Full service Upholstery

A Creative Touch Draperies & Interiors offers full service upholstery from a small bench or window  seat to a full size sectional sofa or a room full of furniture.
This post focuses on several project photos from the past to give you an idea of the details that are involved in the upholstery process.

Chair after re-upholstery service & wood color change

Original Chair "before"

The client wanted the color of the wood changed to something more neutral and the fabric a bit more neutral as well.

The back view of the original chair before we reupholstered it

This is the ottoman that goes along with the chair above

The details on the wood color change are shown here












Slipcovers:

Before slipcovers

After slipcovers

Close up of slipcover

Other upholstery projects are shown below:

Chair "Before" upholstery service

Chair "after" upholstery service

Bench seat "before" adding upholstered seat cushion

Window Seat "after" adding upholstered seat cushion, pillows and window treatment  

Cushion re-covering projects are shown below:


Original chair before the cushions were re-covered with new fabric

Chairs after cushions were re-covered with new fabric



Another view of the chairs with new cushions



 Close up of pillows and cushions

Sofa cushions "after" recovering them with new fabric to match window treatments

Bench before upholstery services

Bench after upholstery services

Bench before upholstery services

Bench After upholstery services

Chair after upholstery services



Duralee Designer John Robshaw Collection Highlighted

If you love fabrics that look handmade and are imperfectly printed with a tribal feeling, then the Collection by John Robshaw from Duralee just might be a collection you'll love.  As a lover of the old world techniques, John travels and connects with artisans from many different cultures. He prefers to use imperfect printing techniques that provide a human touch element. He uses the color Indigo liberally and often mixing it with reds, oranges, and browns.  John impacts communities overseas where he builds relationships with his artisans and gets involved in their daily lives by attending weddings and other family celebrations.
John enjoys blending colors, processes and designs from each culture. He redesigns them and mixes up the processes in unique ways yet he is able to retain their essence. In piggybacking these designs and techniques with each other or with his own ideas, what emerges is new and fresh, and yet retains that sense of tradition and the handmade.
The Duralee collection offers something for every color choice.
The image below capitalizes on the tribal aspects of his designs by showing off animal prints, tribal symbolism and old world printing techniques.

John Robshaw for Duralee Fabrics

Duralee pattern 21035

Duralee Pattern 15453

Duralee Pattern 21038-157

Duralee Pattern 21040-794

Duralee Pattern 21034-193

For more on John Robshaw's collection upcoming 2015, see his blog and website

Spring 2015 Siam Collection

A collage of Siam 2015 Collection from John Robshaw

Fabric Designer Uses Color to express seasons

One of the fabric suppliers A Creative Touch Draperies & Interiors uses is Duralee. Recently Duralee commissioned an award winning designer to help with a collection of fabrics that is just, in my mind, amazing!
Her collection combines bright colors with white backgrounds giving it a clean, modern, chic look with the vibrant colors added in for a pow! The designer is Eileen Kathryn Boyd.

Eileen Kathryn Boyd for Duralee

Her use of color will make you smile!
In the photo below, the use of yellow with purple and aqua just sing of Spring!
To see the complete Duralee Eileen Kathryn Boyd's collection.

Eileen K Boyd collection from Duralee

Eileen Kathryn Boyd has her own blog with so much to offer anyone that loves color.
The drapery and pillow fabrics are shown below:

Duralee pattern 21009-610 

Duralee Pattern 15379-618

Duralee pattern 15386-246

The chair cushion and pillow fabrics in this photo are included below:

Duralee pattern 15371-618

Here are a few more images using Eileen Kathryn Boyd's collection in other colorways

Duralee Collection from Eileen K Boyd

Duralee Eileen K. Boyd's collection

The drapery fabric is shown here:

Duralee pattern 21008-204

The bench fabric is shown here:

Duralee pattern 15390-588

Fabrics fabrics fabrics and more fabrics......

I love fabrics and being in the design industry is just the right place to be.  When a new collection comes out, I can't wait to share it.
Some of the time, the new collections are so good, I want to share them before they come out!
Since I have the inside track on when the best and most beautiful fabrics are coming out, I can pass that along to my readers.
I wanted to share these embroidered beauties from Wesco Fabrics with you today.

Coming this Fall 2015 from Wesco fabrics a silk/linen blend with a vibrant blue embroidery design

This would make some lovely drapery panels, table runners or anything you can think of that requires a statement design like this embroidered pattern does.

This beautiful embroidery design was released in the Fall 2014 collection

The pattern repeat is huge on this beauty and I love the vibrant colors!

The vibrant oranges and reds make me feel like going to the islands!

This embroidered fabric is available now and is inspired by the tropical island of Maldives.

Love this pallet of color!

A popular color Aegean has been redefined with the use of avocado.

Need some bling? The linen has metal embellishments attached for a bit of shine

 Love the linen with metal embellishments for pillows! So cute. Here it is in a fabricated pillow with gold colored embellishments:

 I can just imagine what these would look like in pillows on a white sofa!

This paisley is fun with the aqua, lime green and grey

 These raspberry prints are all in stock and ready to be made into something gorgeous!

Hints of Indian tribal influences in these fabrics from Vervain

The vibrant magenta and silver really accent one another.

Got bling? These trims add that something special to any pillow or drapery

Love this trim with baubles and braided edging details