I hope everyone is having a beautiful day! If you've been following my Blog and YouTube channel, then you know that I've been remodeling this room for a more cozier spiritual vibe. Now that I have completed all of the upholstery items, I wanted to bring you photos of everything in one Blog post.
LIVE VIDEO VLOG TAKING YOU INSIDE THE STORE WHERE I PURCHASED THIS BEAUTIFUL FABRIC DOWNTOWN LA IN THE FABRIC DISTRICT
LIVE VIDEO VLOG TAKING YOU INSIDE THE STORE WHERE I PURCHASED THIS BEAUTIFUL FABRIC DOWNTOWN LA IN THE FABRIC DISTRICT
My aura is jeweltones and that has come from my many years of traveling to India when I was a flight attendant, Amsterdam to India was my normal route for over 5yrs. While there, I brought back so much fabric, trims, shawls, throws and pillows to fill my entire home and them some. I gave so much away as gifts but I kept a lot of the fabric for myself.
Having this ottoman recovered was like a dream come true. The ottoman actually cost $200 and I've had it for about 3yrs now. The cost to have it recovered was $170, I left a $20 tip because he did it in a week. I do plan on finding a throw in either solid gold, rust or burgundy to throw over it because I do sit on it and eat quite frequently and I just don't want anything to spill on this fabric. I glued some of the leftover trim around the bottom to give it a little more flare.
To recover the lamp shades I didn't make any kind of pattern, I just rolled the shade along the fabric and traced out the sides as I rolled it using a fabric chalk. Then I cut out the fabric along the lines that I traced and used a spray glue to adhere the fabric to the lamp. I used my glue gun to attach the trim around the top and the bottom. The trim across the top is actually folded into the lamp, that was the only way I could attach it without cutting the fringes off. Usually when you cut the fringes, you have to dot each one with glue to keep it from unraveling and I was too lazy to do that.... so I turned it upside down.
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I also recovered the stool myself, it was very easy to do. I didn't remove the old fabric I just use my electric stapler and stapled the new fabric over the old. I also made a shawl to cover the stool which is shown in the photo above with the ottoman.
Below is the valance that I made to match everything. I didn't use a pattern for this either, I'm pretty much a seamstress and have been sewing since I was 10yrs old so some things just come natural.
This chair came with my dining room set. The set came with 8 chairs and two removable leafs, we only use 6 chairs and one leaf and the rest we stored in our attic. I took it down and polished it and recovered the seat cushion. I made a pillow with the leftover scrap fabric. I didn't have any trim left to add to make it a little more decorative... oh well!
ON THE MAKEUP SIDE
I use these very beautiful cherry/mahogany storage cabinets that I bought from Home Decorators. I bought one 14-drawer and two 6-drawer cabinets. I bought my vanity from a seller on Craigslist for $100 and it was in very good condition. I also bought my jewelry cabinet from a seller on Craigslist for $300, it was also in very good condition. On top of my jewelry cabinet is a perfume stand that I made from two glass serving trays and a large two-part candle vase. I watched a few YT videos on how to make it and bought a glue gun and made one for myself.
Below is an unboxing video that I made of the tall 14-drawer storage cabinet.
Various sizes of the Stanton storage cabinets from Home Decorators.
I hope you've enjoyed this Blog post of everything included in my makeup room / office!
