The sunroom of this repeat customer just underwent a makeover, piece by piece. A couple of years ago I slipcovered the little yellow slipper chair in the bottom right corner, along with two yellow accent pillows. Recently she had a couple of chair cushions recovered for her sunroom. They went from a faded red stripe cushion to a taupe/gray buffalo check. We also replaced the crumbling foam to give them new life.
It’s a nice balance between farmhouse and a classic modern trend. With the new cushions and the yellow slipper chair complete her loveseat felt a little left out still in it’s red stripe.
Toni and her husband decided to go with a solid stone-washed canvas in a charcoal grey. This beefy heavy weight canvas from Big Duck Canvas was prewashed to get out any remaining shrinkage. Because it is a blend it also did not wrinkle very much at all.
Design details included a French style seam on the back of the chair and cushions. The width of the fabric was over fifty-five inches, the length of home decorating fabric. So this decision was partly due to that and partly due to a design factor. It was just enough to break up the gray and give it some interest.
A skirt on the bottom of the loveseat with similar pleats covers the existing pleated skirt. A placket-concealed zipper in the center of the back allows Toni to easily remove and wash the slipcover.
We had just enough leftover buffalo check fabric to create a couple of small throw pillows to tie into to two side wicker chairs. Toni wanted a big bulky zipper on the back that was not concealed. In fact she wanted to have it be part of the design.
I chose a creamy white colored coat zipper with metal teeth and stitched it so that it showed on the charcoal colored back of the pillow. A fun little tassel finished the look (it looks green in this photo, but I promise it is gray). Sometimes it is all about the details. Now she has a beautiful sunroom that exudes a calmness with the gray loveseat, a little break and interest with the buffalo check cushions and the just the right amount of yellow to warm things up just in time for the warm weather. Do you have a favorite color that draws you in?
I was pretty happy with they way they turned out but in true ‘Denise’ fashion, I got bored with them and wanted to change them up again. A few blog posts ago I talked about 
And then you see the cushions. (add sound affects….”brakes screech“).
What a difference! With eighties and nineties expected for this week (and with the pollen season done) Jamie and her husband can now really enjoy sitting on their old furniture with NEW cushions. 
between seventy’s and rain and the chance of wintry mix. The daffodils and crocuses burst through the ground as if to say “yay spring!” We’ve put our holiday decor away and start to fill our empty-feeling spaces with spring wreathes, lighter pillows, and spring accents. We clean, organize and get things ready in anticipation for the new season. Yay spring! Our attention also turns to the outside, cleaning flower beds, raking remnants of leaves, pruning and taking assessment of what needs attention.
What is rub count? It’s a rating given to fabric in either a code or number ranging from delicate duty (DD) with rub counts around 3000, which would be appropriate for pillows and decorative purposes, to heavy-duty (HD) with rub counts over 30,000, perfect for family rooms with kids and pets. The higher the number the better when it comes to wearability. This beauty has a rub count of 30,000!
I got for a steal to put in my new workspace at the lake house.
