FABRIC LOVE~ CHOOSING THE RIGHT FABRIC

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyoG8Hq-k6m4J3eBHm8tPMn1mKlNyFuhm5E84N0DwgJVrraLwqTsKiGONHl9Jd6XF1d85kymXtfUOfLOMHkeCW9lzqF9mq2bZYlKNXyeHEFYKY1CnVMa5HBnUuMVzQxcy46tU6yU0ihk/s1600/Fabric+Love~+Title+Page+-+BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyoG8Hq-k6m4J3eBHm8tPMn1mKlNyFuhm5E84N0DwgJVrraLwqTsKiGONHl9Jd6XF1d85kymXtfUOfLOMHkeCW9lzqF9mq2bZYlKNXyeHEFYKY1CnVMa5HBnUuMVzQxcy46tU6yU0ihk/s640/Fabric+Love~+Title+Page+-+BLOG.png" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'ts official.... we are starting another project here at StoneGable... one that will take a long, long time to complete!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are doing it ourselves... well, most of it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our living room, dining room and foyer are FINALLY being updated!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a little peek at our start...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I have been looking for a new chandy for quite awhile now... and finally I found the perfect one... the one that I saw in my mind... at OVERSTOCK.COM! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And what a bargain!!!! It arrives home on Friday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Photo: I just ordered a new chandy for my formal dinning room makeover... on overstock. com! I just LOVE it. WHAT A BARGAIN! http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Silver-Mist-Hanging-Crystal-Drum-Shade-Chandelier/6002814/product.html" height="400" src="http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/c0.0.320.320/p403x403/553474_466210446757376_1642918095_n.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am keeping my existing dinning room table but replacing the upholstered head chairs with new ones... These are from <a href="http://www.hookerfurniture.com/index.cfm/furniture/furniture-catalog.show-product/American-furniture/3017-75510/wing-back-side-chair---parchment.cfm">HOOKER</a>. I have been looking for these for awhile too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the linen-look fabric and the silver nail heads! You bet I am getting them professionally scotch guarded!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are big chairs and will add drama to my dinning room... at least that is the hope! The chairs are almost the exact same color as the flax sofa I ordered.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The duo should be delivered mid November... thank goodness I am not having Thanksgiving at StoneGable this year... thanks, MOM!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocd3IB9A1BlBkx__6JyM36uxYGURkaxIokreIh1nWwILqnelFkz3fDeXbz2wWUAw7XCCsBpf7zmO51GNB0pZ2JDFOineNXVNB63tQbRZAGrovO0rn-fiuOAeCCI2h3P9cUjMhc6tLl4Q/s1600/3017_7550_75510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocd3IB9A1BlBkx__6JyM36uxYGURkaxIokreIh1nWwILqnelFkz3fDeXbz2wWUAw7XCCsBpf7zmO51GNB0pZ2JDFOineNXVNB63tQbRZAGrovO0rn-fiuOAeCCI2h3P9cUjMhc6tLl4Q/s400/3017_7550_75510.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I have been fabric shopping, too. I must admit I swoon over designer fabric!!! I could play with fabric color and patterns all day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I went to a Calico Corners Outlet near my home and found all the fabric and trim and notions I will need to reupholster six side chairs and makes several pillows... I bought enough extra fabric to have on hand in case of spills! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The  plan was to reupholster the side chairs and leave the wood its original mahogany stain... then I fell in love with this fabric... and decided the mahogany would not really work. So I am PAINTING MY MAHOGANY CHAIRS! I never thought I would ever ever do this... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but look at this fabric... It as love at first sight!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUF638sXE0cJiTmqmgQ_xnJsAW6YJuZyFYsZdXYlDN60gAm7RlknofJwPsx2JKSeOn84mbWS0ODCNUpJl3sf7qPs_np1IYpObLdH6uUQgFNu-3fsN2VzMiKf4v6rPA3GjrKpme1MN6hj0/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_1659.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUF638sXE0cJiTmqmgQ_xnJsAW6YJuZyFYsZdXYlDN60gAm7RlknofJwPsx2JKSeOn84mbWS0ODCNUpJl3sf7qPs_np1IYpObLdH6uUQgFNu-3fsN2VzMiKf4v6rPA3GjrKpme1MN6hj0/s640/Copy+of+IMG_1659.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a picture of the swirls... the swirls have a chenille-like nap... and the color works so well with the upholstered head chairs I ordered. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The pattern makes the fabric look a little more informal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQlB_e6MPjw_41veu7gjX-PKUJ5Qay8V4pRtO56Ilh-Ndt8X_3uCDQ6i_4WqHGCaTtdfNDBtkoA5P_NI_Xc5p9tQNGSdDaxwO4C7mURIJZMotdJZ4YoeVXM0zvDyvc7sN-LUxrHyCs70/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_1647.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQlB_e6MPjw_41veu7gjX-PKUJ5Qay8V4pRtO56Ilh-Ndt8X_3uCDQ6i_4WqHGCaTtdfNDBtkoA5P_NI_Xc5p9tQNGSdDaxwO4C7mURIJZMotdJZ4YoeVXM0zvDyvc7sN-LUxrHyCs70/s640/Copy+of+IMG_1647.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm going to attempt to reupholster the dinning room chairs myself...the seats do not "pop" out of the chairs... it's quite a process...but I think I can do it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is piping around  the bottom of the chair... I do not want to make piping using a fabric with nap! So, I chose this silk fabric, that is very close to the background on the chair fabric, to use as piping. I have to make 10 yards of piping! This will not be my favorite part of the makeover!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEHbCZag6DhUsdLZDDFyRJzzfqsdkgogpSwqYt2uB2In1eSjelmQbwu4GFKZz4z2ESuQ5HUSbAwr9SKss7t6jDirCDqLwiGno7d7ixsYTA5t0lIwm1VW-yF-I6p2K7TnOr-hRpZbTQwI/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_1651.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEHbCZag6DhUsdLZDDFyRJzzfqsdkgogpSwqYt2uB2In1eSjelmQbwu4GFKZz4z2ESuQ5HUSbAwr9SKss7t6jDirCDqLwiGno7d7ixsYTA5t0lIwm1VW-yF-I6p2K7TnOr-hRpZbTQwI/s640/Copy+of+IMG_1651.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While I was at Calico Corners I also found this very plush velvet in the most beautiful color. Very neutral... a soft fawn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I will make velvet pillows with accents in the side chair fabrics for the head chairs and for the sofa in my living room... at least that is the plan right now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If I can find more velvet I just might have the little settee in the foyer upholstered in this... I LOVE IT!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWeqwoDTYo6eW7oMvoi3QoVe8Rhv6YP4xXXzqwq9Nd1FnK1NteTyhTuYdQEvo8k3W3LGL-Hb0KqHtNu3C2nqHKEbXglbnAn0i8OvN5OdwcsXEU2mMSQxVI4gO5AeQ9nBVkzR-1VR865lI/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_1654.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWeqwoDTYo6eW7oMvoi3QoVe8Rhv6YP4xXXzqwq9Nd1FnK1NteTyhTuYdQEvo8k3W3LGL-Hb0KqHtNu3C2nqHKEbXglbnAn0i8OvN5OdwcsXEU2mMSQxVI4gO5AeQ9nBVkzR-1VR865lI/s640/Copy+of+IMG_1654.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am not whipping out this project yet... I am actually putting it away for just a little while... I have to make curtains for a guest bedroom this week and paint a dresser over the weekend.... goodness knows how this will<i> really</i> take. I always underestimate a job!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We found the hardwood flooring to match the foyer... so the new hardwood is coming on Wednesday and we are ripping out the old carpet (YIPPEE!). Laying the hardwood flooring is a family project for the last week in October. I can't wait!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll keep you posted on my progress... my slow progress!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91_fG0ZzaMkWfXMpmgNiw9QlpS-cTxb90hwTmU3AMQJiIKR53PlTFWVuGyVnMjLNUXGrSTJmKEuephvdilt-PAQ6knOvmcm6TAyGXGaDYz1nQ0sTi3Ks18tpQ10e2VR8R60zToVT00Y0/s1600/I+am+Participating+in..+BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91_fG0ZzaMkWfXMpmgNiw9QlpS-cTxb90hwTmU3AMQJiIKR53PlTFWVuGyVnMjLNUXGrSTJmKEuephvdilt-PAQ6knOvmcm6TAyGXGaDYz1nQ0sTi3Ks18tpQ10e2VR8R60zToVT00Y0/s320/I+am+Participating+in..+BLOG.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://elizabethandco.blogspot.com/2012/10/be-inspired-features-and-link-party-41.html">BE INSPIRED</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.houseontheway.com/twirl-take-a-bow-party-10/">TWIRL AND TAKE A BOW</a></div><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><br /></a></div></div> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a border="0" href="http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u87/auntdoi/SavvySouthernWOWFeaturedButton.png" /></a></div></div>

FABRIC LOVE~ CHOOSING THE RIGHT FABRIC

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