Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member srnewell from the Su Casa group: I recently made a couple of fabric-covered corkboards for my office re-do.  I started with some beautiful terra cotta geometric fabric.  I measured and lined up the fabric. I cut it to size and stapled the fabric tightly over the boards. After completing the fabric portion, I placed nail heads approximately one inch Read more

My friend Rebecca of Loving Living Small recently reupholstered a set of mushroom chenille slipper chairs that she'd purchased new at a great price. "What I was finding was either way out of my price range or way our of my style range," she writes. So she decided to buy the "so affordable, so comfy and, in my opinion, so ugly," chairs and have them reupholstered. She negotiated a great price with Read more

New Orleans painter Amanda Stone Talley has played around with "alterna-canvases" before, including suitcases, tortoise shells, and even pumpkins, but her new canvas surface is something much more versatile: fabric! Talley ventures into the textile world with three debut fabric designs featuring her signature abstract concentric patterns: Who Dat?, a black, white, and cream design; Broadmoor, a Read more

CasaSugar Community member ll1019 recently posted this query in the Assisted Living group: "I have scoured the Internet for pink chevron fabric that I could use to reupholster a chair. I have found pretty much every color but not pink! Has anyone seen this fabric on the Internet? Alternatively, are there any good websites that sell fun upholstery prints? Since this is my first project, I would Read more

People these days have a terrible habit of painting and lacquering beautiful old mirrors, tables, and desks to give them "a modern update." On the other end of the spectrum, you have your shabby chic enthusiasts who rub and scrape up pieces of furniture in perfectly good condition to give them "the vintage look." While I'd much prefer antique furnishings be used as-is, and vice versa, there is Read more

The one and only PartySugar recently wrote in the Assisted Living group asking for help finding this ikat chair fabric, which she spotted on Design*Sponge. It's divine! And it would look fabulous with her pink damask bedroom wallpaper, which I helped her find. I went straight to the source and got in touch with the designer herself, Susan Galvani of Spruce Interior Design, to find out where Read more