The Couch

 

As I said in my last post...mom wanted her couch reupholstered...It was WORN OUT and dated but she loved the size and it "worked perfectly in her space and she would never be able to find anything that she liked better..."soooo

I took an upholstery course this summer with Jennifer at Metamorphose Upholstery and Furniture, upholstered a chair in class, did one at home....

and mom thought I was ready...

but this is a SOFA, like a whole SOFA

not just cushions or a pillow...

needless to say, I was a little overwhelmed, but for some reason,

as always, accepted the challenge. We picked it up Christmas night and brought it into our foyer.

Here, I stripped her down....

 

 

then moved her to the garage where I worked on her on my days off....

 

 

here is a peak....

and here she is back in my foyer...

and today....in moms family room...

moms decorates with a lot of navy and red....

so we threw some of her old pillows on her to give her a pop of color....

Mom and Dad seemed to be very pleased...when we left Dad had thrown all the pillows but one on the floor and was stretched out watching football. He said, "Yes! It feels pretty good!!!"

While we were visiting Dad mentioned that the next thing Mom wants is a new cornice over her large window in the same room. She asked Dad to build her one and he quickly said...."UUMMMM, I think Mandy would like to do that"  :))))

Good ole Dad!!!

 

...on a side note...as I mentioned here ...

I met Miss Mustard Seed, who is and has been a fabulous inspiration for a while now.

I have a fairly new Nikon camera and she gave me a quick tutorial on how to actually use it.

This prompted me to start trying to learn a little bit more about using the silly thing on MANUAL....

that has been one of the most frustrating things I have done in a while.

 I was not totally pleased with my pics of moms couch in her family room, her room is kind of dark with the paneling and wood floors, but I am learning...I will get there...

 

eventually....

 

 

 

Oh, one of the things I did this weekend was to sign up for this tutorial online and these guys were extremely helpful!!! So, hopefully my pics will be much better the more I practice!!!

 

 

Mandy