Posts tagged: upholstery
How To: Diamond Tuft a Wall
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Photo Image: BHG
Interior designer Kerri Gutekunst and her husband decided to give themselves a padded room in their San Diego home. My guess is that the blue vinyl squares were marked, cut and painstakingly sewn together before taking a little diagonal turn for some mid century jazzy movement. » READ MORE
Ottoman Umpire
By ModHomeEcTeacher
It should come as no suprise that this blogger loves to design ottomans. Shapes, designs, colors, legs, frames, etc., they can really snazz up a room. Every room needs a splash of upholstered art, and ottomans can do that on so many levels. You've got fabric, pattern, color, texture, leg shape, stain or paint and the basic ottoman design. That's a clean homerun in the design department. » READ MORE
Bright, Cheery Glam Details to Make Your Kitchen Pop
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Photo Images: Kevin Oreck, Architect Inc.
It's all in the details. Yesterday CocoCozy, my west coast go-to blog, featured knock out photos by her buddy, L.A. architect Kevin Oreck in her Architect's Tour of a Hollywood Regency Home. Decked out cabinet door trim makes these cabinets supremely cool, the three simple white bowls with red fruit add a colorful splash of friction (other subtle red accents below) and that green upholstery on those Regency chairs...lovely!! » READ MORE
Bubba Makes Covered Buttons
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Photo and video: ehow.com
When the students in my DIY Upholstery classes learn how to make covered buttons with this behemoth professional button maker, they think they've died and gone to heaven. It's amazing how this gadget can cause so much delight. See what you think; » READ MORE
Make a Pacman Pouf
By DIY Maven
This Pacman Pouf (aka ottoman) is not a makeover; it was built from scratch. A project not for the faint of heart, but allesflex over at Instructables walks us through the entire process, making it as painless as possib » READ MORE
After The Teardown: Reupholstery Finesse
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Remember this hideous purple chair before the teardown? Want to see the transformation? Hop on ov » READ MORE
Upholstery Teardown: Ugly but Worth It
By ModHomeEcTeacher
The students in my beginning upholstery classes never fail to be shocked by how much work is involved in tearing old upholstery off of a deliciously vintage chair. Teardown is bad, no doubt. It is, however, » READ MORE
An Intro to Upholstery Fabrics.
By ChrisjobUsed furniture simply aches to be refreshed, recovered, and revitalized. Painting, staining, reupholstery...hold on, what? Reupholstery. Can you do that? Like with fabric? On my own?
Yeah. Of course you can. And you can start learning all option your options here: HandyManFixHomeRepair's intro to choosing 'furniture fabric'.
- Cotton
- Cotton Blend
- Leather
- Linen
- Silk
- Wool
- Acetate
- Acrylic
- Microfiber
- Nylon
- Olefin
- Polyester
- Rayon
- Vinyl
The World's Best Upholstery Fabric Deal
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Call me underpriveleged but I had my first IKEA experience yesterday here in San Diego. I scampered through the maze like a crazed rat looking for food, only I was searching out the fabric section. What I finally found out first hand is that » READ MORE
Simple Upholstery You Can Do
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Photo Images: Velvet & Linen
The path to fabulous sites is not usually a deliberate one. Sometimes you just happen to fall into a blog that you didn't dream existed. First, I tripped on Cococozy, a new favorite, and this gorgeous oval turquoise tufted ottoman. Then, I was stopped dead in my tracks when I started re » READ MORE
Nailhead Upholstery Details
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Photo Image: ApartmentTherapy-Chicago
Usually I send readers from my other blog over here to see what's up on Curbly, but today I'm sending you over to » READ MORE
How to Clean Your Slipcovers
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Photo image: Ellen Kennon
If you're lucky enough to have a good looking set of custom slipcovers, or merely a slipcovered chair, be sure you know whether it can be washed, spot cleaned or » READ MORE
Wanted: Green Velvet Upholstery Fabric
By ModHomeEcTeacher
I'm on the hunt for this exact color of green velvet upholstery fabric. The velvet studio sofa is from Nate Berkus' furniture collection for the The Home Shopping Network. Other photos of this piece don't look like the green in this photo. I'm specifically looking for this deep shade of green velvet. » READ MORE
Wednesday Night Upholstery: New Girls in Town
By ModHomeEcTeacher
There are three new girls in Upholsteryville and they mean business. Janet (another Janet) learned how to make welt cord in about 5 minutes and is already putting together two boxed and corded cushion covers to be stuffed fluffily and placed on her cane back chairs. » READ MORE
Monday Night Upholstery: Slow and Steady
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Monday night Janet finished upholstering her salvaged bench. Talk about "student teaching the teacher", she paid such close attention to every detail of her rehab, it was a good reminder for me to slow down a bit to experience the experience. Ha!
How To Upholster a Round Stool
By ModHomeEcTeacher
I've done it. Kicking and screaming I've made a How To video. (shudder) Even though I upholstered this stool on a previous post, I had to re-do the boxing. Someone bought it from my Etsy shop and it's being shipped to Brooklyn today. Nothing shows technique like an actual demonstration. » READ MORE
MNU: Boxed and Corded Cushion at Home
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Viewing someone's project out of context doesn't always convey it's fabulousness. In my Monday Night Upholstery post yesterday, there was no way to understand how the green cushion would look at home. This morning she sent me this photo of her handmade, three button boxed and corded bench cushion. She can now make boxed and corded cushions whenever she wants to. Teaching to fish...
Monday Night Upholstery: Mother and Daughter Create Together
By ModHomeEcTeacher
When you're having so much fun creating, sewing, tearing down chairs you obviously want to bring someone with you. Jenny's daughter Sarah tagged along Monday night with an embroidered tee shirt and went to work spinning straw into gold. » READ MORE
