By Kim October 19, 2010
With a very large selection, excellent pricing and service, I highly recommend this store ...read more
By L.K. October 23, 2008
Great service, great products, great prices. Highly recommended!!! ...read more
By Jackie June 06, 2008
If you are looking for anything for your home, this is the place to go. I am so happy with the bedroom furniture that I purchased and am now going back to "My Family" for more to complete my home. You will not find selection and quality like this anywhere else and the owner is the best!!! I will only shop here!!! ...read more
My sister-in-law and her husband have a beautiful purple armchair in their family room. They also have a couple of cats that have taken a liking to this chair. As a result the arms were getting a little worn. She asked me to make some covers for the arms that would be more fitted than just a rectangle of fabric like a lot of arm protectors. She traced the end of the arm and then gave me the dimensions for length and depth. I then made a couple of pairs of covers from the fabric she got from the manufacturer of the chair. They fit nice and snug over the arms and match so well that you don't really notice them. ...read more
By Creations by Celeste August 19, 2016
Sheffield Valance Sheffield valance without jabots My designer wanted a Sheffield valance with no jabots for a client's kitchen window. The stripe fabric was a lighter weight upholstery fabric so the stripes ran from selvedge to selvedge. We chose the wide blue strip for the focal stripe in the flat part and the yellow green one for the horns. The reason for choosing the yellow green stripe was that it had about an equal amount of cream fabric of either side making for a nice looking horn without any other colors showing. Layering the fabrics The contrast fabric was a floral print that was extra from the panel I had made earlier. The only problem was that you could see the floral behind the stripe when you held it up to the light. The only lining that worked to hide this was a blackout lining. It made for a little stiffer valance but was necessary. I layered wrong sides of the blackout lining and the contrast lining and then laid the face fabric right side down. I pinned and stitched and then time to staple to the board. Detail of the top of the valance The designer wanted a 1 x 3 board. I added some batting on the top between the horns to make for a more level top. I cut one of the stripes from the face fabric and lined it up for the dust cover. I think it looks just as pretty from the top as it does from the front. Because of the bulk of the fabric and lining, a few tags from the tag gun were needed to hold the pleats in place. ...read more
By Creations by Celeste July 01, 2016
Dorm Room Chair Covers Front/back cut A client contacted me for some quick chair covers for her daughter's dorm room. The backs of the desk chairs weren't very pretty and clashed with how the girls decorated the room. Ties cut The mom picked up two different fabrics and gave me the chair dimensions. I cut the back and front allowing for ease and also the depth of the chair back. I made sure to center part of the design on each of the pieces. Tube turner I created the ties by cutting 4-1/2 inch strips of the fabric. Didn't have enough fabric to plan for placement of the design but they came out about the same anyway. I then folded them in half, stitched the long edge and then used my tube turner to quickly turn them right side out and press then. Boxing the corner I serged around three sides of the back/front pieces and then stitched them together, catching the ends of the ties in the side seams. I turned up a double 1-1/2 hem at the bottom. Then I boxed the corners to give the piece the depth it need to go over the chair backs. Point press turner I used my point press turner to get nice neat corners when I turned the cover back right side out. Boxed corner detail This is how the finished corner looked and below is the cover on one of my chairs. I'm sure they will look much better on the proper sized chair. Finished cover ...read more
By Creations by Celeste April 09, 2016
Modern decorating style is sleek and clean, with a trendy flair. This particular decor is found in modern urban lofts and celebrity homes. The modern interior decorator knows what's edgy and stylish without losing the great feeling of a home. Tried and true decorating techniques are used in... ...read more
Small living is spreading throughout the world as a way to reduce expenses and to be more Eco-conscious. Small living spaces require a designer to make every bit of space functional. There are several decor ideas for small spaces that incorporate functionality, proper use of space and still maintain a... ...read more
