The hunt is on
We all went to a few shops yesterday to look at fabrics and furniture. The clincher is figuring out what to do with our brown and black checked couch. It’s been great to have — it’s from Bryce’s folks — but the color and style don’t go with the look we’re going for. We’re trying to decide if it makes sense to buy a slipcover if that’s not even the look we want; so we’re checking out some model home furniture places to see if we can find a modern black couch. Something like this would be ideal:
I’ve found a dark silver silk (or imitation silk, not sure) fabric that would make great curtains. And there are a few fabrics on Etsy that I’m excited about:
We’re planning to revamp our small wood china cabinet into a bar (painting it black, mirrors on shelves, etc) and painting our white mirror w/ hooks black too. I want to find some cool lampshades or recover the ones we have with fabric. Anyone know how to do that?
We’re at a bit of a standstill as we can’t do much until we’ve solved the couch dilemma. Nonetheless it’s been fun researching and I’m looking forward to getting started soon.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:25 am
love that first fabric! - I think that you can find instructions at JoAnn’s on how to recover lampshades. JLTM gets new shipments all of the time and I’m on their email list.
love, Mom
July 17th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Here’s a lampshade cover project I’ve had saved in my Favorites forever. I’ve still never done it, so I don’t know how well it works, but it looks really fun: http://www.homemadesimple.com/en_US/homemavens.do?contentId=mar08&subscriber=1
I love those fabrics!
July 17th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Love the black and white!
July 17th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
I am really excited about trying Pottery Barn’s new dropcloth slipcovers. They are just big rectangles and supposed to be loose! They come in bright modern colors. May be worth checking out.