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Design Bleuprint: The Ultimate Guide to Stripping Furniture
Stripping Furniture of it’s old layers of fabric is probably the #1 reason many upholstery projects are never completed. Stripping Furniture is hard work. There are only about a gajillion staples to remove, and the dust, dirt and debris! It’s truly groudy!! That’s a word right. You know what I’m talking about. Decades, if not centuries of food crumbs, dirt,…
Spruce Up Your Entry: Quick & Easy Ideas
If your back door is tired and sad, I’ve got some ideas for you to spruce up your entry! Here are my quick & easy ideas to spruce up your entry. This past weekend, I gave my she shop entry a little love. This doorway was in some serious need of help. Now first of all, this door needs to…
Design Bleuprint: Anatomy of a Chair
Let’s talk about the anatomy of a chair. In upholstery speak, knowing the anatony of a chair is useful when we start measuring a chair for fabric, laying out the fabric, cutting it, marking it and finally in applying it to the frame. Most of the chair parts are pretty straight forward; inside back, inside arm, inside wing, outside back,…
Metamorphosis of a La-Z-Boy Recliner
I had a blast transforming this old La-Z-Boy recliner into a funky chair for a special tween! Vintage La-Z-Boy chairs can be updated for any decor. Think of the possibilities to add a fun chair to a space, whether it be team colors in a man cave or a using a chenille spread for a shabby chic look or a…
How to Rock A Grainsack and Gingham Chair
Grainsack and Gingham go together like Authentic and Vintage! They are simply better together! Seriously, what could possibly be better than a vintage chair updated with authentic grainsack and gingham! Let’s start at the beginning. Here is a chair in dire need of some updating. It has great potential with its curves and spindles, but in it’s present state, it…
Brunswick Stew That’s Super Easy & Delicious
Brunswick Stew was on the menu this cold and blustery weekend. It seems winter just won’t quit this year. We hopefully had our last freeze of the spring this weekend, so I made some soul warming Brunswick Stew and cornbread. Brunswick Stew is a southern thing and may have started with local beans, wild game and a tomato base, but…