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Shopping for Decorator fabric

11/12/2013

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Everyone knows that last week I made a slipcover for my old couch so my son could use it in the apartment he will be moving into soon.

This means I need a new couch, which was delivered a few days ago ... I LOVE IT!!
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It takes me a while ... like years sometimes ... to get geared up to re-do a room.  The sticking point with my living room was a huge grand piano that no one was playing anymore.  I had to get it out before starting anything else. It took up SO much room. And grand pianos are hard to place now a days, much less actually sell.  I ended up donating mine.
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Now I'm on a roll and I have two old Queen Ann's chairs that desperately need to be reupholstered.  And there is this fabulous decorator fabric warehouse an hour's drive from my home that is having 35% off everything for most of the month of November.  Here was my best chance at getting something nice at a reasonable price.

The name is Discount Fabrics USA, in Thurmont, Maryland. And you can get this same discount at their website, too.

Check it out.


I needed to find something that would look good with this rug that my husband and I really like. I know it's busy, but I like it ... what can I say?
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Also, I am having a new coffee table and end table made in Bali out of this piece of wood I chose.  I hope it arrives before the holidays, but I'm not holding my breath.
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So, yesterday I took a field trip and a very good friend came along for moral support and as a second pair of eyes.  This is my friend, who LOVES decorating and is good at it.  Since, knowing the way things go for me, I will be living with these decisions for 20 years.  It is good to have a second opinion and a second pair of eyes.

And I have to add, she drove 45 minutes to get to my house and THEN the hour plus to the warehouse and back!

Anyway, this place is great!   
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It goes on and on and on. And the prices are really good, but even better is the selection.


My friend told me not to take a photo of her, but I did!
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It is very interesting that when you walk through any one area a second and third time, you see things that you walked right past the first time.  So we walked and walked sometimes carrying a bolt from one end of the warehouse to the other to see what looked good with what.  I brought a swatch of the couch fabric and a large photo of my rug. 

Well, after an hour and a half we found something for the chairs that made me very happy and she liked, too. And she found a really cool small print for a few throw pillow for the couch.  

I bought her a well earned lunch and when we got home, we spread things out.
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Now just have to find an upholsterer, we know I can make pillows!
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