- repaired two broken chairs
- new couch from Ikea
- new "coffee table" trunk from an old trunk I had in storage
- made over an Ikea cart as a rolling side table/art cart
- Recovered a side chair seat
- Added shelves to the tv console for DVD storage
- Stripped, cleaned, and spray painted Sylvan's Tablemate work table (not blogged)
Over the weekend I use some peacock calico fabric to make 2 new throw pillows and recover a dining chair that I use as a backpack/purse landing pad in the hallway, and a coordinating wall hanging fabric to make a ...wall hanging.
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- Wall hanging over the fireplace
- Hall chair, an Ikea KAUSTBY
- Throw pillow and Cat of Approval
- Peacock fabric and teal cotton backing, on a green towel that serves as an ironing board until I get a new one.
The fabric isn't exactly upholstery quality - it's just a medium weight cotton calico. So, I reinforced it with heavy fusible interfacing and backed it with another medium-weight cotton, so it should be fine. Not bad for like $40 at Fabric.com (including pillow forms and zippers!). I started out looking for a botanical on a black ground, but I couldn't find one anywhere that I really loved; meanwhile, this peacock fabric has all the colors I love and want in the room, and gives about the same look as the black botanical I'd had in mind would have. Score!
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| I love the way the wall hanging works on the fireplace, and how the peacock pillows kind of bring everything together. The artwork on the fireplace is all pieces painted by me, by Sylvan, and one by her grandmother. |
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| While I was removing staples from the chair seat, my hand slipped and I carved a pretty good chunk out of my knuckle on a broken staple. Done. For. The. Night. |
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