Life has been speeding along and suddenly it's June! So, what's been happening the past three months you ask? Well here you go.....
My living room project technically isn't 100% done, but to be honest, if I waited until it was actually done done, it could very well be next year. It is done to the point where it can be in the living room and enjoyed and really only I would know that it's not done.
Feast your eyes on my lovely new living room chair:
I found this chair about a year ago at a garage sale. It was only 25.00 and despite it's mustard colored fake velvet upholstery and slightly sketch/musty smell, I saw the potential.
Due to the musty smell and probably more so because I just can't say no to other projects, the chair sat in our basement for close to 9+ months. It gave it time to air out and I finally had the inspiration I needed to get going on the chair. I stripped the chair.
I then recovered it with fabric I bought the same time I bought my living room pillow fabric. See living room pillows here. The original chair had a double welt around all the edges. Because I don't know how to do welts yet (on my list of things to figure out) I found this awesome nailhead rope at Joann Fabrics. I used that around the seat cushion.
I then took some cording and put that around the back cushion and arms.
During this time, we were also working on the downstairs. Once we go the new carpet in, we had the fake wood wall panels removed and the walls smoothed out. This is the same type of wall paneling that was in our upstairs office. We had decided to remove the paneling upstairs by ourselves. HUGE mistake. The panels had been glued and nailed onto the walls. I don't have any pictures from that project, but if I did, it would have been a dusty blizzard of wall board and plaster. It was the biggest mess EVER! Dave and I have decided that we are not cut out for that type of do-it-yourself project. So we called in the professionals for this job and it was completely worth it. Two days, in and out, no mess and it was done! Amazing how a little money saves us 2 to 3 months of dust and frustration! After the wallboard was removed, Dave and I painted, got our new couch and moved back in. The space is so much better and now feels like an actual room that we own and not someones grandparent's basement.
This is how the space used to look:
We love spending time down here now!
In other new and exciting things, I just started my own business! LH Interiors. I'm down to working two days for my boss. The other three days I am on my own setting things up and hopefully soon, busy with clients!
My current project is redoing the craft room area and making it more of a design studio space for me. More to come on that soon. Or, hopefully sooner than three months from now! No promises though. :)
