does your mind ever race in a million different directions and when you are working on one project and for example you see the laundry — so you throw a load in and race back to that project only to start another and by the afternoon you have 8 pots in the fire??? oh good! me too. That is the day I have been having. You know we refinished our dining/living room floors last week….yeah yeah I will show you very soon:) and I LOVE love the raw wood look of them but what is bugging me big is the furniture. Remember the wing backs we scored several months ago? well let me tell you that fabric clashes with the floors and it is just plain ugly
My Dilemma
no money to go buy new furniture
SOME SOLUTIONS might be
~throw a sheet over them
~spray paint them…
~have someone reupholster them but unless I can sweet talk my mom into it… that ain’t happenin.
~Buy slipcovers from Target or my absolute favorite Etsy shop Ticking & Toile Linen Shop
~make slipcovers myself and coerce Nikki to help me…wink wink
now you guess which one?:)
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here are some inspiration pictures I’ve been collecting
I love love the colored pillows too…this is the feel I want for my house!
THIS is soooo pretty..love the bright yellow
sweetness but I am not this good:)
love the long ruffle…thinking this for the curtains though…
love the stripe
if I could afford..how fun is that?
this is what I am doing with the chair legs….
Looks like I have a course of action doesn’t it?…and I am not a seamstress and my plate is already full and just the thought overwhelms me but what is a girl to do
when I am at the point of throwing them outside and setting a match to them?
Turn to the one who coined the phrase ” it doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful “
that is enough for me:)
How to Make Slipcovers by the Nester
hers is as ugly as mine…lol
after reading through the how to’s…I am a little more than scared
ok..what do you all think?
Have you ever slip covered anything in your life? If so – would you do it again? was it hard?
xotiff
Sources ( Better Homes & Gardens) ( Better Homes & Gardens ) ( Miss Mustard Seed ) ( Junk Garden Girl but not original source..couldn’t find )
( my Christmas ) ( Simple Thoughts ) ( Wydeven Designs ) ( The Nester )
I love all your inspiration photos. I have wanted to slip cover my wing back also, but it looks like a hard job. I hope yours turns out wonderful.
I am so that girl.
I intend on getting things done; but I whip through the house and maybe accomplish 1/4 of 8 different things; little bit of laundry, half the floor swept, yada yada. 
And OH, I have a lovely, comfortable chair that I ripped into last year intending to reupholster, and now it sits in my guest room, half torn apart, just mocking me! I LOVE it, but it needs help, pronto! I’m scared to start, but can’t afford to get it done by someone else…geeze.
Your inspiration pics are AWESOME, by the way!
Three cheers for using what you have and making it right for you.
My blogging friend, Alicia, has a great post on slipcovering. I’ll see if I can find it and send it your way.
Fondly,
Glenda
I have never made a
slip cover, except for
an ottoman, which my
mom had to fix ~ she
is the seamstress in the
family! But you are
handier than I am, so
I think you CAN do it,
especially if Nikki lends
a hand : )
I met Sheila from Ticking
and Toile two summers
ago, when she was first
thinking of launching her
etsy. She lives near my
parents in Washington State.
Small world, huh? My first
blogging “blind date!”
Don’t stress about the chairs.
I’d throw a quilt over them
until the time is right to
tackle the slips….it’s NEVER
good to do a rush sewing
project!
Happy Friday,
xo Suzanne
No, I never have because I don’t sew. Can’t wait to see the reveal.
Okay….LOVING the floors. You guys are making progress in your house, whether you feel it or not.
That thing has come a long way since you moved in. I’m impressed!
I love your inspiration pictures!!! I haven’t even seen those on Pinterest, so I’ll have to pin them from here and store them away.
I’m not a seamstress at all…surely you and Nikki can figure out how to slip cover that thing. You guys are rockstars. It’s coming up with the TIME to do it. Right?
It’s all looking fab.
YES. I Have. I really hated the entire process… and in the end I didn’t even like the fabric that I chose for the room and bought an Ikea slipcover that now covers that ugly chair. Go figure.
You can see the nasty process here: http://www.lemonademakinmama.com/2010/07/i-rememembered-that-i-forgot-that-i.html
Progress has a price tag, doesn’t it? I think you have done wonders and I LOVE your “can do”, lady! I would say, pray. Stop and pray. God will lead you or quiet the anxious heart. I bought slip covers (one at a time) for my sofa & love from Target. Best $$ I’ve spent. Love the dang things. They wash great and really brought new life to comfy old furniture. I don’t mind the wrinkles and the slouchy look, either. Whatever you do will be super, I’m sure! Sending hugs.
I really love that picture with the colorful pillows! I have never slipcovered anything so I am no help. I’ve pinned some how to’s on pinterest though so I bet that is practically the same thing?
I love your blog. Really love it. We have similar styles. Add going to immediately add you to my reader!
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