Addendum to Preparing to Party - i.e., re-upholstering chairs.

I posted something about wanting to re-upholster my chairs and make new pillow cases before our housewarming party last weekend and - shocker - it didn't happen in time. I went to Mood in NYC to check out the lovely magenta damask that we'd chosen online and it didn't look right in person.

So it was back to the drawing board, so to speak, and I found a more modern fabric that I'm about to buy that is the "pop of color" we were looking for, should wear well and has a great design.

Richloom Trendsetter Mosaic

I also like Richloom Trendsetter Manhattan, but this won't supply the pop of color.

Fabric.com is a great place to shop for all kinds of ... well, fabric. I quilt and sew and love this website.

Ok - on to other projects like lunch.

Preparing to party.

My husband and I are having our housewarming party in 2 weeks (as we planned about 6 weeks in advance) and I'm starting to realize that even though we are MOSTLY unpacked, there is still crap everywhere that needs to be sorted. We have four perfectly good dining room chairs with slipcovers that have been trashed by our cats. So I have decided to sew new slipcovers and coordinating pillow case covers for the pillows on our couch in time to display them all at our party. We have a lot of white, gray, dark browns in our home and we want a "splash of color".

So I was shopping on Mood's website and found this garnet damask fabric that might work and I'm really excited about it.

I'm thinking simple slipcovers (I hope I can copy the ones we have now by dissecting them and recreating them exactly... ahem) and a couple of pillow cases that use some of this fabric in them as well. Our home is very modern looking and I like the idea of throwing in some vintage style fabric to offset the cool, sleek colors and lines of our furniture. I love cool and sleek, but I also like a bit of character and quirkiness. Luckily, my husband is really interested in the style of our home as well, so I always consult him and he also liked this fabric the best. Lucky me!

Now I'm off to clean and eat something and go to the nursery for a lemon tree and move more stuff into our storage space. SO. MUCH. STUFF. (And yes, we've weeded out like 5 times.)

Vamos!