Before and What If....

This is the same room done 2 different ways.

Soft grey bedroom

This is another rendering of a bedroom built around the beautiful fabric on the window treatments. The chair gets an update via a slipcover too.

A bit of a fantasy bedroom

Finished my course with this rendering of a fantasy bedroom. Not too gushy but why not a gold Rococo bed?

A touch of Africa

The goal was a contemporary room in camel and black. No fuss bedding; easy care fabric. Neither masculine nor feminine but with a fun feel. I think we got it. This is a rendering, available as part of my full service or as a separate project; can also be done totally by e-mail.

Visualize this

This is a rendering, a design scheme for a bedroom. The 3 part plan includes a mood board - showing various room elements, rugs, trims and fabrics. It also includes a floor plan, to scale, using the furniture and materials from the mood board. The elevation rendering shows how all the elements together would look as as completed bedroom. Also available are actual fabric swatches, a 'shopping list' of the furniture used and a detailed budget.

This service is available from Design Sewlutions as part of the follow-up to an in home consultation or separately - done from e-mailed measurements and photographs. Contact me at 250-833-1120 for more information.

The wait was worth it.

The home owner waited for the right fabric.

Wasn't it worth it?

From formal to fun

Even though this chair was sitting off to the right of the window there was a lot of sun damage along the left side. The room is quite formal but the burgundy stripe was just too much. The homeowner has a great sense of color and style and picked this outdoor fabric for the slipcover that actually looks really good in the slightly Victorian space. It needs a cushion in solid brown with some fantastic trim and I'll find something, I'm sure, in Vancouver next week.

Another ottoman saved!!

Another false cushion ottoman that was destined for the big bin. --Tufted top, worn olive green velvet, all lopsided and wonky. The slipcover makes it look like it belongs in the room. The club chair in the client's loving room is upholstered in this fabric too.

Ladybugs

This is a miniature chair. The red splotches in the new slipcover seat and back are actually ladybugs. The chair, and it's matching sofa, are going to the Ladybug Landing daycare. Too darn cute for words. ( Work done by Darcy and me. )

The old cover was getting very warn thanks to the two little beauties in the foreground. The chennile we used, (cudos to Fabricland again), has a soft aqua background and a gorgeous bronze cut velvet design. Quite a change.

Cushions from leftovers

I was asked to make a cushion to match the headboard and bedskirt. ( The gray one). What was left over for the cushion presented quite a challenge because there were only 4 pieces, the largest being 16" x 18", the other 3 about 5" x 16" so I designed this cushion and added a tassle. It's pleated on the right edge but only about half way - that's all the fabric I had. The brown striped cushion follows the same design and with the pleats it isn't just a typical striped cushion. I like being able to use one good tassle. I sew a button on the inside of the bottom pleat to which I attach the tassle so it can be removed for cleaning.

Swivel Rocker

This chair swivels and rocks. It was in perfect condition; we found it at a second hand store. The client wanted a swivel rocker for the corner window, right beside the book case. The perfect spot for reading to the Grandkids, Kaylin and Ashton when they come home to visit.

Once again Fabricland fabric, $8.00 per meter, used 9 meters.

Blue chair one more time

This is the second incarnation of the blue

Fabricland display chair.

It is a really vibrant print, the lime green piping is perfect and the chair creates a really sunny spot. I think it is going to someones bedroom soon. I have used fabric from this textile designer before, in 5 bedrooms- 5 different colorways and each one is spectacular. All his prints are a jaquard cotton - there is a woven design on the fabric as well as the printed floral.If you get a chance, go see this chair. Fabric cost: 6.00 per meter, I used 10 meters

Remake the swag.

We started thinking about this one 4 years ago. The fabric is perfect for the room and the homeowner loves it, but the droopy swag had to go. We wanted something a bit formal, not too fluffy and something I could make from the fabric we had. This is an Empire style valance. The bay measures 80 inches on the sides and 33 in the center section. I have a new way of constructing these huge bay valances so that they are very transportable, no velcro and no corner braces. I'm still working out the kinks but I'll publish something about it soon.

Up from the basement

Relegated to the basement. Still comfortable, still good design but really outdated fabric - and they didn't work together anyway.The finished chairs and sofa have been moved up to the main living room. They co-ordinate now, I re-designed the chair cushions to match the sofa

cushions. Very cosy.

White wins again

What a difference a slipcover can make.  To the left is  one of the chairs in the before blue velvet.  Above is where the two chairs are now;  below is the closeup. The white is tone on tone  floral: Rococco ( yes.. Fabricland) and we used a tone on  tone white stripe for the side insets, the outside backs and the front band. The piping is also the stripe, cut on the bias. And it's all washable. 

Update.. Update

From early 90's Southwestern to up to the minute green and taupe chenille. The semi-attached cushions have been replaced with separate cushions. They feel a lot better now too.

Another Great Transformation

A very nice sofa, very beige, just not a lot of pizazz. The 'botanical' print and added skirt changed the look from quite modern to a more country, yet still modern, style of sofa. We're doing the two side chairs next. Maybe in a raspberry tweed..

White Denim Slipcover

This chair was slipcoverd in white denim from the local fabric store. 60 inches wide, about $5.00 per meter. I prewashed the fabric so the slipcover can be machine washed whenever necessary.

This is the before, the old legs were ready to fall off so new legs were made by a neighbor. 

The white chair is a great addition to the teenagers navy and white color schemed room.

Inside mount blackout blind.

This is the typical roll down blackout shade, inside mounted. It has at a 1/2" gap on one side and a 3/4" gap on the other. The bottom rail is fabricated in such a way that there is a 1/8" gap there as well. We put a valance with side panels, blackout lined. Next step is to attach some trim to the bottom rail of the blind to overcome the light leak there.