Shabby Chic Wingbacks

I did these pair of wingbacks for a past client. She loves white and Shabby Chic. She was given a pair of wingbacks from her mother-in-law. She loved them, but they were starting to show wear and tear. So she got some white duck cloth and a Rachel Ashwell blue/cream stripe fabric and lots of lining. She wanted both chairs lined to help cover the embroidery and to make them wear longer with her kids.

Here is the before...

Here is the after on one of them...white duck cloth lined with "telephone arms"...at least that's what I call them. The skirt is raw silk. I did a 1.5" blind hem on the skirt to give it some weight.

Front...showing part of the arms and the cushion.

I love the blue skirt on the bottom.

Side view.

Second chair after...blue/cream stipe with no skirt and lined of course.

Telephone arms.....I run the vertical seam on the front of the arm to connect the outside arm and the inside arm.

Another after....

Shot of the room...with cream loveseat.

I love all her dark woods and antiques with the white and light blue.

Close up of front of chair.

Front of cushion.

After.

Close up of first chair skirt. I liked that she did each chair different and made the room look more eclectic.


Side note--- I think I am going through race withdrawls, Vegas Ragnar is in two weeks from tomorrow and I am not on a team....yet.  I really think I want to run. So if any of you need a runner, let me know.

Side note #2--- I now have a "Slipcovers by Shelley"  Facebook Page. Come "like" my page if you want to follow me on facebook.

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Striped Oversized Chair

This client had this large oversized chair that she wanted to use in the seating area right off her master bedroom. She loves the soft colors of shabby chic decor, so she went with a large stripe of cream/brown/turquoise.

Here is the chair before..

Here it is after...alot more fun and interesting than the cream solid fabric of the before.

After...

Front of arm....of course all the stripes are matched up.

Outside arm

                            

Here's what it looks like in the room!

Side note- This past weekend Heber took the boys up to the cabin to put up the gutter on the back of our newly laid roof, I had finished painting the bathroom at the cabin the day before and decided to stay home to clean out the boys room and the basement family room. Took me 6 hours! I threw out 3 bags of crap, and organized.

Much to my surprise, when the boys got home...Logan (11 yr old) informed me they hung the turquoise beadboard on the ceiling in the bathroom at the cabin!!! I was super excited, now I can't wait to go up and see it and finish putting up the trim. Heber took a few pics...but they were blurry and not blog worthy.

Gray Diamond Ottoman

This is the OTTOMAN THAT I COVET!!! My client ordered her fabric from Serena and Lily. I think I might NEED some of it. It would be beautiful on pillows in my front room.

Here is her ottoman before....Dark Leather, she wanted to add more fabric to the room. Since I love gray, I agreed.

She wanted to leave the dark legs exposed and just cover the top with piping along the top and bottom.

Of course there was matching involved.

Close up

We took pics in her garage, because she was in a hurry and needed to put her little one down for a nap. I wish I could've seen it in the room! This was the same client that had me do the Gray Hexagon Ottoman as seen below.

                            




    

Here is the yellow and gray fabric I bought on my trip in North Carolina....I am going to redo my ottoman in this. So yellow and gray with a pop of turquoise on my pillows. I've been doing all these fun ottomans for everyone else, and I decided I need one too!
See don't you think this gray diamond fabric will work well with it?

                           

Tan Linen Wingbacks

This client was ready for a change...she was tired of her "gold" wingback chairs, so she bought some heavyweight tan linen. She wanted to keep the lines the same and let the legs show.

Wingback before...gold chenille.

After tan linen...she wanted more of the relaxed slipcover look rather than the formal look of the gold chenille.

Pair of wingbacks after.

They had interesting curved arms that I don't see too often. I wasn't sure how they were going to work out, but the linen shaped beautifully and worked well.

I did add the seam with piping on the front of the arms....it added a little detail, plus was functional for me. I think it would've been hard to wrap the same piece of fabric around from the inside arm to the outside arm and make it look right. So the inside arm is one piece and the outside arm is another piece, doing this also saved on fabric.

Band going down the wing.

After

After

After

Orange Damask Ottoman

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.


       Me                                  Gina                               Kristi

Slipcover DVD giveaway at Tatertots and Jello Blog

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!

Red Floral Ottoman

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.