For months this bench has been on my mind:
{Design by Sarah Richardson for the Toronto Interior Design Showhouse}
I re-upholster items all the time for clients and my own personal home, but I had never thought of doing an accent fabric on the sides of piece. That chevron border in the image above totally stuck with me and when I decided to recover my bedroom bench I went a little stripe happy.
It originally looked this this:
The dogs loving sleeping on it and the beige sort of went a bit brown due to their paws so for the new look I decided to go dark in the hopes that it would last a bit longer.
Here is the new look:
{ I went with a yummy navy velvet and then asked my seamstress to take my stripes and place them on a diagonal.}
{I even went with a striped piping! My seamstress thought I was a bit out there when I asked for it, but then told me she loved it when it was finished.}
I love it. Now it fits right at home with the main fabric in the room:
{Hot House Flowers in Spark by Celerie Kemble for Schumacher}
So happy I took into account the little details. What about yourself?
Love, love, love this! Your seamstress must be extremely talented. The piping is lined up absolutely perfectly. I’m sure I’d have mangled it. The bench looks incredible! Thanks for sharing.
Love this look!
omg im obsessed- i want one of my own right now!! LOVE this look!
Gorgeous! Details like that make all of the difference. BTW, Camila, do you have a tutorial for the lovely red-trimmed curtains I see peaking out in these pictures? I’m dying to do the same on my curtains.
It is incredible! Love Hot House Flowers, I am working on my mom’s basement right now and that is our main floral. It works with SO much!
Would you please mind sharing where you found that bench? I love it!
It was a Pier 1 find, but they no longer carry it. Sorry.
Absolutely LOVE it- the blue velvet and the diagonal stripes…heaven!!!
OOOO, I love it! The diagonal stripes look amazing and great choice on the striped piping!
OMG! One of my favorite pieces I’ve seen in a long time!! Fantastic!!
I love it! This is getting pinned!
LUV Pier 1….and that green….LUV IT!! Your bench is fantastic! franki
Love how it came out Camilla! What a fantastic idea!
love the bench – the strip fabric adds so much…
love the bench…love the velvet and the diagonal….and love your blog! definitely a follower!
WOW i love this!!! What a fabulous idea- velvet + diagonal stripe!
Super cute Camila! It seriously looks like a much more expensive piece.
Fab! Did you use a vertical stripe on the bias to achieve the diagonal look? If so, can you source that green/white striped fabric?
It was a plain striped fabric that was cute on the bias. I purchased it at the Duralee outlet. I don’t have a pattern name for it. Sorry.
Love it. Can you share the name of your seamstress. INVU just went bankrupt, and I have some amazing fabric that I would like panels and some romans made from.
Thanks.