Filed under: Seagrass, slipcovers, designing with what you have –

I got three questions today from people here in DC looking for good local resources. I thought I would throw it out to all of you for help.

The first comes from a designer herself, who is looking for a a local supplier of custom-fitted natural-fiber carpets, such as seagrass, for her own home.

And while we’re at it, she asks, “maybe you could do a post on the best sources for slipcovers, too.  They really are an art form.  The French, Belgian, Swedish look is still really hot … I don’t think that the best sources for these items are as well known here as in some other cities,” she writes.

I would personally LOVE to see a source for slipcovers, because so many of them always look so sloppy. Any ideas for local sources, dear readers? Here’s a nice slipcovered wing chair in Designer Jill Sorensen’s TV room, which she just wrote about on her great blog, Live.Like.You.

I also got a message on Facebook from a friend I grew up with — she and her family just moved into a new house, and the place is, to put it mildly, a blank slate.

“We don’t have the money to buy furniture right now – or spend for a decorator – we will ease into purchases. Any ideas on a design type who can do a quick ‘work with what you have’ furniture tour? And maybe some color consultation? It’s looking a little antiseptic in here!” She writes.

Please write to me if you have answers to any of these reader questions, and I will dutifully pass them along in another post. Thank you all in advance.