Valentina, 140cm, 75cm rpt,
Marquesa & Alice
Simply Stonewash 100% linen
Artwork for my new cushion labels...folded in the middle, Union Jack on one side and new logo on the other. Can't wait to use them!
Just love the detail on this antique curtain!
Vanessa Arbuthnott 'Up the Garden Path' in Duckegg blue with a Walcot House Rivet Heading
Kookie cat approves of the Robert Allen yellow damask fabric....it will be a while before I can put up that bunting though!
Two piped cushions in Casamance Parme grey with lovely button detail.
We found an old chair on ebay which needed a little TLC.....
Chair in original state - £45 from ebay
I chose a lovely yellow damask silk from 'Robert Allen' called 'Jonquil Vines'. The original seat pad was past saving so it was replaced and Upholstered by my upholsterer of choice 'Norman Yates'. He did a lovely job! It is now sitting pretty and looks fab against the grey panelling.
Livening up the lounge
Mahogany legs.......mmm they will be painted with a grey chalk paint shortly.
Melissa and her family live in a beatiful cottage in Compton with loads of character and style. I made Roman Blinds for the office, curtains for the study and a matching pair of softly puddling curtains for the bedroom.
Bedroom Curtains
Goblet Headed Curtains with shell button detail and duck egg blue Pom Pom trim on leading edge.
Bedroom Curtains
She'll button and Pom Pom detail
In the office we used 'Emily Bond' Artichoke in grey
Roman Blinds in 'Emily Bond' Artichoke - Grey
Study Curtains in 'Robert Allen' Jayden Smith linen
Triple pleat headed grey linen curtains
Silk thread heading detail
Having a Sunday off sewing to do a bit of painting. Using Annie Sloane Paris Grey chalk paint on a large French antique mirror picked up at Sunbury Market www.sunburyantiques.com. The mirror is very heavy and we have used a Z Hanger from www.picturehangers.co.uk to fix to a dry wall.
My customer, who on this occasion was also my cousin, wanted a light and airy contemporary feel for her window dressings.
This picture shows the family room where we chose a simple plain sheer, with Silent Gliss wave heading and puddling on the floor.
In the lounge, again we used the same Silent Gliss track with a subtly patterned sheer keeping it simple to show of the delicate detail of the cornice above and lovely taste in furnishings.
Three long drop lights just fitted over the dinning table. The shades are slightly rippled so they give off a lovely dappled pattern.
Large 80cm diameter crystal ball chandler from Meclocks Henley installed in the lounge. The Roman blind is Brian Yates - Topkapi fabric. I made an arch top pelmet effect on top of the blind to accentuate the arch top window.
On a visit to Cumbria to see the inlaws, I found a piece of driftwood on Silecroft beach. I brought it home with no idea how I would use it...
I had been trying to find a coat rack for the downstairs cupboard but hadn't seen anything I really liked and that fitted the space....then I remembered the piece of driftwood and decided it would work beatifully
This old scaffolding board has probably spent several years floating around the worlds oceans! I got the hubby Chris to cut it into two sections to fit the space; then we fixed 10 cast iron school label frame coat hooks.
Here's the finished article ready to hand coats!
Fabulous Silecoft beach, where the drift wood was found!!!
I was commissioned me to do all the window dressings for this four bedroom house at Cholsey Meadows. We started with the ground floor, paying particular attention to the huge bay window in the lounge. They were keen to have as much as possible of the window frame and original panelling showing when the curtains were open.
LOUNGE BAY WINDOW
Bay window curtains with pelmet
The fabric is a Jane Churchill 'Banbury' in pink. The curtains were 5 widths each side with a cartridge heading, which although not seen as its behind the pelmet, gives a lovely even pleat. Curtain fitter Kieron Prendegast installed the ceiling fixed 'Evaglide' track and pelmet.
Dressing the bay window
This is me dressing the curtains so that the folds are retained when the curtains are drawn and closed. It shows how long the drop is! I had to push hard to get these finished in time for Christmas
HALLWAY
View of the two windows in the hallway
This is a lovely light hallway with windows on both sides. We wanted to retain a light and airy feel so this Sayuri 'Mimosa' fabric works really well.
Roman blind made up in Sayuri Mimosa fabric
ENTRANCE HALL
Difficult stairwell window
This window was a challenge as It starts high up on the top of the stairwell and drops down into the entrance hall. We used the same Sayuri 'Mimosa' fabric as in the hallway.
TV ROOM
The two windows in the TV room
The two roman blinds in the TV room were also made up in the Sayuri fabric but in the darker colour 'Pewter' which works well in creating a more cosy feel.
The high celings and large windows at the Fairmile development in Cholsey require particularly large curtains or blinds.
The drop of the curtains shown below is over 3.5 meters!
This pair of curtains are interlined and hand finished with a cartridge heading. My client Julia wanted something special so again we went for cartridge headings...they are beatifully simple and sit nicely in a contemporary or traditional decor.
This project was done for Georgina's two bedroom apartment. She wanted to maintain the light airy feel to the flat, so she chose linen textured neutral fabrics and the simple clean lines offered by Romans, Rollers and Ventians.
At the kitchen windows we fitted Ivory roller blinds with matching pelmets. When up, the roll of fabric, usually visible with rollers, sits neatly behind the pelmet giving a cleaner more contemporary look.
These rollers can be lowered in bright sunlight to diffuse the light without blocking it out completely.
A white wooden Venetian blind was fitted in the bathroom to give privacy whilst still letting in the light.
The large arched top original window of the hospital conversion is shown off beatifully by enhancing the arch with a recessed pelmet in matching fabric. The Roman blind with chrome side winder works well in this Ivory linen with silk embroidered tree branch detail supplied by Georgina.
Fitting the blind.....you can see just how big these windows are. Chris who fit them is 6' 5" tall!
The bedroom Roman blind was in a simple biscuit coloured linen with the same arched detail pelmet as in the lounge.
Six roman blinds made for the kitchen and dining room of my client Laura in Wallingford...The fabric selected was 'Parme' from Casamance, it's a linen based fabric with a lovely vertical curling woven thread pattern.
One of the side windows in the dining room.
This blind was fitted in the kitchen window recess.
This shows the bay window and the two side windows together. We made the folds shallow enough not to block out too much light...
The fluted Ivory wooden pole fitted and ready for hanging the curtains.
The pole was fitted with one large wooden ball finial only, as the door is right in the corner. We wanted to have the curtains drawn back as far as we couldo let as much light in as possible.
Me dressing the curtains after hanging.
Finally installed, dressed and furniture replaced. Fabric was a rich striped chenille, chosen and supplied by client Liz.
Roman blind with continuous sidewinder chrome chain.
Detail of the fluted Ivory wooden curtain pole.
We wanted to do something with this corner other than a wall of wallpaper....so I had the idea of making it look like it was panelled. Some of the other flats and houses on the Cholsey Meadows Fairmile development have the original panelling and I definitely had 'panelling envy'. But not anymore.
One wall panelled, the other wall tomorrow
After a quick undercoat, I applied Farrow & Ball Purbeck Stone modern emulsion
all finished and a perfect backdrop for our Christmas Tree......very satisfied with result.
Well here is my first blog on my website....I got this French Chandelier from eBay for £45. We rewired it, add new lamp holders and gave it a new paint finish and are very pleased with the result!
Its proudly hanging in the entrance hall.