I've attached a photo of a pillow made from the fabric I'm considering. It's a Calico Corners fabric, but this pillow shows the texture far better than the photo on CC's website.

Dee

Dee ... No, I'm not totally set on the contrast welt. I sort of have this love affair with the idea but have never done it on a piece of furniture because I'm too much of a chicken.

I have sort of an interesting dilemma with this chair and ottoman. I plan to put it on (well touching, not totally ON) a navy area rug and I sort of thought that the contrast welt would help make that all work better. I'm working towards a neutral + navy color scheme (the sofa will be in a sort of light greige tweedy type fabric) so I'd like the chair to be a pattern. But any kind of light-colored area rug is not a realistic option for us. We also like a cozier rug because we do spend some time sitting down there playing with the dogs, etc. Complicating the matter is that we have very light floors (bleached oak) so the traditional seagrass-type rugs generally don't play well with them.

That's all a really long way to say I'm not sure what's best with the welting! :)

I'm attaching a wonky photo of the living room that shows some of hte fixed colors, etc. The floor appears far more yellow than it is in real life and the fireplace is looking more pink than it really is. It's a long, skinny room so it's broken up into multiple seating areas. The area where the rug, chair, etc. would go is at the far end of the room. The gold chair down there is the one I'll be recovering.

Yikes ... I think I just highjacked my own post!

Wonderful room, btw. Is the rug that's there now worn out? In the pic it looks great in the room, but kind of far away to tell. I'd wait on the new rug until you have everything else in.

Daisy, the rug that's there is in great shape (it's a nice wool tufted rug and I think those might never wear out) but it's very French Country-ish, which, having lived with for almost 15 years, I'm oh so tired of.

The rug finally came and it was far lighter in color than I expected, which threw me for a loop (it's called wrought iron but looked in every image I saw of it like a very, very dark navy). Turns out the stripes aren't really white either, more of a grayed oatmeal, which actually match the sofa perfectly. I was hesitant about the whole look for a couple days, but it has grown on me and even though it's "a lot of look" it's one I quite like.

There's more to be done in this room, of couse. A small side table for by the chair (I'm thinking something marble-topped, but the right thing will come along sometime), some art for the corner behind the lamp. I need to sew the second pillow for the couch (I have all the fabric cut, I just need to drag out the sewing machine) and a throw pillow for the chair that is simple but helps carry a color across the room (maybe the burnt orange). The reddish rug you see in the corner of the photo is about to be replaced (lovely rug, just doesn't work in the room now) in a sort of serendipitous swap with my sister-in-law. Maybe a floor lamp or a side table on the other end of the couch ... we'll see where it goes.

Anyway, I hate when you never find out how threads end, so I wanted to finish this one up in case anyone ever comes across it in a search.

I bought a recliner with the same style as your couch, about 4 years ago. More than comfortable. This style seems to be really popular as I am seeing it in many of the decor rooms and furniture sites.. Be aware of the arms near the back. People set their elbows there and it tends to sink the padding down. I had to add extra to even out again.

Thanks so much for coming back with the update!

Not sure if you remember, but we were ordering sofas from Lee at about the same time. Mine is very similar to yours, without the the scalloped back. I'm also thrilled with mine. I just wish I had more time to lounge on it :-)

I've been wanting to slipcover my living room chairs and I'm taking inspiration from your navy and white and might go in that direction.

But enough about me - thank you so much for posting pics. It turned out wonderfully.

And, thank you for taking the time to follow up on your earlier discussion. That is very thoughtful of you, and very useful to see what was eventually decided upon and how everything came out.

Ann