| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (160 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Slipcover basics. A bit of history ; The benefits of using slipcovers ; Furniture selection ; Choosing the right style cover ; Choosing the appropriate cover ; Making your fabric selection ; Suitable fabrics ; Working with patterned fabrics ; Furniture anatomy ; Measuring ; Yardage requirements ; Specification.s for slipcover construction ; Welting ; Common welt styles ; Passementerie and decorative trim ; Securing the slipcover in place ; Ties and straps ; Tassels ; Closures ; Seat cushions -- Seat and back cushions and covers -- One-piece slipcovers -- Parsons chairs -- Club chairs, settees and sofas. Arm styles ; Cushions ; Seat cushion styles ; Adding a skirt ; Basic skirt styles ; Designing for different shapes and sizes ; Club chairs ; Bergères ; Slipper chairs -- Barstools -- Headboards -- Lampshades. Tailored lampshade covers ; Loose-fitting lampshade covers. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Dress your nest! One of the easiest and most affordable ways to update a room is to add slipcovers to the furniture. In The Home D and eacute;cor Idea Book Slipcovers, interior designer Jackie Von Tobel shares more than 300 slipcover designs to help transform seat covers, cushions, chairs, settees, sofas, benches and lampshades from drab to fab. The book also provides the tips needed in planning the style, design and construction of slipcovers for a home. Jackie Von Tobel is an award-winning interior designer with more than twenty years of experience and a passion for design. She is a leading authority on soft treatment design and construction and travels extensively teaching at various trade shows, schools and design centers across the country. Von Tobel is the author of the groundbreaking book The Design Directory of Window Treatments and The Design Directory of Bedding, and is a member of the IFDA and WCAA, and is certified by the WFCP. She lives in Las Vegas. |
| Subject |
Slip covers.
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Interior decoration.
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DESIGN -- Textile & Costume.
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HOUSE & HOME -- Decorating.
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Decorating.
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Interior decoration. (OCoLC)fst00976327
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Slip covers. (OCoLC)fst01120924
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Slipcovers |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Von Tobel, Jackie. Home décor idea book slipcovers. 1st ed. Salt Lake City : Gibbs Smith, [2013] 9781423620105 (DLC) 2012037729 (OCoLC)810329350 |
| ISBN |
9781461931102 (electronic bk.) |
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146193110X (electronic bk.) |
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9781423620112 (electronic bk.) |
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1423620119 (electronic bk.) |
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