Interior Design, & Consulting Services

  Custom Furnishings and Tailored Bedspreads

 

67 Kensington Road, Bronxville, NY 10708

p: 914-346-8786    f: 914-346-8785

PattiOhome@mac.com

   

 

Small Space Decorating Solutions

In every home, somewhere, the challenge exists, of how to make the most out of the space you have.  It’s particularly challenging in apartments when there is not much space to work with!  Less can be more.  Here are some to-the-trade furnishings, and items you can customize, to enhance your home! 

 
 

Upholstery, favorites:

“Thin is in”

These upholstered pieces are so successful due to their trim profile and narrow footprint.  The pitch of a seat is what makes a chair or sofa comfortable.  These pieces provide perfect pitch; they are comfortable no matter your height.  They are from designer resources, to-the-trade, and require COM, “customer’s own material”.   This means you must order through a designer and you must provide the manufacturer with fabric that is appropriate for upholstery. We can order any piece from these to-the-trade resources.

Ginny Tight Back Lounge by Edward Farrell

This small-scale chair is lovely in a living room or a bedroom.  The waterfall skirt lengthens its lines.  It can be ordered with a swivel, which offers flexibility.  A swivel provides “floor plan fluidity”! It can also be ordered with a coordinating ottoman. www.ef-lm.com.

 

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Fabric COM (Customer’s Own Material) Form

 

Tight Back Sofa by Barbara Barry

Here is a favorite sofa from designer Barbara Barry, for Baker. You can see her entire line with Baker, by going to www.kohlerinteriors.com, click on Baker, view collections, click on Barbara Barry.

 

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Fabric COM (Customer’s Own Material) Form

Fanback Wing by Edward Ferrell

Lipstick red, in leather, with nailheads and black boots is best on this tall, thin chair that is all shoulders! There are a million possibilities, but this is the “to die for” combo. Again, the footprint is narrow but the profile makes a big impression. Perfect in front of the fire, at the head of a dining table, or in your new office! It has a matching ottoman. We’ll help you order it in any fabric, but please consider leather in Metropolitan Red or Ruby Red. Ruby has a tad more purple!  See their entire line at

www.ef-lm.com

 

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Ann Chair by Pierre Frey

Most favorite dining chair… this dramatic chair from Pierre Frey is perfect for a foyer, or can be used as a desk or dining chair.  It is a perfect example of a chair creating a stately presence without taking up much space.  It goes up not out! Pierre Frey has a wonderful line, trim and sophisticated! More by Pierre Frey at www.pierrefrey.com   

 

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Fabric COM (Customer’s Own Material) Form  

 
 
Make Your Bed!
     

Custom Bedspreads 

Simple, custom sized bedspreads are the most space saving invention for the bedroom.  They are all but extinct in the mass market.  Manufacturers stopped making them because of all the variables: depth of mattress, depth of box springs, side rails, footboards, etc.  We have found the finest cotton fabrics at extra wide widths (102" to 110”) and have come up with a simple process to measure and order custom sized bedspreads.  Our favorite cotton fabrics have a matte finish and cozy textures.

 

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Custom Bedspreads - Product Info

Custom Bedspreads - FYI

 

 

Upholstered Headboard

An upholstered headboard makes a statement, adds softness to the room, but doesn’t take up much space! Who really has room for a footboard? Adding upholstery to the bedroom makes it more like a living room and in tight quarters every room should feel like a living room! This tailored headboard from Edward Ferrell is a perfect complement to our spreads. (Nailheads are optional.) Use any upholstery weight fabric. We suggest fabrics from Maine Cottage, online at www.mainecottage.com/fabric.aspx. Aside from your fabric, a queen sized headboard, as shown with two lines of nailheads is $3,540 – for a simpler look, no nailheads, $2,500. Shipping is approximately 10% of cost.

 

For more information email us at PattiOshop@me.com

  

Slipcovers for Upholstered Headboards

A great way to change the look of your bedroom without much effort or cost is to pop a slipcover over your headboard and “refresh”.   Our beautifully tailored slipcovers will create a seasonal change, linen for summer, velvet for winter, a color change, or pick a patterned fabric, COM, for a style change.  The upholstered headboard shown is the shape of our slipcovers.  If you currently have an upholstered headboard frame in a simple shape and want to order a slipcover, inquire via e-mail with dimensions and photos.   We have linens and cotton velvets in a variety of colors, and you can also do COM. 

 

A solid linen slipcover for our queen sized headboard is about $650.

For more information and hospitality pricing; e-mail us at PattiOshop@me.com

  

 

Acrylic Antz Chair

What’s a better space saving device than “see through”? The Acrylic Antz chair is a transparent stackable, and the footprint is just 17.5” x 15.5”. The “sit” gives a bit of a bounce, very comfortable. And if you want a set of ten or more, you can have them in a color. How great is that?

www.spectrumwest.net

 

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The Architrac System for Curtains, Drapes, and Shower Curtains

The Architrac system is perfect for ceiling mounted drapes or curtains. 

I use this simple system for window drapes, to hide closet interiors, and

for shower curtains. The Architrac system comes in several weights,

all parts included. 

 

Shower curtains:  It’s particularly useful, slimming, in small

bathrooms to mount a shower curtain from the ceiling.  

When using the Architrac system for shower curtains, you

will need to order extra-long shower curtains and liners.  

You will find fashionable fabric options on the order form. 

 

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Architrac System – Product Info

COM Form - Shower Curtain

 
 

Fabrics: 

There are many upholstery and drapery fabric sources on-line.  Take a look at Maine Cottage, for a selection of fun fabrics, www.mainecottage.com   You can order samples and yardage directly from Maine Cottage.  If you are ordering fabric for upholstery or custom sized drapery let us determine the yardage and order for you.   

 
There is so much more available at retail, than ever before.  But getting custom goods is a challenge, let us know what "small scale decorating solutions" you’re looking for and we’ll see if we can help!