All we Need is Love

All we need is love, even a heart shaped pouf :)
This one was never really anything special but a kid clearly didn't improve it by the time we scored it.

All the faux leather, out of shape foam and filling had to be removed.

Then it was time to choose the fabric, always fun to do.

An her she is with a pretty new dress and a whole new attitude :)

The top is a beautiful vintage embroidery, the sides a terracotta colored velvet.

Available at StarHomeStudio among other one of a kind furniture pieces.

From Shabby to Chic

Another make over, yes we have been busy :)
This one was actually slowly being done while we were also busy with the armchair.

I made a sketch to get an idea how it would look like ones made.

Sanding, varnishing and painting the woodwork many times was a fun killer but the result made it worth it.

We had only one embroidery which was perfect in color and size, a punch needle embroidered parrot, very fluffy and eye catching.

I wanted to have a nice fat seat so the stripes would pop nicely. also the wood right below the seat showed nails which I covered up with foam, fixing two things at once.

The vibrant green pompom trim matches perfectly with the parrot and bring some color to the black, white and grey sides of the pouf.

It is stable and can be used as a stool, in front of your make up mirror, in the hallway, children's room or anywhere where others can admire it too.

We have several more of these stools, I will be slowly sanding, varnishing and painting them, due to the vintage embroideries we use each will be unique and one of a kind.
You can fin our furniture pieces here in our decor shop.

From Sad Stool to Beautiful Ottoman

I mentioned a few days ago that we were starting a new adventure, renovating old furniture. I showed a bigger piece, but before we start a marathon we wanted to warm up first and start with a smaller project.

An old abandoned stool, looking very sad and not very promising. But I love its legs, I sound like a man, but yes the legs were what made me love it. I did not mind her not wearing make-up or having a bad hair day, her body is great :)

So I started by cleaning off all those useless threads, I was not planning to use it in such a way anyway, and giving those pretty legs some good attention. Sanded them, varnished 3 times, more sanding and 3 layers of a beautiful vibrant blue and this baby already had a different attitude.
The joints needed some firm glue and readjustments.

And then came the fun part, deciding on the fabrics. I knew I wanted vibrant stripes on the side, mum wanted embroidery, eventually we got both what we wanted. I started to get really excited even before dressing her up!

First step was to add new webbing.

Then foam on top and cardboard on the sides to fill up the thickness differences of the wood.

Then everything was wrapped with batting to make the edges soft.

After cutting and sewing the vintage embroidery in shape we sewed it in the shape of the top, this was stapled to the stool and tadaaaa!

I am thrilled with the result, it is adorable, cheerful and very satisfying that it all came from a sad looking stool, ready to be thrown away.

The top is a beautiful hand embroidered piece of linen, vintage from the 1950's.
It has a cute pompom trim between the embroidery and the striped fabric. The striped fabric I bought a few years ago in Amsterdam and was waiting for a special something.

The Ottoman stool is now available in our home decor shop, StarHomeStudio and already more furniture pieces are in the planning.