MY NEW CHENILLE SLIPCOVERED CHAIRS

I have been going crazy this week in preparation for my magazine debut in the local design magazine " life at home " magazine put out by the local times union paper. I have been hanging up frames, mirrors, sconces. also making a bunch of slipcovered chairs with vintage chenille slipcovers. if you would like to see them, I have them all listed on my etsy store- www. etsy.com/shop/VintageChicFurniture.com . Here are some of the ones I have made so fer..... more to come- then I will blog about the magazine, of course.... cant wait to tell you all about it- have a great night

Vintage Chic is now International

I have a new and thriving Etsy store. You can see it at www.vintagechicfurniture.etsy.com . if you create anything, like i do, I would have to say - you should be here!!!! They have great search engines which help people all over the world find you, In my opinion, much more effective than a regular website!!!! I have had many more people find Me and My store through the Etsy site, Wayy more than through my website alone.
So one day i have a lady from Israel interested in buying the wall sconces. I gave her a shipping quote- $35.00 for a medium sized box, She decided, even with the higher shipping rate, That she just had to have them!!! So....voila- I am now officially an International company!!! However, this is not the first person to find me Internationally through Etsy-- I have heard from people in Germany, Spain, Canada , and I am sure it wont be the last time. I hope everyone has a great night, and be sure to visit my totally cute Etsy store......

MY COUCH SLIPCOVERD IN VINTAGE CHENILLE BEDSPREADS

I finally finished my slipcovers! It is almost 2 years in the making. First it took me almost 6 months to collect enough bedspreads with all the different patterns for the cushions, then it took me another 6 months to find enough material for the body of the couch. Then consider how difficult of a time I had finding vintage white pom pom fringe trim- all not so easy. I have a total of almost 20 hours of labor for the cutting and sewing. Then all the time searching for all these different beautiful vintage bedspreads. Once I finished them, I stepped back, took a look at my labor of love and let out a big sigh with the biggest smile on my face. Aaaah , I finally finished them!!!they looks so super fantastic!!! I LOVE THEM!!!! I just had to share them with the world. I think these are the ultimate in vintage chic design :-) hope everyone has a happy, healthy and prosperous new years....

MY HOUSE DECORATED FOR CHRISTMAS

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! i know i did! I have also decided to take a few days off and spend it with my husband. Owning a store is so wonderful and rewarding , but it is also hard work. I find myself working 7 days a week and i have almost forgotten what a day off feels like!! Let alone what the weekend is!! So here i am taking a snow day. We are having an ice storm and expecting possibly a foot of snow. I couldn't think of a better time to rest at home and do some blogging.

This is my home decorated for the holidays. it took me 4 months to pay off this special white garland that i ordered in august in preparation for the holiday season. I wish i had the energy and the money needed to set up the whole house in august and try to get into a holiday issue of one of the wonderful home magazines I've been dreaming of being in. Now that i have my garland- i will try for a holiday issue next year for sure!!

i hope everyone has a prosperous , happy and safe new year.....

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MY NEW HOUSE

So i have moved a few weeks ago to an idyllic little neighborhood in Schenectady called the Stockade. I JUST LOVE IT!!! it is a beautiful area with homes built from 1665 to the late 1800's. You may remember me blogging about the stockade town-wide yard sale in my older posts. Well as it turns out, many of the pieces i have bought there found there way back there, now painted, and happily in use in our new home. The greatest find was the lovely bench i blogged about and also a wonderful set on mahogany end tables that are perfect scale for our large bed. As many of you know, it is my dream to get featured in a magazine.In fact there are two big dreams I've had over the past few years- one , to have my own store, the second to be in a magazine!! Well I now have a successful store that will be open 1 year on October 30th. I am gearing up for a photo shoot real soon but i figured i would share with you all, the progress I have made - all this after just 3 days of moving in. Its amazing how, when something is right, it is really right!! All my furniture and pieces fit together so wonderfully in the new place. Ahhhh, how wonderful it is :-)