On Wednesday, we were so thrilled to style a table at Anthropologie with Holly Heider Chapple Flowers. Holly taught a wonderful Mother’s Day DIY vase class while we styled one of the tables with her gorgeous floral arrangements, our vintage china and flatware, and some of Anthropologie’s lovely tabletop accessories. We’ll have some professional photos later from Anne Robert Photography, but for now, here is a sneak peak.

Thank you again to Holly, Anne, and Anthropologie for letting us be a part of this fabulous event! I never thought I’d be able to say I styled a table at Anthro–everyday great things are happening around here. Thank you to everyone who made this thrilling day possible!

I generally don’t shy away from taking on a challenge, especially when it comes to taking on a new project because I never know where it will lead.  So when a wedding planner called a couple of weeks ago and asked for cream wingbacks, I told her, “welllll, I do have to wingback chairs that I’ve been meaning to reupholster…”  The catch: she needed them in four days.   When there is a will, there is a way.

Old suede upholstery on this wingback…ready to get removed

So I worked on them day and night with my assistant, adding new padding, tufting, fabric, piping, and nail head trim.  Yes, it took me staying up 36 hours straight to finish them before the wedding, but we got them done and I’m thrilled with the results!

I’ve learned that sometimes I just have to dive in because, as in life, if I’m always worrying about not knowing exactly how to add the piping or how to secure the tufting, I’d never start a project and never get to the result.  Sometimes it’s about learning as you go along on uncertain journeys and sometimes we are lucky enough to get beautiful nailhead wingbacks at the or a vintage rental business at the end.

Yes, I have been noticeably absent from the blog in the last few weeks because the Something Vintage staff and Ihave been working so hard to prepare our inventory for wedding season—specifically upholstering all the dining chairs and painting some of them white. Needless to say, we have been busy but loving every minute of it! I know how much effort couples put in to choosing wedding decor and I want to make sure that each chair is lovely and is something that I’d want in my home or at my wedding. So there was a lot of re-doing upholstery cushions to make sure they were just right. I think they came out great!

I was so honored to come with Anne Robert (of Anne Robert Photography) to shoot the legendary Matthew Robbins Design in action at his NYC studio for Style Me Pretty.  Obviously, I am not a photographer, I was just tagging along to help Anne and to get inspired to by Matthew’s incredible eye for designing florals and tablescapes.  He just published a new book that you can find at Amazon and at Anthropologie stores.   It turns out that we share a love for vintage finds as he uses eclectic pieces in the majority of his tablescapes…and of course I am obsessed with this!

Matthew, Anne, and I

I love how he arranged his containers by color on his shelves and had beautiful flowers mixed in for pops of color.    I love how he arranged his containers by color on his shelves and had beautiful flowers mixed in for pops of color.

Check out all of these silver containers!  And I thought that I had a lot of silver…

This is one of the vignettes he created for the shoot.  The paper is from vintage velvet ribbon.  It is such an ingenious addition!

Our colorful heels and flowers

Thanks again to Matthew Robbins and his awesome staff for a wonderful shoot and day in NYC.  It was such an honor to work with you and with Anne Robert.  Hopefully, Something Vintage can expand to service NYC in the near future.