JEM Fabrics Update

Just a little PSA today for my fellow New Yorkers: JEM Fabrics, one of my very favorite sources for super affordable velvets and trim (where I bought <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2012/01/custom-black-out-roman-shades.html" target="_blank">this trim</a>), is closing its doors this month. :( I'm so, so bummed for the very nice people that run the store (and also for myself).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_0655.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%205/IMG_0655.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_0665.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%205/IMG_0665.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3535.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%205/IMG_3535.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />For the next two weeks they are selling everything at a deep discount, including furniture they had downstairs in the upholstery section. I stopped by yesterday and bought five yards of this laminated black linen (above) for a dining chair project and I also ended up buying this vintage tufted sofa for $100.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3537.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%205/IMG_3537.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3539.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%205/IMG_3539.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />I don't need it, but it's comfy, and I've never been known to turn down a good piece of tufted furniture. I'm thinking it'd be pretty amazing reupholstered in a distressed black leather (I spied something perfect at <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-new-leather-source.html" target="_blank">my new leather source</a>). In the end, it might look a little something like this <a href="http://bit.ly/11aAzOW" target="_blank">Dwell Studio Chester sofa</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo 92e6e86ba8fd37f023e1056603c74087.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%205/92e6e86ba8fd37f023e1056603c74087.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://www.sfgirlbybay.com/" target="_blank">via SFgirlbybay</a></i></div><br />I passed on this gorgeous down-filled Baker camelback, which I'm regretting a bit. One of you should snag it though (also $100).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3530.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%205/IMG_3530.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I think it could look a bit like <a href="http://bit.ly/10OcPhZ" target="_blank">the Anthropologie Ditte</a> with a new upholstery job and a set of pretty <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2012/04/jazzing-up-cheap-chairs.html" target="_blank">brass caster cups</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo 24347510_038_f.jpeg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%205/24347510_038_f.jpeg" /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: start;">I did end up buying 15 yards of this gorgeous deep blue-green-gray mohair to reupholster my <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2011/04/layering-floral-pillows.html" target="_blank">LEE roll-arm sofa</a>. So, so excited for that to happen. </div><div style="text-align: start;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3756.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%205/IMG_3756.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_3760.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%205/IMG_3760.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>And now that my beloved JEM is going away, I'm feeling sadly short on affordable, interesting velvet sources. New Yorkers, am I missing out on any great places? Mood sometimes hooks me up, but all the other fabric stores in the garment district have left me empty-handed in the past when it comes to velvets. Trade fabrics are great, but sometimes there's just nothing like the hunt for something really one-of-a-kind feeling, you know?<br /><br />RIP, JEM. I'll miss you and your cool, worn painted plywood floors.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo IMG_0664.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album%205/IMG_0664.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div>

JEM Fabrics Update

Just a little PSA today for my fellow New Yorkers: JEM Fabrics, one of my very favorite sources for super affordable velvets and trim (where...

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