Reupholstered Ladies Armchair

Heya Nesters!

Now, I promised I wouldn't just write about wedding stuff, so today I am keeping to my promise.  Today is back to my bread and butter … my roots … my thats right, upholstery.

 

Boston Picker

Heya Nesters!   Do you ever have those mornings where you do exactly the same thing you do every morning, but for some reason that morning, everything takes twice as long?  This morning was that morning for me.  I leave myself two hours and fifteen minutes to get ready.  That includes some light house cleaning, eating breakfast, making Matt and I lunch, and probably the longest portions: doing my hair and standing in front of my closet figuring out what to wear.  Somehow I left my house 10 minutes late today.  When I got in the car, I remembered that it was pretty much on empty. *sigh*  Of course.....

Shhhhh I'm huntin' fabwic...

Heya Nesters! Well we were discussing the other day what to name the new chair.  I thought maybe I'd show you the "short list" of fabrics that I'm considering and see what you guys think!

Week 2: On FIRE!

Hey Nesters!  I have been galavanting around town working on my latest chair {yet to be named} here, there and everywhere! And boy do I have a LOT to show you!  First, I busted out the orbital sander to shred the finish off the wood.

Week 1: New Beginnings

Wednesday night I headed back to my Upholstery Class after work ready to start cracking away at my new piece.  It was another trash pick from about a year ago that's been sitting in the garage of the Mama Dukes.  Nesters, meet our next 'victim"...

Sorry so blurry... Oh Android pictures...

Upholstery Class: Week 11 Satine Comes Home

Today is a very proud day, Nesters.  After eleven weeks of blogging about Satines' wild transformation from "drab to fab" I am thrilled to announce she is complete.

Satine: A Fashion Review

Hey Nesters! Since the next upholstery class post may be the last post about Satine for quite some time, I thought we could bid her adieu by getting to who "Satine" really is on the inside.   Except I suppose, since you watched me tear it down to the frame-work, we all know exactly whats really on the inside.  But let me be weird and personify her take a stroll down ficticious memory lane and see how she started out, only to reintroduce you to next Monday as our newly made over, uber chic gal.  So let's delve in, shall we?

Who was Satine before.....

Upholstery Class: Week 10

Heya Nesters.  I can't believe I've already been posting about Satine for 10 weeks! Totally wild, right?  I just can't wait to get her all dressed up and into a space to see her in all her velvety glory. I know last week you guys were all so sweet to tell me that my post was not boring. This week I will rival last weeks boredom! I kept hammering away this week, completing the nail head trim.

One Mans Trash....

....is my treasure!  Matt and I went out to one of our favorite indoor Flea Markets on Saturday afternoon. We showed up only about an hour and a half before their marked closing time so we made a huge, speedy loop before we started getting down to the nitty-gritty.

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To give you an idea of the caliber of this flea market, there was one of these Panthers there just waiting for a good home. We've also seen a helicopter, an 8 seater horse drawn carriage and most recently a larger than life-size elephant head from a movie set.  So! On that note, lets see the goods that we picked up. 

Hi, I'm obsessed with Z Gallerie

Heya Nesters! It is FINALLY Friday.  {That just took waaay too long to get here.} And I am a very very tired little chickie today, which means today will be a lazy, picture post.  I hope you don't mind.  Now onto the goods:

So we all love Z Gallerie, right? I suspect the answer is "yes" and if it's not... chances are you just don't know what it is yet.  I will leave you with little words {thank you laziness/sleepiness} and many many pictures of all things I painfully covet from their magical website.

Remind you of anything??

Navy Blueprints

Heya Nesters!! Well as promised in yesterdays post, I wanted to chat with you all about fabric and color.  We all know that Satine {my lovely latest project that you can see here and here.} started out as a lovely sun-bleached magenta velvet. 

Upholstery Class: Week 2

Heya Nesters! It always comes back to Monday morning doesn't it? Well lucky for me, that just means I get to dish to you guys about my upholstery class!! {Which to me, is like even better than normal girl-talk.}  So without further adieu let's launch into it.

Saturday's class, as indicated in the subject of todays' post, was week numero dos.  I couldn't have been more thrilled to work my fingers to the bone bright and early on a weekend morning.  I was greeted with as much glee and enthusiasm for class from Kevin and Pamela, as I was feeling.  What a bright way to start a morning! This is what I came back to....

Feature on ModHomeEc!!

Heya Nesters! I know you don't usually get an odd, late-night post from me but I just couldn't go without telling you that Shelly over at ModHomeEc did a little feature on yours truly today!

As soon as I posted about signing up for upholstery class, she sensed my excitement and shot me an email because she runs an upholstery school!  Sweet, right!? I was pumped to hear from her.  She knows her biz-nass and she's been a great sounding board for ideas with the chair.  And she even wants to chronicle the progress of Satine over at MHE weekly! Allow me to repeat myself: Sweet, right!? So head on over  right here to check out her awesome projects shes sharing, as well as take a peek at what she's got to say about our friend Satine every week. 

Lots of blog love and a big THANK YOU over to Shelly! <3

Upholstery Class: Week 1

Heya Nesters! Happy Monday morning to you all!  Most of you know that this past weekend, I started an upholstery class.  As soon as I signed up, I knew exactly what piece I would use.  Meet my rollback slipper chair.  I'm naming her Satine, as an homage to her Moulin Rouge-y vibe.  {And I also named my first chair, Buttercup, so why not keep the trend going?} Isn't she a beaut?

{Pre} Re-Upholstery Excitement

Heya Nesters!  I am so excited to let you all in on a liiiiiiittle secret:  I am starting an 8 week re-upholstery class on Saturday!  That. is. RIGHT! I am going to tear apart and re-upholster a chair and I couldn't be more excited.

If I Had a Million Dollars: Working

Heya Nesters! Happy Friday! Todays' If I had a Million Dollars focuses on the space where you put your nose to the grindstone. The spot where you channel all your creative or analytical thoughts, jot them down and put them to use. That's right: your office. 

You guys remember mine right?