Beiges, taupes, and browns are back, baby! Introducing Dr. Watson!

I would expect to find a piece like this classic sofa at 221 Baker Street, London. Who lives there? Why, Sherlock Holmes, of course! I called this sofa Dr. Watson because it is tasteful, smart, classic, and restrained. It’s upholstered in a khaki herringbone, F1532, by Greenhouse Fabrics.

Roy belonged to my husband's mom. She loved this chair, and she loved Roy, my husband's dad. And given this chair is wearing a beautiful royal blue, he's Roy. He just is.

Ronnie’s Chair was handmade. Though the name of the maker is lost to time, we can only assume it was someone who loved this child and this family very much. Linda remembers Ronnie’s Chair as light blue originally with white welt cord. At some point, in the 1960s, this cherished rocker was reupholstered by Ronnie’s dad in a durable white vinyl. It was time to refresh Ronnie’s Chair for the next generation, to carry forward Ronnie’s memory.

Introducing Edmund and Lucy, named after characters in The Chronicles of Narnia. Edmund was a bit of a pill starting out which is how he got his name. He was a touch willful and there was a bit of frame repair needed at the beginning; however, soon Edmund settled into his mature and elegant self. Lucy was just a pleasure to work from the beginning. Such an easy chair. (See what I did there?) Isn’t it interesting how two identical chairs can be so different? Those differences continued as time went on.

“Lois” was a well loved antique rocker previously belonging to my husband’s mom, “Lois.” Hence, this heirloom chair carries her name. A favorite perch at Grandma’s house, and purportedly “the most comfortable chair in the room” the heirloom Lois Rocker has been in the home of my husband’s sister for the last 20 years.

"I have a few friends who are fun through and through. Their names are Thing 1 and the other Thing 2."

Ok. Maybe reupholstering these twins was not quite

"fun through and through" as described by Dr. Seuss, but holy cow, these things were solid wood through and through! Introducing Thing 1 and Thing 2.

What is an elephant chair? An elephant chair is a mid-century modern chair that when viewed from the side evokes the shape of an elephant: You can see the thick legs and the round shape of the elephant. Can you see it?

This week's project was a family heirloom rocking chair that had been in the client's family for years. Sometime along the way the bottom fell out of the chair and the springs were lost.

Introducing Oscar! He’s big, he‘s heavy, but oh, so smooth! Oscar has left his frat-boy years in the rearview and walked confidently into the future.

Settee Makeover:

This settee is an inherited vintage piece that just did not fit the owner's vision or modern decor. They wanted to keep the settee for sentimental reasons, but it was tired and oh, so dated!

I finished channel back Elsie a few weeks ago and I said that Elsie’s sister channel back, Emma, was coming up. Well, it turns out Emma, deep down, was really Everett. Everett let me know pretty quickly just who he was and how he prefers to make his way in the world. He looks a bit like Elsie, but differs in some really significant ways. He’s the yin to her yang.

Her name is Penelope. She’s strong willed, bright, sassy, and she wants it all… her way. She will not accept half way; she wants it all.

Upholstery is a little like childbirth. Truly. (Got your attention, huh?) You never really know what you're going to get until you push through and get there!