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Replacing an Attached Cushion

In Home on January 30, 2012 at 3:47 pm

Spurred on by my success of replacing the old seat cushion, I announced to Dan that I was going to replace all the cushions on the wingback chair. Dan thought the only way I could accomplish such a task was to reupholster the chair. I knew I didn’t want to do that. So, I set out to prove him wrong.

I won.

A quick search on the internet found instructions on eHow.

Perhaps reupholstering the chair would have been easier, but if I staple the new fabric on I can kiss goodbye the ability of ever washing it. Light colored fabric coupled with a small child makes washing a necessity.

The hard part will come when I try to shove the new cushion back into the attached fabric of the chair, but I’m a determined gal.

An eagle eye will notice that the muslim cover to the seat cushion has an error. Read more about it here.

The Color of Happiness

In Home on January 27, 2012 at 7:00 am

Turquoise!

The doors are painted.

The drawers are painted.

The hardware is the same. I just cleaned them up.

Next up are the cabinets doors.

A New Chair Cushion

In Home, Sewing on January 25, 2012 at 7:00 am

In addition to repainting all the kitchen cabinets a lovely shade of turquoie, I have started to sew a slip cover for this chair.

It came with the house. I didn’t pick that fabric out.

When removing the current cover on the seat cushion, I noticed the horrible yellow staining and massive deterioration. Thus, the first step was to make a new seat cushion.

Of course, Elly helped.

First, I cut out a new cushion from the giant roll of foam I ordered from Joann. (I used a coupon to cut the price way down). Next, we decorated the foam with markers.

Afterwards, I wrapped the foam in two layers of low loft batting and then whip stitched it closed.

The difference is amazing. This might be the most comfortable chair in our house now.

Degreasing Cabinets

In Home on January 22, 2012 at 7:00 am

Palmolive, hot water, a scouring pad and a little bit of elbow grease were all I needed to remove years of grease and grime.

If you want to preserve the current paint or finish, then I wouldn’t recommend using the same technique. The scouring pad removed a layer of paint with the unwanted grime, but that just saves me time and effort. I can now skip the sanding step and jump straight to the priming step.

The only challenge lies in how to keep Elly occupied with her washable paints while I paint over all the avocado green. Wish me luck.

Shooting for the Moon

In Home on January 14, 2012 at 10:58 am

When I had first painted Elly’s room, I had only stenciled her growth chart up to 3 feet. I was so sure that it would be at least 3 years before I would have to extend it.

Elly isn’t even 2 yet and yesterday I had to pull out the stencils and paint.

Dan promised me that this would be the last time.

A Turquoise Makeover

In Home on January 11, 2012 at 2:52 pm

I love my kitchen.

True, it is stuck in the 1960′s but I think the outdated decor gives it charm. Besides the stove is to die for with extra space in between the burners and two ovens.

I have received lovely comments about the avocado green cabinets. I have tried to live with the color these past 6 years. I have even tried to embrace it by making a matching fan cover

(see it above the stove?) and lining the shelves in green.

Yet, the color just feels drab to me.

So, yesterday I decided to see what different colors would look like on the cabinets by painting small sections with acrylic paint. First, I tried red. It was nice. Then, I tried my favorite color turquoise.

I just stood there grinning from ear to ear. It made me so happy. This was the color for me!

Can you see it?

 

 

 

 

 


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Unfortunately, some prep work has to be done before I can paint the cabinets. There are years worth of grease coating the cabinets that must be scrubbed off first. I’m hoping Dawn will make mean work of it.

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