Dining Room Chair Slipcovers

This client choose to slipcover her dining room chairs as apposed to recovering the cushions beacsaue she wants to be able to remove them for cleaning. 

The fabric was a medium weight printed cotton. It was pre-washed prior to making the slipcovers.

Here is a close-up of the seat. The ties are 6" long.

Close-up side view.

Here is a view of the four armless chairs and the table.

Top view of one of the armless chairs.

The cleint loved them and I will admit that I was pretty happy with them too. :)

Dining Room Linens and Pineapples

This client wanted to change up her dinning room a bit so we re-covered her chair seat cushions, made some comfy kidney pillows for the head chairs, and added a custom table runner.

We decided to use some of the same fabrics and trims in the dining room linens as we did for the living room pillows and throws. It is one large room divided into two separate spaces  and using some of the same elements helped to bring continuity to the large space. 

 

Did you know that the pineapple is a symbol of hospitality? In the18th century, in the south, a pineapple was placed on the dining room table when guests arrived. It would sit in the same place for their entire visit. In those days travel could be extremely difficult and it took long periods of time to get anywhere, so when you had guests they stayed for long periods of time. When the family was ready for their guests to leave they would remove the pineapple from the table and place it on the guests bed. That was a polite sign to the guest that the host family was ready for them to go.

Have a great day!

Happy Fall Y'all!

I have a friend who makes the most beautiful cross stitch flats. Since fall is my favorite season, I asked her to make me a few with a fall theme. This is what I did with them.

This my favorite one.

This is a close-up of the corner detail.

 The back is a burn orange suede.

Here are a few of the smaller ones.

Close-up

Throw Pillows

I am working on adding the finishing touches to this house. These are some of the pillows and cushions that I made for the living room.

Close-up of the pillows on the sofa.

Left side of the room.

Close-up of the sofa pillows.

Close-up of one of the side chairs.