A Tisket, A Tasket.....Custom Bassinette!

A tisket, a tasket, a Baby in a Basket! Check out my friends gorgeous Baby, Mason! She had a neat antique bassinette she wanted to use but, had no linens to go with it, so we reused a large shabby chic curtain as the material! Perfect for keeping baby near by. I made the skirt to velcro onto the base of the basket and the interior liner lifts right out for easy cleaning.

McHaney's Big Girl Room

The 2 windows show my work. The four tie top panels are 100 inches long and bring your eye up with the detail of the bows. What a great room to grow up in! The panels just touch the ground and are funtional for pulling together at night and whenever McHaney needs her beauty sleep!

Tie top curtains were an excellent choice for this girly bedroom. McHaney's Mom picked an "Under the Sea" theme in the choosing of her fabrics. Vintage picks include mermaids, seahorses, and octopi. The quilt on the gorgeous antique bed ties everything in the room together.

Slipcovered Dining Chairs with boxpleats

Slipcovering a dining room chair brightens the whole room. This look is certainly popular right now. Any chair works - from a parsons chair to any ladder back chair.

Have you inherited a table and chairs you couldn't care less for but, don't have the money to start over? Duck cloth is less than $3 a yard! These chairs took less than 2 yards a piece.

Slipcovered sofa with 6 cushions

Matthew and Jenny just welcomed their first child, Grant! This slipcover will certainly help out in the future as there will definitly be plenty of messes to clean up in the family room. Now they can throw their whole sofa in the washer if need be!
Look at House Beautifuls February issue. You will see a designer featured from the 60s who was famous for the slipcovered look which is now coming back! The pictures' resemblance is remarkable and for only around $250. We arrived at this estimate because there were 6 individual cushions to cover and the box pleated skirt added to the bottom. Prices vary and estimates are free!

The sofa underneath the slipcover looked lik the dark green pillows we sat on top of the piece. What a contrast! The dark pillows on top keep the piece grounded and create depth otherwise the sofa would just fade away.

Jenny and Mathew had a very pretty olive green chenille sofa. Visually it was very dark and heavy in their "light and bright" living room. We used inexpensive duck cloth with an organic linen look to it. Now they can wash their cushion covers if they need to but, they have the versatility of returning to their original sofa whenever they like!

Megan and Barry's Chair and Ottoman

Megan and Barry had a very comfortable chair that was well made and very out of style. A new chocolate chenille covers the chair now! We did not put a traditional skirt on either piece and the result makes it contemporary and updated. This is a permanent custom slipcover because the edges were stapled up underneath the pieces. Very clean and updated. I am told it is just as comfortable as it was before.

Roman Shades with Old Windows

Above, you can see the before and after pictures of the window with roman shade I completed.

The far more interesting pictures are to the left and below. This was a really challenging job because the window was on the corner of the old building. He wanted Roman shades the guests couls sleep late if they wanted. They were also a clean simple design for this comtemporary room.

This linen gives a clean drapey look when the shade is pulled up.

We mounted the framing system I built into the window frame for a very clean look. Nothing fussy. Totally custom!

Meghan's Old Chair got a Makeover

This is Meghan's comfy chair! Before the dog had chewed and worn out certain areas of the upholstery. Meghan chose a brand new material to cover the piece in a custom slip cover. It was callled "Bandana Spice" - fun name. I put a box pleated skirt on the chair and ottoman . It looks really clean and new now, but it is still her old comfy chair.

Lauryn's Big Girl Room

Lauryn had just moved out of her crib and into a new bed with new bedding. She needed room darkening panels to take good naps during the daytime!

Her Mom gave me a great design. We chose a pale pink twill material but, in order for it to stand out bordered the edges in a more expensive chocolate polka dot and piping along the top. Upholstered bottons cap off the pinched pleats and finish off a very girly design!

This picture shows the header of the panels more closely. You can see how the upholstered butoons really pop off the pink twill and mimic the polka dots in the border material!

The room had one tall narrow window and one wider one. This window only took one width of material after we bordered the edges.