by Wendy Scheel | Nov 16, 2015 | Business
Customer service is a big part of my business. It is also the part I enjoy the most. Okay, customer service and fabric shopping tie for most enjoyable. 🙂
With Etsy, if you like something in my shop but don’t see a size you need or if you would like to have something customized, there is the option of sending me a “conversation” so we can work together.
I have made several pillow covers, a table runner and coasters for a customer from Michigan. Then they sent me a conversation asking if I could make them a custom bench seat cushion.
Of course! was my immediate response.
It was so fun to make something different and stretch my sewing skills.
I heard from Justin last week that they had received the bench seat cushion and how much they were enjoying it!
I was so happy they were happy.
Justin also sent a picture showing where they had put the seat cushion.
How cute is that! They picked a four inch foam cushion with blue and white cotton ticking stripe fabric that had matching piping around the edges and a zipper on the back.
But wait…what really caught my eye was the antique level they hung on the wall as a place to hang their coats. How cute it THAT!
So I got to thinking. I wonder how the pillow covers look and the table runner they wanted for their 9 foot French farmhouse dining table?
I contacted Justin to ask if he could send me pictures of the other items they had purchased.
He graciously agreed.
And attached this note with the pictures.
Hi Wendy, Sure you are welcome to blog about us if you like 🙂 We recently moved into our house in March and had Claire in June. We live in Birmingham, MI, a suburb of Metro Detroit. Julie is an OBGYN and I’m an engineer in the auto industry. We’ve been rushing to get everything ready for Claire’s arrival and to get the finishing touches done. We’re very busy, so we really appreciate the ability to work remotely with you. Have placed several orders already, it’s great to have a source that we can trust. My wife and I both work and are busy with daily activities. Your quick support has been a great help. Let us know if you’d like any more specifics! Have a great day!
JT, Julie and Claire 🙂
Justin and Julie designed and decorated these rooms themselves. Beautiful. Job well done!
And that safe as a coffee table…speechless.
Thank you Justin for sharing. 🙂
Wendy
by Wendy Scheel | Oct 9, 2015 | Home Tour
As the Home Tour continues, we travel upstairs. These stairs, all 17 of them.
At the top of the stairs to the left of the dresser, you can see light shining thru from my son’s bedroom. Jack is 17 and I believe that any parent with a teenage son can agree that no one wants to see that room. 🙂 But if you really want to all you have to do is take every piece of clothing you own and throw it on the floor. Walk on these clothes for several days, add some bowls with dried up cereal in them and add some tossed about wet towels to complete the picture.
That picture will not make an appearance on this blog. 🙂
Moving past Jack’s room and on your immediate left is the guest bedroom. I will share that part of the tour later in the month. Continuing down the short hallway is a bathroom on the right and then straight ahead and up two little steps, we enter my sewing room/studio.
I love this room. The previous owners originally used this area for storage and then updated it to be a media and exercise room. Now it has found its third purpose.
The window in the front faces West and the afternoon sunshine is glorious.
I have a large table in front of the window that holds my sewing machine and serger machine. The area behind that is my cutting table.
I debated cleaning and organizing every inch of the studio prior to taking pictures. But the thing is is that it never looks like that. There are always 2 or 3 projects going at the same time so in reality the studio is one big area of organized chaos. 🙂
Lining the wall are industrial racks and barrels of fabric. My Dad made me the black horizontal racks. Makes the room look so professional. Love it.
And finally, between the industrial racks, I have rows of finished pillow covers. These are covers that were made and then photographed to be listed in the shop. I offer several different sizes of covers so typically orders are filled when they are placed. These covers are just waiting for someone to order their size. 🙂
That is the sewing room/studio. I hope you enjoyed the tour!
This weekend in Minnesota is going to be unseasonably warm. Yahoo!!
I will share with you tomorrow on the SideNote Saturday post the outside item that won me over when we were considering buying this house.
Have a great weekend!
by Wendy Scheel | Sep 26, 2015 | Quick Thoughts, Sidenote Saturday
Wade and I went to yet another Estate Sale. I like to go on the last day when they typically list everything at 50% off.
Estate Sale + 50% off = things I never knew I needed. 🙂
So I made a change. A décor change within 24 hours of Spencer taking The House Tour 2015 photos.
This….
Now looks like this….
With this right around the corner….
Luuuv it!
I will have Spencer take better pictures next time he comes to the house, but I was so excited to share.
So I did!
Have a great weekend! See you on Monday. 🙂
by Wendy Scheel | Sep 21, 2015 | Home Tour
These 11 windows face toward the lake bringing in so much wonderful seasonal color. These are the windows from outside that I shared on The Home Tour last week.
Walking into our house thru the front door, here are those same glorious windows.
So much light all year around.
Now let’s look at some room details.
I love to change and update my décor often 😉 and this paint color is very forgiving which leaves a lot of decorating palate options. The wall paint color is from Sherwin Williams and is called Hopsack. During different times of the day, the color can look tan or gray or even have a rusty brown tint to it.
I also gravitate towards big and chunky furniture. Before I bought this set of light colored nail head love seats, I had brown leather sofas and chairs. I kept one of the leather recliners to fill the smaller space in front of the windows and sold the rest of the set.
Remember how we love to go to Estate Sales? The trunk in the pictures above is from the estate of Charles Schulz. I was hoping that when I opened it there would be original drawings of Snoopy and Charlie Brown, but no such luck. 🙂 The wooden top, rattan sides and metal band details were in such excellent condition, that Snoopy or no Snoopy, this piece was coming home with me. 🙂
Since the living room and dining area and kitchen are all one big room, I used this piece to transition from the living room into the dining area. I love this piece and it holds a great story.
My Dad is a retired elementary principal. Several years ago his school was auctioning off obsolete pieces that were used in the library. I wish I had a before picture of this library card catalog. It had 3 or 4 layers of thick yellow latex paint all over it, even the hardware. My parents had someone from their town refinish this piece for me. Under all of that paint was a handsome maple wood. Since it sits in between the living room and dining area, I use it to store my collection of cloth napkins.
I will wrap up this tour with some shots of the various items that I have used to decorate this space in our home.
Enjoy! See you on Wednesday to take a look at the kitchen/dining room area.
by Wendy Scheel | Sep 18, 2015 | Home Tour
Spencer came to the house last weekend to shoot my home tour pictures. As always Spencer did an over the top shoot. What seemed like him “just” pointing and shooting his camera is the reason he is my photographer of choice. There is no “just” about it. He sees things differently through his lens.
Before he leaves for the day, we quickly review the photos he has taken and then he asks the question if he missed anything.
Ummm….no. Never. In fact I don’t even see about half of those things in the pictures.
I see this house 24/7. I love my house but now I love my house after seeing it thru someone else’s eyes.
Let’s begin our tour. We will start outside.
These pictures are self-explanatory so I will let you view them with limited interruption. 🙂
THE FRONT OF OUR HOUSE
THE LAKE SIDE OF THE HOUSE
THE LAKE/BACKYARD
Next week we will look at the kitchen and family room.
Maybe I will be more descriptive.
Maybe I will add music to the post.
Maybe I will just let you look around. 🙂
Have a great weekend. See you Monday!
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