Chair Reupholstery

Back in the summer, I was contacted to reupholster this chair. I personally like the green.

Maybe it was a bit worn out and a bit abused and old, but I liked the retro green.

Anyway, my client wanted it reupholstered and had a red gingham fabric chosen for it. All in all it turned out really well. My client was very happy with the way it turned out and was excited to add it to her living room set!

Here's a little Before

...and After

The death and Reincarnation of Pink Floyd

This is Pink Floyd.
My husband bought this during college from a grandma. I guess she gave him the matching curtains as a bonus when he bought it. Thankfully he didn't keep those.

Very soon after we were married we put this denim cover on it. This is the only picture I have of the blue cover on the couch. I really didn't want to do another upholstery job after the other red couch we did. Erick started the process before I could snap a picture. AND, he did most of the work on this couch! No joke. (sorry I got a little 80's lingo in me)I just found these videos of us working on them. I guess it might give you a little insight into the life of people who reupholster furniture...or it might just give you a little insight into me.

The night those videos were taken (which was back in JUNE 2009-YIKES) we basically finished the entire couch. We only had 2 steps left. Seriously. two. But, since it was totally functional and the last two steps were the boring ones, it sat in our living room for n.i.n.e. months unfinished. Most people didn't even realize it wasn't finished unless we pointed it out to them. So there it sat. Looking mostly like this, except without the cute pillows. We kept the nasty, Pink Floyd original cushions on it for a while.

notice the arm rests and the bottom piece

Then I found these pillows at Costco. I'd thought of making my own, but hadn't gotten around to it and for $7 bucks they could totally finished. So I picked them up. I think it was definitely worth it since the pillows are what actually motivated us to finally finish.
They went perfect with the couch, the decorative wall art and the curtains. I think they bring the whole thing together.

Then last week we took the plunge and spent 2 hours finishing this

and this

And now we have two matching red couches.

Hanging around

Here's the story. I have this huge wall and nothing on it. How long have we lived here?
Then I saw this great tutorial over at All Things Thrifty. Love that blog.

I knew I had to do it. Some projects just sorta linger. This wall art was no exception. I started it with TONS of enthusiasm and thought I would be done in a week. Then that week ended and another started, and another, and another...I just kept running into small problems that made it so I couldn't finish. The first thing was the blade broke on the jig saw. Off to Home Deopt. Then I ran out of primer uggh! Off to H.D. again. Then, the paint I picked out didn't look the way I envisioned it, so I had to get different paint....Let's just say I know the guys at Home Depot now.

But, with the help of my sweet husband they are finally hung. I have to add that they are hung perfectly level, perfectly even, perfectly centered in the wall. My husband rocks at stuff like that!

Oh yeah, and of course Everett and Ryan helped too.

Taa Daa (as Everett would say)

That's better don't you think?

A little before and after

What started out as our 5 dollar Craigslist nasty couch...
went from this:

to this:

To

finally finished!!
Who says one man's absolute disgusting trash isn't another woman's red couch treasure?

Covering Nakedness

By covering nakedness I mean my windows, my walls, my living room. My living room is bare. Completely bare. We have lived in this house for over a year and we have nothing hanging on our walls. I think when people come over they wonder if we are planning to move soon. No. We're not planning to move soon, it's just that we don't have anything we want to hang on our walls. But we're working on that.
So, to cover the nakedness of the windows, I made these curtain panels. They match the red couch I'm recovering (I mean the couch that has 2 steps left to finish and it's been that way for the last 6 months, YIKES) perfectly! I love the height it adds to the room and the splash of color too.
This is just a sneak peek! I'm working on hanging some things up, getting a few lamps, tables, plants, mantle pieces etc....that's coming soon. Real. soon. (i hope).
p.s. did I mention I got this fabric 60% off?!! I was excited!

Dresser before and after

Before.

A free dresser from freecycle needing a little love.

I started this dresser on November 1st. So you might be wondering why it has taken me 3 weeks to paint it?! It didn't. I painted it in one day, but then there were complications. I seriously think it is impossible to do a 'simple one-hour project', at least for me. Oh well. It's done and my boys' room is finally put together (it's only been a little over a year since we moved in=)). All I can say is, I'm so thankful I finally finished that!