Photo of foreclosure the day after our offer was accepted.
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I’m done, and I’m beautiful.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The chair is done! I absolutely love the way it turned out. The stripes are modern and crisp, and really appropriate for so many interiors. We put it in our bedroom, obviously. I used the owl pillow because I liked how the colors looked. I’ve received some feedback on it…either you love it or you hate it. But that’s the beauty of a funky accessory, you can move it somewhere else if you get tired of it. Or your husband can’t stand it staring at him.
Re-upholster me, please. I’m begging you.
Monday, November 14, 2011
This is a nice chair (or will be, hopefully) that I found at the Eastern Market flea market in DC for $60! It has sat in its present state for an embarrassingly long time, AND survived a move to Santa Barbara. My friend took me to Diamond Foam and Fabric in LA, and I found a super cool large stripe pattern that I thought would fit the mid-century vibe, yet wouldn’t make me feel like I was visiting the Brady Bunch set.
I measured the chair, and After I wrote down the measurements, I re-read them and wondered, “Why do I have so many ‘seat back’ dimensions?!” It’s difficult to label things in a way that quickly makes sense, so I made a sketch and put the measurements there. I could have done this with a photo, but I learned to draw in grad school, and it was expensive, so I need to prove it was a good investment.
Next up, I will find out how many yards of fabric and the price per yd. I’m hoping the fabric is wide enough to cover the whole front of the chair, horizontally. And I want the arm fabric to line up with the seat fabric stripe. I’m kind of a novice on fabrics, I’ve only had things shipped to upholsterers for clients and they’ve done it all without us discussing technical details, so I’m eager to learn more about it.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Sometimes you can’t find exactly what you need. This was the case when I was recently looking for a queen size headboard for a client. I loved this Milo Baughman chrome regency-style headboard (inset, right) but could only find it in king size. I asked the dealer, Peter Levis, of BG Galleries, if we could perhaps cut the legs off ( larger photo above) and float the headboard on the wall. I thought it was a weird request, but apparently not. He said that he gets super-crazy requests to modify pieces all the time. Once, he had to chop a large sofa in half, cut out at least 2 feet, and then put it back together again! Many times, antique dealers have contacts with tradespeople with incredible skills and they can modify or rebuild furniture to your specifications. It’s worth asking, right? I’m so glad I did. I will post pictures of the headboard in the space after it is installed.
