Thursday, March 25, 2010

Easy Storage Solutions From A to Z | Real Simple

Photo Courtesy of Real Simple

Here are some great tips from Real Simple, one of my favorite resources! Enjoy!
Easy Storage Solutions From A to Z | Real Simple

Monday, March 22, 2010

The House Therapist Blog: Refreshing and Renewing an Old Chair

The House Therapist Blog: Refreshing and Renewing an Old Chair

Refreshing and Renewing an Old Chair

I was recently working with a local client who wanted me to help her update her home a bit. Most of the work was done by my client and her husband. However, we did have a few things professionally done.

My client had an old upholstered side chair that had belonged to her grandmother. We found it tucked away in the attic over the garage and I told her we could recover it in a more contemporary fabric, touch up the scratches on the arms and legs, and use it in her great room.

I had a few yards of fabric left over from a project I did about 5 years ago and I was able to give her a good price on the fabric. We also used a local area reupholstery workroom known for their quality and very reasonable rates.

Here are the before and after pictures of the chair.
Chair Before
Chair After

The fabric has a lodge-look theme which her husband really liked, and the black background added some extra "pop" to the chair as well.

Here's a great example of making something old "new" again!


A few small space decorating tips


Here's a link to a recent article I wrote on Examiner.com. Enjoy!


A few small space decorating tips

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