Cheap to Chic Chaise

The "before" ain't bad at all. It's a great addition to the corner of this extremly large master bedroom. Just a large chocolate brown ultrasuede chaise. Not very rememorable. "After"

This piece is HOT! The new upholstery gives it a very custom and riche look! So custom and tailored. One could tour the entire house and remember the chaise in the bedroom now.

Kitchen Valance

Okay, so stay tuned because the client wants to send me a pic of this over their kitchen table window. They live in Murfreesboro so we designed this piece around the deminsions of the window. The piece is resting on my table in the pic. I stapled it to a 2 x 1" piece of wood that can be drilled into the wall or above the window casing. I trimmed the piece in a solid chocolate brown to give the eye a place for the busy print to stop. I always feel like large prints need to be blocked in somehow. We added a bit of permanent rusching to the ends. This keeps the piece from looking like a restangle over the window.
Pay no attention to the messy house in the background!

recovered ottoman

The "Before" of this project is showing a new new piece of foam on the existing worn out piece. The "after" shows a custom slipcover made and stapled onto the piece from underneith. No work is shown and the piece's material matches their recovered sofa as well.

Brentwood Hills Church Nursery

One of the Brentwood Hills Church nurseries is now updated! The collection of gliders were still nice and operating well but, the fabrics were faded and stained. 2 coordinating fabrics update and cheer this space into a place a baby boy or girl would love to "pat the bible" in. 2 ottomans were also easily updated to match the cushions. The valance was hung with industrial strength velcro to avouid drilling into the bricko block walls where there was no valance before. Box pleats across the top make a tailored statement.

2 Euros

These euros are for a young boy's double bed. They have an envelope closure in the back like any sham. The love the cording done on the bias with contrasting stripes. Stay tuned for some embellished panels made of this same stripe!

$13 Seating Area

This whole ensemble cost only $13.00!! Can you believe it? At a half price sale at Jo Anne's (my hangout), I purchased 1.5 yards of this outdoor material costing me only $13. I recovered an old ugly cushion from the eighties my mother had. Although it is curved in the front, it fits the bench well. I also recovered 2 ugly pillows that no one had admired in a long time. Without cording I was able to complete the look in less than 2 hours. For this grouping my fee is $40, however the price can go down with multiple cushions and pillows.

Allen's Outdoor Retreat

This is a large project I have been excited to share! The Allens' have a gorgeous back yard with an outdoor tv/fireplace conversation spot. The cushions that came with the black wrought iron furniture were torn and grayed by the sun and constant use.

What you are looking at now is two coordinating materials, one featuring vintage postcards with a polynesian theme and the other a Robert Allen Bamboo that is an awesome neutral for the black furniture.

A swing creates an unexpected seating option to finish out this area. We measured and created a custom foam piece for this swing. Each of the 13 cushions are double welted (cording) with a zipper in the back. Older faded pillows were recovered in coordinating materials to complete the outdoor room.

My Fvorite piece was this labor intensive 3 seat sofa. The Bamboo print is featured nicely here.


Off to the side of the living area is outdoor dining to match. 6 chairs are updated when we recovered the same cushions with the golden bamboo material. I made the square knot ties to keep the cushions in place. Awesome look that I hope lasts a very long time for the Allens who use it very often.

Dunn's Dining Drapes

This picture doesn't do this room justice (no offense Julie). Amedium sized window centered in their new dining room was forgettable. We sewd 4 store bought red panels together to create two double width panels. A large rod with wooden rings is more dramatic and traditional. Kyle hung it 3-4 feet out on either side off the window so the new panels cover mostly wall. Across the bottom we hemmed a 16" border of gold silk. This made the store bought panels appear more dramatic and coordinated well with an existing rug that ties everything in the room together. The gold material was purchased from Victoria's Bargain Basement, Ha! (After years of hoarding material, I have a little to share for cheap). Yeah! Custom drapes out of existing materials in this home.