She's here!

My couch...is here. I was planning on using as every day couch, with swatches from this post.


It's smaller scale than my current couch so now I'm thinking of putting in my incomplete home office so it doubles as a reading room.

Annette is coming over tonight before we leave for a girl's night to help me. LOL

When I see something like this...and it turns my color world upside down.

From House of Turquoise

Maybe this will be my bedroom inspiration? Why can't I focus? LOL

It's Ready!!! My Couch, that is...

The upholstery company called and said my couch was ready and we need to schedule delivery. I snuck over there at lunch and took some pics.

Here's the original post for background.

$75 couch

Here's where I selected fabrics for my living room. Remember, I got the sofa fabric from fabric.com for $3.99/yd (it is a neutral mini-chenille).

And, now, without further a do...

I'm on my way to something like this.

What do you think?

Commitment - I, LaTasha, Take Thee...

...swatches (laid out neatly on Annette's desk at work - LOL), to makeover my family room (and dining). (click image to see tags)

Annette, tapping into her inner pychiatrist, has helped me realize that I have home improvement commitment issues.

The reason you don't see posts and completed projects is not because I'm not doing anything or don't have endless things I WANT to do...I just can't COMMIT.

As of tomorrow when I take the fabric to shop referred by GetItGirl to upholster the couch, I commit to the following for my family room.

Key Players -

The Couch:

The Window Treatments (from Horchow - discounted + add'n 25% off):

Pray for me...really trying to focus on this one. Looking forward to sharing outcome.

Inspiration/Research Photos

L. Duncan's comment on my last post got me weighing the option of using something bolder on the couch (translation for me: Red)...however, I would still love to see if I can make something beautiful using the fabric I ordered on clearance online.

My (original) logic:
My thought is go with a neutral that I can move around or use in the future, rather than something I may get tired of and have to pay another $500+ to reupholster within the next year or two.

Inspiration/Research:
Sooooo, I did some research on mixed fabrics on similar shapes couches (should I be using the word sofa instead of couch? I could say divan like my grandparents, huh? LOL). I threw in some all red ones for good measure.

All are from Neiman's website ranging from $3299 to $7999 -- yes, thousands! My
$74.99 sounds real good right now, huh?

Check them out and weigh in. (BTW, my favorite mix of fabrics is on the green striped couch/sofa/divan)

(This one was the only one less than $2K - really a settee)

What do you think? Can I make this work or should I go red? Thanks!

Couch update

Remember the beautiful French Provencial couch I bought at local resale for $74.99? Well, GetItGirl recommended the place that did her couch. They picked it up for me and NOW it's time for fabric.

Because my first order is to keep the budget down, yet maintain quality (sounds like a slogan, huh?), I have been looking for fabric online. Annette made me order swatches first and my first choice got sold out :( Some Martha Stewart she is... *stink eye*

Going for something neutral...Here's what I found - let me know what you think: All $4.49/yd

Thinking of the striped pattern where the floral was on the couch and the tan or the one of far right on back and sides where solid green fabric was.

SO...what do you think?