Come Pin With Me

Writing posts are just not as easy as they once were for me. My lack of sleep, laundry piling up, cleaning to do and trying to organize my slightly overrun with chairs home, while having a 5 month old who loves to be held, doesn't allow for the best posts in the world. So Pinterest is my newest creative outlet. For those that haven't joined, you must and for those that have please follow me as I've recently created a DC Craigslist board...

Maybe I'll create more Craigslist boards from different cities...we'll see. 

As for now I'm just pinning when I have the time. Below is an image I added to my Kitchen board, which was repinned 284 times...I still don't know how that happens.

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So dreamy isn't it?

So come join me on Pinterest, I love to receive e-mails informing me that others 'like' or have 're-pinned' the images I find. Happy Pinning!

Local Designer Moving Sale

 To all the local peeps...

My good friend and fabulous interior designer, Denise of Decor by Denise, is moving and wants to sell all of her gorgeous furniture in her current location before the end of the month. Here are just a handful of the items she is selling for seriously incredible prices...

Vangaurd Leather Console $1099 (reg. $2091)

Side view of console: 

Bookcase...

Solid Wood Bookcase $1099 (reg. $2997)

Geometric Rug...

Global Views Geo Rug $199 (reg. $598)

Designer pillows...

Prices vary on pillows. 

Decorative objects...

Again prices vary from $10-$70...huge discounts on all!

  I've just shared the tip of the iceberg, to see more, a lot more, go here. Decor by Denise is located in Vienna, find the address at the bottom of the link. Happy shopping!

Already Covered Upholstery

To all my local friends...Already Covered Interiors and Upholstery is one of the best and most affordable upholsterers in the DC Metropolitan area. They do it all from custom headboards and valances to furniture upholstery. Cris, the owner, is a joy to work with and his employees are just as kind and amazing at what they do. 

Here's one of the guys working on my chairs...

Here is a before image of the English rollarm chairs I purchased on Craigslist 6 years ago...

I never liked the upholstery, but the bones were great!

And this is what they look like now after Cris and his team did their magic 2 years ago...

And they still like great today after 2 years of use and abuse by us and our pets...

Contact info for Cris at Already Covered Interiors and Upholstery:

2807 Merrilee Dr

Fairfax, VA 22031

703-204-1040

{just a note...I published this post about 2 years ago, but thought I'd share it again due to the amount of friends that have asked for a local upholsterer recommendation. Good luck friends with all of your upholstery needs! xx Danielle}

Great Fabric Cheatsheet

I saw this on Pinterest the other day and thought it was such a brilliant tool to get an idea of how much fabric is needed for various furniture pieces...

via pinterest

 So now when you find that awesome and dirt cheap piece on Craigslist...

Wingback Chair, $30

You know you need about 5 yards of fabric...

Iskander, LS Textiles, $15.98/yard

To make it look like this...

BHG

Seriously...do I have to say it again? WHY BUY NEW? 

A Favorite Wallpaper Source

I adore all of the wallpapers at Grow House Grow, based in Brooklyn New York. Katie Deedy is the brilliant illustrator and designer of Grow House Grow. Here a few patterns that I especially like...

Ms. Ward in Mantis

Mme Jeanne in Foam

Cochin in Hibiscus

Hotel Fantome in Absinthe

Katie Deedy has created such a fun, eclectic, yet natural vibe that appeals to me. In fact I have my eyes on this one for my older son's room eventually...

Captain Smith in Promenade 

And much to my delight I recently found out they now have fabric...

Massapeag in Loblolly 

And tile...

Massapeag Deco

Yippeee! If you haven't already known about Grow House Grow, you must pop over to their site to get a serious visual treat. 

Love It or Leave It Flea Market Find

I just had to get this piece of fabric at my local flea market last weekend...

I fell in love with the vivid colors and stylistic horses. My thoughts are making pillows to cut out the black chariot silhouettes or maybe a crazy headboard for my bedroom. Do you all like it and what do you think I should do?

Thanks for the Liebster Award Ladies

Last week or was it the week before (I'm still suffering from baby brain :), I was honored to receive the Liebster Blog Award from these two ladies...

Charmaine of My Best Friend Craig

and..

Lisa Mende of Lisa Mende Design

Thanks Lisa and Charmaine for the love! My Best Friend Craig would get along swimmingly with the Queen of Craigslist...don't you agree? Both of these blogs are fabulous, so you must go check them out!

And my apologies, but I'm gonna be the weakest link...just don't have the time to follow through the rules because this little guy requires my attention...