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apartmenttherapy.com - 3/19/2009

What Untraditional Fabrics Do You Use?

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We're always thinking about how to use textiles that were designed for other purposes in our home decor. We found this white vintage stool in the photo above, at Boomerangs in Jamaica Plain for $20. It came with a gnarly yellow vinyl seat cover. So we used our trusty upholstery gun to ...

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