Easy Reupholstery Part 2: The back of the French Chair

This is the second part to my Easy Upholstery post for the French Chair. As I had never upholstered before, I went about it in a different fashion, and as usual, I try to figure out the easiest and fastest way to get a great result. The chair looks like it came from a furniture store, when in reality it came from an antique shop, and it was just an ugly fabric. To Read Part One, Click Here. When I left off, I had not finished this back panel of the chair, nor had I applied the "gimp"...

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Kitchen and Bath Updates and a Black and White Fixation

This summer we did some upgrading of our countertops in  both the kitchen and the master bath. I realize I never blogged about them.   Why?  I guess I never thought the kitchen or the bathroom looked neat enough to take a bunch of photos.   But since Fifi was coming out for the photo shoot  I did take a photo of the kitchen right before she arrived.   The lights were on, as it was a dark and dreary day and so the pic looks yellowish.  Ugh. When...

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A Fall French Country Home Tour with Soft Surroundings

September has ushered in the cooler fall weather, and I couldn't be more excited to be partnering with Soft Surroundings to create a new look for this room for our French Country House Tour.  I am working with a group of super French Country Bloggers headed by Janet Coon of Shabby Fufu blog.  See the fabulous furnishings and accessories from Soft Surroundings and how we all have incorporated them into our own homes. The icing on the cake is that Romantic Homes Magazine is going...

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Day One: French Country Fall Tour with Soft Surroundings

Hello and Welcome to the First Day of The French Country Fall Tour  with Soft Surroundings and Romantic Homes Magazine. I will be back to share my home tomorrow with a group of amazing decorator bloggers. Today you can visit the bloggers listed below on Thursday's links and tomorrow the links for Friday's group will be active. So if you click on my link, it won't work until Friday, got it? I know you will not want to miss this... These are some of the most incredible decorators...

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