a lot of my friends get really excited about april 30th. it’s tax time! and for us arts & culture, non-profit type 20-somethings that means a sizable tax return. unfortunately (and really, this is the only unfortunate thing about it), … Continue reading
our first project of 2013 was to reupholster our orange slice chair, transforming it from avocado green to a beautiful sapphire blue. i hoped there would be extra fabric from the project so that i could make (yet another) pillow … Continue reading
i was able to get over to princess perfect today and pick up our chair! the fabric we chose is by joanne fabrics, from the book prism, number 67j5551 and i’m so pleased with the colour, texture, and workmanship. … Continue reading
our orange slice chair, which was never orange and is no longer avocado green, is ready! (we went with fabric swatch #5, by the way, thanks to everyone who offered their opinion.) i got the call yesterday from princess perfect, … Continue reading
several years ago, before we had the civic, maybe it was summer 2009, pierre and i took the queen streetcar all the way to the end in the beach and bought a reproduction pierre paulin “orange slice” chair off craigslist … Continue reading
if you read my living room “after” post, you’ll know we just had a few things left on our to-do list before we could finally say this room was done. first thing on that list was rolling the final coat … Continue reading
