{fun fabric finds}

Remember a week ago I shared with you my chair painting woes?

Well, the chairs are sanded, re-primed and painted.
I am pleased with how they turned out. I upholstered one of the chairs with the black and white striped fabric I bought from Ikea but am not sure I like it. Since the paint is a crisp white, it makes the white in the fabric look "dirty".

My dilemma is:  do I repaint the chairs with a more creamy white {but spray paint colour selections are limited} or do I recover the seat with a different fabric or repaint the chair black?

{before}

{after}

It is hard to tell in the photos, {dark and rainy out} but do you see how the white in the stripe is a bit more yellow?

 Now sure I like it, what do you think?

My daughter suggested I cover the seat in the same fabric as her headboard, hmmm...

Or maybe a different fabric? 

After a bit of searching, I came across Premier Prints that carries the most amazing fabrics AND you can't beat the price of $9.99/yd for most fabrics!

Loving this:

{my favourite}

{I am a sucker for paisley}

Since I have two chairs, one has gone in the eldest daughter's room as you can see above. The other will go in her sister's room BUT she was adamant she didn't want black and white fabric on the seats. She wants more colour injected in her room. Inspired by her painting {the painting on the right in photo}, which was inspired by some Amy Butler fabric I had in my fabric bin, we are going to spice up her room with turquoise, yellow and brown.

Adding colourful turquoise and yellow accents will spice up the black furniture, white diamond tufted headboard {yes, photos are coming - just waiting for this never ending rain to stop!} and her African Violet walls.

{African Violet by Benjamin Moore}

Here are some fantastic Amy Butler fabrics I have found:

{Fabric.com}

{QuiltHome.com}

Now the fun part, choosing the right fabric and sewing!

Also CSN has once again offered me a chance to review a product, which I am excited to do. CSN is an online store that carries everything from pendant lighting to the kitchen sink. Looking forward to shopping!

XO Barbara

~Off to the Candy Shop~

Going to the paint store is like going to the candy store. 

You might be thinking I am not all well in the noggin' but I can't help it. I love paint. Even as a child I loved to tag along with my dad to the now defunct Lumberland. While he was searching for materials for his latest project I hung out in the paint section to collect paint chips that I fancied. 

Yesterday I visited the local Benjamin Moore store to find some inspirational colours because I am itching to paint a wall or two. Even though we are renting I have painted the walls in the house to suit our taste. I am bored with some of the rooms and what better way to spice things up is with paint!

 My goal is to finally finish all the kids rooms before summer. I am not happy with the colour on my son's wall and neither is he, and my daughter chose an apple green when we moved in and I am not feeling it. 

I think I may have worn her down to let me paint it a grey. She said that I can change the paint colour as long as I finally finish her room. You see I am really good at procrastinating and have yet to find/build her a desk and upholster a headboard. 

The colours I have narrowed down are  a blue-gray, Stonington Gray or  beige-gray, Edgecomb Gray, by Benjamin Moore. In my sons' room I think I going to go with Stonington Gray. I like the blue undertones and think it will go well with his furnishings. 

Here is a room in Stonington Gray

via decorpad

Don't you love how clean and classic this rooms looks? I love how the white looks so crisp and black visually grounds the space.

 My daughter wants hot pink accents and that is where this room by one of my favourite Canadian designers, Samantha Pynn, is an inspiration. Also painted, I think, with Stonington Gray

via decorpad

Here is a room painted in Edgecomb Gray, it is a like a "greige" and am not sure how well it would work with fuschia accents.

 Hmmm..

via Blossom Interiors

This is a glimpse of her room now. I think the gray will make it look classic and grown up.