spring Antique Market for a few years, so she was the first one who came to mind to ask. She came out a couple of weeks ago and took some pictures of me painting a piano stool… …some of me around my house… …some

December 1, 2013 94 Comments

FURNITURE FEATURE FRIDAY – Favorites & Link Party

Good evening, all! I didn’t have a chance to pick favorites last week, so I made sure I looked through the entries from last week to pick those that stood out to me. Here are the ones that caught my eye… Oh, a quick note. We’re working on not having the “Pin it” buttons on the link party. I definitely want people going to your sites to see your beautiful work and pinning what they like from there. Until we get that figured out, please click on the picture, not the red “pin it” button and that will take you to the original source. Thanks! Jill at Sew a Fine Seam can definitely sew! I love the two slipcovers she made in this post and she even shares a tutorial. I know slipcovers seem so intimidating, but they are very doable and a bench with simple lines like this are a

November 22, 2013 77 Comments

FURNITURE FEATURE FRIDAY – Favorites & Link Party

November 21, 2013 12 Comments

Decorating

Time for a reset & second chances

So, after reading all of the opinions I solicited about my family room, I wrote a post about my thoughts and plans. The post turned into a rather disjointed mess-of-a-conversation with myself about the room and the direction I’m heading. I went to sleep thinking about rugs and fabrics and paint colors and furniture arrangements. I woke up this morning and started rolling up rugs and stared at the room with my head cocked slightly at an angle, thumb on my chin, pointer finger resting on my nose, tapping occasionally as I lulled around the space. I then realized a couple of things… First of all, I need to just step away from the room for a few days, which I am fortunately doing. My husband and I are taking a mini-vacation to Charlottesville, VA for some hiking, good food and to tour Monticello and walk around the beautiful UVA

November 21, 2013 45 Comments

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