Now...on to your couch! Can't wait to see pics.

I'll have to get on the ball when we move and make my slipcovers for my dining chairs. Thanks for the inspiration!

I didn't use a pattern, I just measured well, and wrote everything down. Also, I prewashed the fabric so I could really make it the right size. Essentially, one long piece of fabric extends from the front of the chair, across the chair seat to the back, up the inside of the back, and down the outside of the back. I then joined a 4" apron to it, just easing around the corners. My chair seats are trapezoid. I found it very easy to just use a pencil to rub the border around three edges of the seat, and that was my stitching line. Then I took another four inch wide strip, hemmed it, and then pressed in the pleats. I stitched the pleats in place before I joined it to the apron. The pleated strip sewed easily onto the apron, and voila, I was done! Easier than I thought it would be...

I noticed my favorite painting of all time "Daughters of Edward Darley Boit" on the wall. I was thinking of making a pilgrimage to the MFA but alas, that beautiful work is on loan to another museum for a Singer exhibition! It is magnificent in the flesh - or canvas I should say!

From what I can see, your dining room is lovely.

Gosh those are great looking, really really nice.

.....Jane

I went the other way doing my sofa first and it was so exhausting, I'd all but given up on doing the dining room chairs. Seeing yours has inspired me to unroll that 10 yards of duck cloth I've had stashed under my bed. Great job!

rucnmom -yes, I love that print. It has always reminded me of growing up with two sisters.

juddgirl2 -you CAN do this! Honestly, I thought it would be so much more difficult than it it was.

Everyone else -THANK you!!

I've attached a link to the blog that finally pushed me off the edge of the cliff to just do it. She's got some great CL sofas she redid too...

Jane,
if you dont have a machine, consider looking for one at a local antique store/mall. I know of several old sewing tables in our mall and the machines are intact. I also know of at least one reputable/talented sewing machine repair shop in town who could probably give it a tune up. Maybe you have the same in your area. OR even consider calling a repair shop for a reasonably priced refurb. or older model machine.

"It is magnificent in the flesh - or canvas I should say!"

The Daughters of Edward D. Boit is magnificent in real life. The canvas is (I believe) 8'x8' and is so impressive that when you enter the gallery where it's normally housed, one sees nothing except that painting. As you can see from my pic below, it's one of my all-time favorites, too.
We've been to the MFA many times and each time we visit I make sure to go "visit the daughters". The last time we visited Boston and went to the museum the Albrecht Durer exhibit was there. We were awe-struck and mesmerized.

Red

Glad some of you liked that blog -It really helps me to get motivated when I view blogs and see what other people have done. Much more so than magazines, just seems so doable.

To the poster who asked about other house pictures...(thank you, I'm not sure it's all that terrific, but thank you for asking!) I have some of our kitchen which we redid last year, and I'm pretty happy with it.

Here's where the kitchen started.....(we lived with that for wayyyyy too long)

And this is where we ended..... It was a fun room to do, though we did it on a small budget. The island was a $100 find on CL, and then we got a butcherblock top for it. The display piece is actually a Christophe Lowell office armoire, which houses my pc and files, also from CL. And the table was another $100 CL find! The sink and cabinet hardware if from IKEA.

Costa Esmeralda granite on countertops (I LOVE this!)