Departing from the usual garden theme of this blog, let’s go back to a  Spring post when the “Before” pictures of the Vreelandesque sofa and the antique French chairs were posted  and  about to be sent to the upholsterer.

I am not a follower of trends, but I am inspired by new design and ideas.  

The fresh clean lines of  many admired rooms , finally gave me the push to reupholster, and after too many weeks – ok months! – the final outcome:

Now must source some fabulous antique textiles  for pillows.  Something on the order of

this fabulous handwoven textile!  A really fabulous blog for inspiration on textile is stylecourt.blogspot!