I'm a Fool for Slip Covers

Before I get to the meat of this day's post,

I want to give a shout out to Judy Clark!!!!!

SHE SENT ME A PRESENT!!!!!!

Now, this is not a plug for more stuff, 'cuz to be honest, 

I usually don't like the gifts that I get.

But boy, did she nail it on the head!!!!!

I'm not sure where I'm going to put him. 

I wont' know till I go back down to Flerida.....

But he's going to fit right in to my bird collection, 

SOOOOOOOOOOO.........

Judy.....

THANK YOU!!!!!

Now, back to my Massachusetts home.....

Last time I showed you some slip cover details.....

I lifted up a little corner of a slip cover to show what was underneath....

Matter of fact, I didn't even bother to show this picture.....

Boy am I lazy!!!!

So I gave myself a stern talking to..... 

and pulled the slip cover off the chair.....

and took pictures to share,

(whoa baby! I just made a rhyme!!!!!)

 so you can see what a 

TRANSFORMATION

a well detailed cover can make.

This is the way the chair looks neekid....

It was my winter look in my house in Watertown.

I added a lot of little flourishes to the arms

 and back.....

which I had to work around with the slip cover.....

If I can add unnecessary details I will!!!!!

So I had the fabric that folded into the pleat be a contrast green strie.

One detail that I don't feel is an unnecessary addition is 

CONTRAST WELT!!!!!

YES YES YES!!!!

So the ties and welting were a solid green.....

Ties make a nice touch, rather than a zipper....

Add in the scalloped bottom edged in trim....

And you have got one stylin' chair!!!!!

So, I have a winter look,                                    and a summer look!!!!!

Now, to all the nice folks who have wished me a speedy recovery from my rotator cuff surgery.

THANK YOU!!!!

But I had that operation 3 years ago......

I was just making the point of how I like mood altering drugs to admire my living room.

THAT WAS WHY.....

I was wondering what surgery to have NEXT!!!!!

Latah, Gatah

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It's all in the DEATAILS!

Wow, talk about a gorgeous day here in Massachusetts.....

Not a cloud in the sky,
upper 70's to low 80's.....

So I took this picture of one of my peonies.....

If it were like this all the time, it would be as crowded as LA.

But we only get 2 days like this a year, so don't worry.....

(I don't know why I just wrote don't worry..... most of you don't live around here,

 so you don't give a rat's behind about the weather or the crowding.....jesh)

Anyway.....

Back to the tour of my living room.....

We left off here...

And I threatened  mentioned that I would show you guys details of the room.

Soooooo....

Let's start with the coffee table!!!!!

It's a bench.....

I had it slip covered.......

I paid to have it slip covered.......

Oy, Oy, Oy.....

I didn't know then that I could do slip covers!!!!!

But the nice lady did a good job....

I love the look of a boxed pleat!

Yes, I do!!!!

Yes!! Indeedy!!!!!!!!!

It adds so much style to a piece with very little effort.

(Especially if someone else is doing the sewing!!!!!)

By adding a tape trim to the top, it brings the table to a whole different vibe than the original look.

When it gets dirty from my dainty feet...

(yes, yes, yes!!! I put my feet on the coffee table!!!!!!!)

I throw it in the washing machine and it comes out all clean again!!!!

That's the big advantage of slip covers, although to be perfectly honest....

I slip cover stuff cuz I like the way it looks!

I had the two small arm chairs slip covered in my beloved 

cabbage rose fabric....

I like to add interesting details to the bottom edge of slip covers....

Scallops are fun, especially when I don't have to sew them....

And then I added a little button...

The other chair had large tassels on the back that we had to work around....

So there's a slit through which they can poke.....

The white slipcovers in the room came with the furniture when I bought it from Crate and Barrel. 

The chairs aren't very comfortable, but they were well priced and I like the look of them, and no one sits in the living room but 

ME ME ME!!!

Everyone else gravitates to the family room.

I love the living room the most after surgery.

The couch is comfortable, and I put my feet up on the coffee table/ottoman

and I get high on my pain killers.....

and I look around the room on a really good buzz, thinking to myself.....

I REALLY LOVE THIS ROOM!!!!

Almost makes the rotator cuff surgery worth it....

Almost, 

Just almost.

I wonder what other operations I need.......

Latah, Gatah

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Cottage Living Room, Complete Reveal.....

Okay Dokay.....

Let's continue to peruse the rest of my Massachusetts living room.....

When I bought the condo, this wall looked like.....

Great!!!

(NOT)

The builder put a soffit over the fireplace, so as to provide a place to install   

recessed lighting.

The idea was good, the reality was #$%.

Instead of allowing the shape of the ceiling peak to stand out.....

He (I'm assuming it was a "He") truncated the shape, and made what could have been an impressive wall look like a short little poop.

SOOOOO.....

when I bought the condo and started renovation, I had the guys.....

rip the sucker out!!!!
I used the fake beams to supply a surface to mount the down lights. 
Since the beams were fake, I was able to recess the electrical boxes into the wood.
After the walls were clad in V-groove paneling, I designed a new fireplace surround that was a better scale for the wall.

Here's a picture of the window side of the room....

And here's a picture that shows how the fireplace relates to the sofa.....

This was to get you guys all revved up, to see all my details in tomorrows post.
Well, not all the details, I have a gazillion detail shots, so I will spread them out over a few days.
But before I go, to make the room complete, here's the shot I showed you on Tuesday.... of the last wall.....

So, I know this was a short post,
 but VERIZON sucked all the life out of me today.
 Last week I worked on getting my parents hooked up, 
with all the ins and outs of converting three things (triple play) over to a different internet company.
 And THIS WEEK I'm working on my house. 
It is VERY frustrating,
 but I hope will be worth it in the end. 
And I'm saving a #$% load of money......
Sooooooo.....
Latah, Gatah

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