The One Piece: Mom?s Blue Velvet Chairs
I grew up in a house full of navy: we had navy silverware, navy plates and even a navy Kitchenaid mixer. The most memorable navy decorations, though, were my parents’ velvet chairs from the 1980s. We moved around quite a bit when I was a kid, but the set was a constant. The chairs were […]
When my mom helped me track down some pictures of the chairs, she and I realized they were in several of our Christmas photos. Together they act as a visual timeline; showing our family growing and changing. The photos above start with me as a toddler in the late 1980s, then came my sister Meredith in 1990 and those glam white-and-blue outfits. Elizabeth was born in 1993, sometime between when the third and fourth photos were taken, and the last picture shows us celebrating one of my brother Gordon’s first Christmases (around 1998).
For more velvety inspiration, check out our roundup of 15 Velvet Sofas To Inspire Your Next Upholstery Project.
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When my mom helped me track down some pictures of the chairs, she and I realized they were in several of our Christmas photos. Together they act as a visual timeline; showing our family growing and changing. The photos above start with me as a toddler in the late 1980s, then came my sister Meredith in 1990 and those glam white-and-blue outfits. Elizabeth was born in 1993, sometime between when the third and fourth photos were taken, and the last picture shows us celebrating one of my brother Gordon’s first Christmases (around 1998).
For more velvety inspiration, check out our roundup of 15 Velvet Sofas To Inspire Your Next Upholstery Project.
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