I'll never get tired of doing over old furniture -especially chairs. I think I'd like to collect old chairs and makeover them all! I already had a start with these shield-back chairs. Think of all the color-fabric combinations I could do with those! If I had the time, I want to buy as much old chairs I can, do them over, and sell them! All houses should have at least one fun accent chair. Would you buy from me?? :)

Anyway, for the House of Femme, we re-did a lot of chairs. Their dad has a vast collection of beautiful old stuff that just needed some tlc.

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We have two of those that will sit at the end of the dining table.

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This will be the chair for her bedroom's work area.

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Four of these as dining chairs.

BEFORE (2 pcs)

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One for the bedroom....

and one for the living room...

I love them all but my favorite would be the last one. I'm just always drawn to yellow-gray combo.

P.S. Just thought of a tagline in case I'll be selling chairs... "Prettifying the world, one chair at a time"

HAHA.

Very tall turquoise tufted headboard with yellow lamp.

I'm overjoyed with how this house is turning out. Seriously can't wait to finalized everything and share it with you. And I do hope that you, my very dear readers, is enjoying these snippets of the process involved in all these pretty (and unpretty) chaotic makeover phase. :)

An extra-high tufted headboard for a very luxe but casual feel.

One wall dedicated to work. A future HO of the day. :)

Told you, this is the causal sister of the more formal living/dining room of the House of Femme. Same French, ornate feel, but with a totally different vibe.

EXCITED!! THRILLED!!

The client is completely renovating their old house. She pretty much gave me full reign over this project with just the overview of what she likes. What's really great, aside from the fact that I can go out all girly in here (she's sharing the house with her sister), is that we have a very similar taste in design. It's like designing for myself too! Haha...

I'm doing two parts of the house, one is her bedroom, and the other one is their living/dining area.

I'll share the latter first.

Here's where they're at when I first saw the space.

Her future living / dining room right there -soft grey walls, dark charcoal drapes, revived classic pieces, wall moldings, colors and patterns through some furniture and accessories. Most of the furniture are from their Dad's vast collection of French pieces that just needed some TLC. And if you know me, you'll know that I love refinished and reupholstered furniture to bring it back to life (Like here, here, and here). As of today, I have 9 chairs for this house at the upholsterer. I seriously can't wait to have them back in their new look.

Up next is the bedroom plan, it's a brighter, more causal version of this. Think turquoise, yellow, gold, and white! :) Be sharing them soon.

Welcome to the House of Femme.