Centerpiece Wednesday Linky party on Karins Kottage and other fun posts

By The Style Sisters - Friday, September 24, 2021

Hello my blogging friends! I hope you are all doing well these days.

I love this time of year when the weather starts cooling off and I want to start getting fall decor out!

I have shared some wonderful fall decor ideas on Centerpiece Wednesday Linky party on my Karins Kottage blog.

Hop on over and see their great ideas!

Plus I have been traveling to Italy to check on our Italian Palace and I have been sharing lots of our adventures over there with more posts to come!

Today I have a fun Fashion Friday post all about this cute vintage looking crew neck sweatshirt from Old Navy! I have styled it 3 different ways!

Plus lots of other fun things that have been happening at the Kottage!

Come on over and say Hi!

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Fried Oatmeal recipe

Fried Oatmeal with lemon curd and blueberries and a Linky Party!

By The Style Sisters - Friday, July 16, 2021

Hello friends! Hope you have been enjoying your summer! Wait until you try this yummy breakfast recipe!

Fried Oatmeal with lemon curd blueberries, yogurt and a drizzle of syrup. OH MY GOSH it is so good!

You will never look at oatmeal the same!

Don't forget to pop over to my Linky Party and see all the great ideas I highlighted! Painted placemats, Thrifted tablescape, DIY Food domes and a yummy Chipotle chicken kabob recipe!

Plus here a few other posts you will enjoy!

Easy to make yarn pumpkins

Grilled dinner recipes

Lots of fun Entertaining Parties

Hope you will stop by and say Hi over at Karins Kottage :)

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4th of July Table decorations

How to set a Nautical 4th of July table

By The Style Sisters - Monday, June 28, 2021

Here is fun little video I made showing how to set a nautical 4th of July table.

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What's happening at Karins Kottage

By The Style Sisters - Wednesday, June 09, 2021

What's happening at Karins Kottage

Hello friends I just wanted to pop over here and tell you about what I have been up to over on Karins Kottage blog.

I have been posting a lot about our trip to Italy during covid. You can follow along here or read my latest post all about traveling to the Island of Capri during covid. It was spectacular!

Centerpiece Wednesday Linky party is in full swing! Come on over and check out all the amazing and creative ideas I have highlighted from last week. Including a living wall!

Recently one of my granddaughters turned 3 and threw her a Fancy Nancy birthday tea party! It turned out so adorable and threw it together in less than hour!

It has been really hot and windy here lately so I have been trying out new recipes. You are going to love this Italian sweet bell pepper salad recipe!

Pop over and say hi!

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Weekly Wrap up on Karins Kottage

By The Style Sisters - Saturday, May 29, 2021

Hi Friends! Happy Memorial Day weekend!

I just wanted to give you a quick wrap up on what is going on over on my other blog, Karins Kottage.

First up is my fashion post- How to style a flowy skirt.

I am in love with this skirt that I found on Amazon.

In fact I just ordered another one in red to wear with my blue denim jacket.

Read more about how I styled this skirt here.

More about our Italy trip

We had the opportunity to travel to Italy during covid and it was amazing because there were no tourists! We visited churches, castles and we had a cooking class making pasta!

Traveling on business to check on our Italian palace that we are restoring was magical.

Below is a photo of a castle we visited.

Patriotic Centerpiece Wednesday Linky Party

Also don't forget to pop on over to Patriotic Centerpiece Wednesday Link party! So many fabulous ideas for your red white and blue celebrations!

Come on over to Karins Kottage and say hi :)

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Fashion Friday and lots of other fun posts!

By The Style Sisters - Saturday, April 10, 2021

Hello Friends!

I just wanted to share some of my Fashion Friday posts that I have been doing on Karins Kottage blog.

I have a short waist so I share tips and ideas on how to dress that body type.

Come on over and check out my fashion tips!

How to style denim jacket

How to style flowy tunic with jeans

Pink floral and button fly jeans

How to reupholster a dining chair seat

By The Style Sisters - Friday, March 05, 2021

How to reupholster a dining chair seat easily!

This post contains affiliate links

I love quick easy decorating projects don't you?

I want it fast and easy but I also want it to look fabulous when I am done.

I also don't want to have to buy a lot of new tools either.

That is why I love to reupholster chair seats!

It makes such a huge difference just by changing out a little bit of fabric.

How the chair seats looked before

I have had this same fabric on my chairs for the last 10 years (I have replaced it with the same fabric twice) and decided it was time for a change. The fabric below faded and had lots of stains on it.

You can see what these chairs looked like from the very beginning (faux leather seats) here

Fabric Choice

With our 5 grandkids here all the time I really wanted to find a stain resistant and water resistant fabric.

I found this fabulous outdoor canvas fabric from Fabric Wholesale Direct that hit the mark for both of the things I wanted and needed. This particular fabric is waterproof and has a plastic PVC backing!

I am going to use it to recover some of my outdoor cushions too!! I love that it is also UV Resistant.

Fabric Wholesale Direct has lots of great fabric choices besides waterproof canvas. They also sell apparel fabric, Event decor fabric, upholstery and trims and notions.

I really like the color combination of the turquoise, tan black and white.

It works perfectly for the colors in my Karins Kottage Lake house.

How to reupholster your chair seat

To start your project you will most likely need to unscrew the chair seat from the base of the chair.

There is usually 4 screws.

Once you remove the the screws, the seat just comes right off.

Flip the seat over and remove the staples that are holding the fabric in place.

Tip: We used a flat head screwdriver to lift the staples up and a pair of pliers to remove the staples. Be prepared as there is usually a lot of staples.

Remove the old fabric but keep it to use it as a pattern of how much to you will need to cut from the new fabric.

Lay out your Fabric Wholesale Direct canvas fabric on a flat surface. Lay the old piece of fabric on top.

Cut around the old piece of fabric but add a few inches all around. It does not need to be perfect.

Cut out new piece of fabric for the seat

Stapling the new fabric to the seat

Lay your new cut piece of fabric pretty side down. Lay the seat on top.

Tip: make sure you have your fabric going in the right direction if there is a pattern or words on it.

Staple the fabric on one side of the seat

Begin by pulling the fabric on one side and put in 3 staples. Go to the opposite side and pull tight and staple 3 staples.

Then go to the other two sides of the seat and repeat.

Tip: You can add more staples later to hold the fabric down. This is mainly to hold fabric in place and make sure it is taught.

How to reupholster chair seat corners

The best way I have found to get the corners to look good is to bring in the fabric together almost to create pleats or folds. You really have to use your fingers and gather the fabric to make it lay nicely over the corners. Then staple the pleats.

The unique corner on my chairs is kind of an open square..... if that makes sense. I pull the fabric through the opening really tight. Then I fold fabric on each side to make it smooth and staple.

Trim the excess reupholstered fabric off

You will have some excess fabric and all you have to do is trim it off.

Tip: Make sure to leave the area around the screw holes open. You may have to trim the fabric quite a bit in some areas.

Put the seat back on base of chair

You are almost done! Place the seat back on the chair and use your drill to screw in the screws.

Enjoy your new reupholstered chair seats!!

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Valentine Centerpiece Wednesday Linky party

By The Style Sisters - Wednesday, February 03, 2021

Hello Friends, I just wanted to invite you over to Valentine Centerpiece Wednesday linky party today so you can see all the Valentine Inspo!

So many creative and pretty ideas for Valentine's Day!

Centerpiece Wednesday Linky Party

Really cute Valentine Heart crafts, a Valentine Popper you can make at home and a beautiful Valentine Tablescape done 5 ways all on Centerpiece Wednesday!

Other Happenings on Karins Kottage

A really yummy Funfetti Valentine cupcake recipe! My granddaughter was swooning over hers :)

Live Film Premier about our Italian Palace

Tomorrow our live premier about our Italian palace will be on Facebook at 9AM MST 11AM EST Tune in to see what it is all about! You can read my post about Palazzo Ricci on Karins Kottage here