Upholstery

Sharing some Samples of My Upholstery Work..

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An Example of Two Parson Chairs I did for a Customer

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Vintage Rocker that Swiveled as well, Upholstered in a Toile with Check Accent trim.

(As I have mentioned I don't do Zippers- I add sweet Ties)

Petite Sofa I Upholstered in a White Soft Duck Cloth with Black Toile Accent Pillows.

While I love this style of chair- I had to do what the Customer requested which was to Upholster it in this Brown Floral.

Not my normal style or design, but what the Customer wanted.

Always nice seeing Before-Afters, so you can get an idea for a piece your working on or My style of Work.

Hostess Aprons

So with the Holidays Here, I guess you can tell I have been working on the Hostess Aprons..

This little Child's 1/2 Ruffle apron is just to cute..

This one is a little more calm & settle with a light brown rosette Overlay.

Fun with a Semi Retro look, with the bright blues and Floral with a Long Bow to the side.

Darling Tiffany Blue with Brown Polka Dots and sweet trim.

Of Course the Over the top Fancy Hostess Style.

This is the same style and fabric as the first one, but an adult version.

Sassy with the animal print.

and one of my fav's the Toile with fun fur, such a great gift for the cook, who has everything.

I just love the aprons, they are fun to make, fun to customize and see what you can come up with .

Ballard Design Style Hutch

While I thought I would avoid sharing how or what I have transformed, as it slightly could take away from my shoppe.

BUT I so Love to share what I am working on, and how I do it, so Ill just have to risk it.

I was searching high-low for a china hutch with some unique character and style, it took me several weeks to come across this gem.

Not totally wanting the gold etching on the glass, I scraped each line/cross line off.

No Matter the piece I work on, I like to make it differ from the original state I find it in, so this Hutch, I wanted a differ. back on it, so I took off the back.

Always wanting to use what I have already, I found this piece of Wainscot/Bead Board, that was left from building something else, and as you can see, it had become a drop cloth for painting on.

So I re-painted it a soft white.

Added the new piece with molding to the back of the newly re-painted China Hutch, giving it a Nice Clean Lined Style, similar to what I love at Ballard Designs or Pottery Barn..

For the Holidays I added a boxwood wreath and silver bow..

At the point of picture taken, the inside was not totally decorated with the shiny silver yet..

But still, just Love It..

Chidrens Aprons

With the Holidays in Full Force, I have had quite a few requests for Aprons at the shoppe..

One of the things i enjoy most is designing and making each one unique and personal to the customer.

This little darling I embroidered the little girls name on it, added two pockets, used a bright cheery green and red mini check fabric, added a bow & some little jingles.

Wanting each one to be Different and Unique to each of the kids, i changed up the way i did the trim & with this one added the jingle bells to the middle of the bow.

Well, for the little guy in the group, i used a small green gingham print, and red, green trim, then put the jingle bells in the corner of the pocket.

 How cute these little ones will look in there Festive Aprons baking cookies for Santa.

Vintage Settee!

Here is the Beautiful Vintage Settee, I previously posted about.

In it's original state.

         This is after I Re-Upholstered it, The Customer wanted a dark Linen,as she will be using for Photo sesssions.
      (Please excuse the background- this is my sewing room, and i just couldnt carry outside for a better background)

    The Customer wanted me to leave all the original tacks in place, so that is some of the riviting you see.

    When ever I do a piece for someone, I try to add my personal touch in there some how, so for her I made an embroidered pillow with her initials for her new studio w/ another burlap matching pillow.
Hopefully she takes many photos with this piece Thank You for the opportunity to work on this beautiful piece Eliza Russo Photography

Decorating !

While I am finishing up re-upholstering this Most Exquisite Vintage Settee for a Customer, I wanted to share what I just Love so Much...

The Mixing of pieces, Taking this Beautiful Vintage Piece that is a little tattered & worn, all of which I believe makes it all the more amazing,

And pairing it with this Romantic Gold & Crystal Italian Chandelier.

Within Every room you are decorating having a statement piece & making it a piece you adore and just can't get enough of.

While there is always a grand piece there should always be mirrors as well, however you display them is find, But a Mirror is inviting & reflects the other beauty in the room.

I truly believe you can't go wrong with Black, Black is classic, this beautiful Black Distressed Vintage China hutch-in which ill do a posting on later, is a grand piece for any room.

Displaying china, portraits, silver or even your linens.

White will never go out, as it is as antique and lovely as ever, all shades of white give off a settle but sweet charm, this piece shown has crystal hardware giving that innocent but Darling Touch it needs to tie a room together.

I always suggest find the piece you love, and have someone upholster it to your liking, no piece is garbage, and better to save heirlooms than toss.

A vintage wing back I upholstered in a very soft velour in a pale pink giving it a Sweet look.

All pieces are available at shoppe.

Picture Perfect!

Every Year we Drive up to the Hills to cut our Christmas Tree down.

This year we choose Placerville, Ca.

The Best thing about Northern California is 2 hours you can drive to the Ocean, 1 hour to the snow or stay in Sacramento and enjoy the sunshine and brisk air.

This was the beautiful drive up hwy 50 with autumn leaves lining the road, sun shining down.

Then slowly the road became wet

 And to our Delight, we started to see snow, We have never cut a tree down in the snow.

 A sweet moment, our 15 1/2 yr old son, making a a snow angel

(I'm sure he would love me showing this)

The Girls attempting to do the same.

Then we decided to take some pictures- But with no-one anywhere near us- We had the kids take turns on taking pictures with (mom-dad,giving each an opportunity to have a photo with them only and us.

Now if we could just get the teenager to Smile Normal..

(he'll regret not smiling one day)

Next our daughter.

Then the little one

Hiking up the hill with the fresh tree.

When we went to pay, we realized we could of asked a worker to take our family picture.

(and i think a smile from our boy)

And one of me & my husband..

While I was paying for tree, the family decided it would be best to put TREE inside the car, verses the roof??

A week later and still finding tree bristles everywhere, small spiders, dirt particles.

(But I guess a great reminder of a Picture Perfect Day)