{"id":34835,"date":"2017-04-04T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=34835"},"modified":"2017-04-04T13:58:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T18:58:14","slug":"easy-way-to-update-cushions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=34835","title":{"rendered":"Easy Way to Update Cushions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have a sunroom that is truly a sunroom.\u00a0 The top is pure glass, and the room gets the afternoon sun.\u00a0 I love it because it reminds me of the many sunrooms attached to country homes that I have seen while bicycling in Great Britain.\u00a0 However, if you are fabric or a rug, the afternoon sun is not so good.\u00a0 What it does to a fabric is brutal.\u00a0 After living here six years, we decided to have a professional apply a sun-blocking film to the glass ceiling, and that is scheduled for this month. However, it will be too late for the existing red ticking fabric that is on our antique wicker sofa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34841\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4107-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sunroom sofa - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4107-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4107-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4107-300x451.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I bought the wicker sofa years ago at an estate auction, and it was old when I bought it.\u00a0 I was crazy about it then, and I&#8217;m still crazy about it.\u00a0 It reminds me of days gone by when people lingered on their porches and sat on the old wicker furniture.\u00a0 The cushions on it are the originals, and they have stood the test of time because I have had an upholsterer make slip covers over the years.\u00a0 I love the current ticking look that it is sporting, but I just can&#8217;t go that route again.\u00a0 I love ticking almost as much as I love gingham, and I feel my house has plenty of both right now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34842\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4109-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sunroom sofa - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4109-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4109-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4109-300x451.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since I am\u00a0 at a stand still on exactly which fabric to select (that seems to be an<a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2017\/03\/21\/i-need-your-opinion\/\"> issue <\/a>this spring), I decided to just purchase a few yards of chambray and and temporarily wrap the cushions this summer.\u00a0\u00a0 I have done it for past Christmas looks using a plaid flannel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34844\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4112-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sunroom sofa - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4112-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4112-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4112-300x451.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The sofa sports tons of pillows anyway, so the chambray will work just fine for this year.\u00a0 And by the way, other temporary covers could have been an old quilt, a large piece of drop cloth, a remnant of designer upholstery fabric, a cotton shower curtain or a queen sized flat sheet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34845\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4115-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sunroom sofa - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4115-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4115-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_4115-300x451.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The big red rug has also been a victim of the sun&#8217;s shine, and it has been taken to Goodwill.\u00a0 (The other side has been used and is also faded.)\u00a0 I have a new rug that really updates the room, and I&#8217;ll show it to you soon.\u00a0 If you would like to see the sun room last spring, go <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2015\/04\/05\/spring-in-the-sunroom\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 To see its fall look, go <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2015\/09\/20\/new-pillow-from-old-sport-coat-in-the-sunroom\/\">here<\/a>, and the Christmas look is<a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2016\/12\/06\/the-tray-and-the-sunroom-go-mad-for-plaid\/\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a sunroom that is truly a sunroom.\u00a0 The top is pure glass, and the room gets the afternoon sun.\u00a0 I love it because it reminds me of the many sunrooms attached to country homes that I have seen while bicycling in Great Britain.\u00a0 However, if you are fabric or a rug, the afternoon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34835"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34835"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34851,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34835\/revisions\/34851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}