Motorized Ripplefold Drapery

My family room draperies are completed and I think it was worth the wait. Take a look……

Motorized Drapery

This is the track that I won from Somfy when I went to Inspire. The track can be ordered for pinch pleat or ripplefold draperies.

Here is a close up of the ripplefold heading. It’s a great look for more modern settings and the stack back is less. The track is attached to a wood fascia that I painted gold.

The fabric came from Spoonflower, they are a company in NC that prints custom fabric. The designer was so great to work with; she was able to adjust the color and pattern repeat to exactly what I wanted.

I think Zoe likes the new look. What about you ?

That was my first YouTube video…. Could I sound any more Southern ?

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Ikat Pillows

I found a great way to tie in the rust color from the breakfast area to the family room, since the whole first floor is open. I made new pillows from Durlee’s Kalah fabric…….. They are 20” with invisible zippers and look so good next to Mr. Dragon. If you’ve ever wondered if new pillows will make you happy, I’m here to tell you that they can !

The ottoman also got recovered in a Fabricut’s Rufus, color Nile. I’ve been a fan of animal print for as long as I can remember. Have you ever gasped when you saw a fabric ? That’s when you know you have to have it somewhere !

You may remember that I was considering the ikat for my new draperies but I decided to go with a solid peacock blue. Pillows are a great way to use pattern in a room especially if you think you may tire of it quickly. Don’t you love the ikat pillows in this room by Amanda Nisbet ?

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Mr. and Mrs. Stitches–Officially

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, but I’ve been busy getting married ! It was a beautiful day in March…………

At St Marks Chapel in downtown Raleigh…………..

My bouquet was made of hydrangeas, roses and calla lillies. It took a lot of searching to find the perfect dress. Once you have it pictured in your mind you look everywhere until you find it.

We wanted a small, intimate ceremony with our families so this chapel was perfect. It was built in the 1800’s and is located in Mordecai Historic Park.

Jessica Baker did a great job with the photography and the flowers. I’ve got some great photos of our honeymoon in Charleston that I’ll share next time.

    XO, Mrs. Stitches

Fabric Friday

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and got to enjoy time with family and friends. I know we did ! All of the Christmas decorations are put away and I’m ready to tackle the family room windows. 

I’m obsessing over blue, peacock blue in particular and Nate’s room is my inspiration. Just look at those gold rods !    *sigh

                                                      Source: curbed.com via Tammy on Pinterest

 

I’ve been pinning lots of blue draperies…………..

                                                  Source: habituallychic.blogspot.com via Tammy on Pinterest

 

I’m loving solid panels and patterned panels both ………

                                                           Source: alamodemaven.com via Tammy on Pinterest

 

I started with these four fabric choices…….

 

Then narrowed my choices to the Duralee Ikat  on the right and a solid peacock blue like the ones below.

If I go with a solid then I could add an orange trim detail like this.

 

                                                            Source: blog.livelikeyou.com via Tammy on Pinterest

 

I have the motorized drapery track from Somfy and the wood pole fascia is painted gold now I just need to order the fabric and make the ripplefold panels. 

What is your favorite, solid or patterned ?

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Goodbye Snookie Family Room

I’ve been tackling the family room one project at a time and thought I’d give you an update. You’ve heard me talk about wanting to change the paint color because BM Dark Mustard was feeling like Snookie’s spray tan ! It was such a warm color that it was too much for NC summers.

So, Mr. Stitches and I painted it SW Rice Grain. If I ever mention painting again remind me that I couldn’t walk for 2 days after, it was like a 9 hour step class !

The first thing my son said was, “Wow, it’s so clean in here !” Clean is good, right ?

Then I gave my sofa away and got this slipcovered one from Craig, you know Craigslist.

Then I switched rugs with the kitchen. I love the paisley one in there…. need to take a pic for you. Finally, the goose end table got a fresh coat of gold paint. Did I tell you how glad I am that gold and brass are coming back ?

I know what you’re thinking, “Where are the drapery lady’s drapes ?”  Well, I won a Somfy motorized drapery track at the WCAA convention and it just arrived yesterday ! I’m going to push a button and they will open and close…… awesome. But, I have to make new ones because the old ones won’t fit. You see that peacock blue sample up there ? I’m loving that color, just need to find the perfect fabric. My Christmas tree is on the right side of the window so I’ll get them made and ready to install after the holidays.

What about you….. Have you started any decorating chain reactions lately ?

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Living/Family Room

This is a room that we really do live in, like all the rooms in our home. We spend a lot of time here watching tv and playing wii. The draperies are stationary and are mounted on black 2"wooden rods and rings from Kirsch.