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Kitchen Chair Makeover {IKEA Gingham Fabric}

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Julie

This week my kids went back to school and our relaxed daily schedule went out the window. Now we are all trying to get back to a regular routine and — I’ll be honest — it is hard!

Nonetheless, school is here and even though I miss our lazy summer days, I am a little excited to get back to work on some of the projects I started and/or planned before school ended in early June.

One quick project I managed to complete is my kitchen chair makeover. Well, it’s kind of a makeover.

I used BERTA RUTA fabric in grey from IKEA to recover the old leather seat. (more…)

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Dining Room Gingham

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Julie

If you’ve been following me for awhile you’ll know that I am crazy for gingham fabric.

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I don’t know what it is, but it just speaks to me and I LOVE it!

And, OH…and how I wish I had a picture (or maybe I don’t!) of me wearing a gingham suit — yes a SUIT — I had in the early 90s. It was YELLOW gingham! Can you just DIE?! Yes, I owned and wore a yellow gingham suit to work back in the day! Was I crazy?!!

I just did a quick Google search and found this on ebay (it’s already sold so don’t get too excited):

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It’s very similar to the one I wore. It certainly was cheerful! lol

Anyway…I’m not talking about fashion today — I am talking about some fabric that I am TOTALLY excited about!

Yesterday on my Facebook page I posted a link to The Enchanted Home. I’m so happy to know I’m not the only one crazy about checks.

In her post I saw this picture:

This was after I read a post on The Lettered Cottage and was swooning over this:

The Lettered Cottage

She was posting about her new feed sack pillow (which is adorable and I totally love it) but, of course, I zeroed in on that adorable checked throw!

And, then, it hit me. The brown buffalo check fabric would be perfect in my dining room.

Last fall, I posted about wanting to make slipcovers for my upholstered chairs. I bought white twill fabric thinking they would be so easy to launder and would be so practical that way.

I absolutely loved this set-up at the Wisteria store when I stopped by last fall. (If you are ever in Dallas you MUST go to this store!)

It’s part of the reason why I wanted white chairs in my dining room.

Aside from being a little daunted by the task of making six slipcovers, I just couldn’t completely pull the trigger on this DIY. The white fabric wasn’t coming together with all the other elements I wanted. It looked great in the store and on other blogs, but I just couldn’t get it together in my head for my own home. Does that ever happen to you?

So, I’ve been browsing Pinterest, blogs and magazines trying to come up with the right combination to complete my dining room chair transformation.

When I saw these chairs I was sooo excited!

I had already considered checked fabric but the color brown hadn’t occurred to me. But now, I think the brown check versus all the other color possibilities will be the perfect rustic match between my husband’s taste and my own.

Truthfully, I don’t think he would pick gingham in any color, but it won’t be offensive and I think it will help pull all the elements together.

Here’s the mood board that just came together after I discovered the fabric chairs:

Here’s the other part of this discovery that makes me happy…the fabric is currently on sale for around $17/yd. at Calico Corners — yea!!

As a side note, I am also excited about this cute plate I found too:

Spode Woodland Hunting Dogs: Black Lab

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I love it — it looks just like our dog, Bella!

You might have noticed that have a lot of projects in the works at the moment (finishing my daughter’s room, my master bedroom, solving my back entry clutter and, my dining room). I’m experiencing a little bit of “Decorating ADD.” (That’s when I start too many projects at once and get none of them done) When this happens, I have to remind myself to take things one step at a time and not to go overboard.

So, here’s to taking it one day at a time — cheers!

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I Did It! {Reupholstering Cube Ottomans Tutorial}

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Julie

When I revealed my living room re-do a few weeks ago I mentioned that I still needed to reupholster a pair of inexpensive cube ottomans I bought at Target. The sticking point was the fabric — how much yardage and the price point. I solved both dilemmas and just finished reupholstering them today — yay!!

Here’s the before:

And, here’s the after!

You’ll notice I didn’t put the button tuft in the middle like the before picture. I might still add that. I was undecided about it so I thought I would live with it like this for awhile and then see what I think.

The project took a little time and patience but I’m pretty happy with the result!

Here’s how I did it:

First, I had my husband help me take a couple of the legs off that were giving me a little trouble.

Then I used a screwdriver to lift off the staples that were holding down the black finishing fabric and the welting.

I decided to keep the old fabric on the piece and just add more batting over it. (On this piece it doesn’t hurt to keep the old fabric on, and it saved me the hassle of lifting off more staples.)

After it was dismantled, I added a new layer of batting (you wouldn’t have to do this step either…I did it because I felt the stool needed it).

Then I used some inexpensive muslin to make a pattern so I wouldn’t waste my expensive fabric.
I simply layed one large piece of fabric over the three sides of the cube and then pinned two end pieces and cut off the excess.

I didn’t sew the muslin…I just used it to make a pattern. I laid down the pattern on the “real” fabric and cut around it. I cut the sides a little longer on each end because I wanted to be able to adjust the fabric to match up the window pane pattern.

When everything was cut, I started pinning at the top by matching the stripes.

Here’s a better shot to see the extra fabric on either end to help me adjust for the pattern.

When it was all pinned, I trimmed off the excess fabric before sewing. I left about an inch seam allowance (except for the bottom).

After it was all pinned up, I slipped it off the ottoman and sewed it together. I turned it right side out, then slipped it back over the ottman and trimmed off any excess fabric and started stapling.

When it was all stapled, I started making the welting that goes around the bottom to finish off the piece.

I used the old cord to measure the length I’d need to make. When laying it on the bias (the diagonal), it looked like I wouldn’t have to do any additional sewing – yay!

With the welting finished, I started stapling it around the bottom of the cube.

When you get to this point at the end, you need to make it look like a nice continuous looking piece. It’s actually pretty easy. Here’s how you do it:

You peel back the fabric on one end of the welting and then match it up to the other cord so you can “join” the two together to make one continuous piece. Cut where the two pieces would join.