I was shopping at one of my favorite haunts - DownEast last week and I spied some super discounted striped curtain panels. I bought them thinking they might work for a project. When I got home I discovered that they wouldn't work for the project I had in mind, but they looked so great in my living ...
Switching Things Up For Summer With a Turquoise Slipcover!
Do you ever get in one of those cleaning moods? I was in one yesterday and while I was at it I took down my Fourth of July stuff and got out Summer! I love having a couple of different slipcovers for our couch. I have a grey one for Winter and a Turquoise one for summer. Here's what the couch looked ...
My Slipcovered Sectional and a Giveaway!
I spent this summer changing my space from a dark, slightly Tuscan vibe to more of a cottage-y, light-filled look. One of the things I really wanted to do was slipcover my big sectional in my family room. Update - winner has been chosen. It's Melissa Swenson. I wanted to go with white, but ...
Painted Striped Nautical Rug {tutorial}
My family Room/Kitchen Redo is almost done and I'm so excited!! One of the last projects I had to do was find a rug that went in the new space. My new kitchen and family room is a really pretty shade of grey {Sharkey Grey by Martha Stewart}. So I decided to make a slightly nautical striped rug to ...
Fast and Easy Pleated Ruffle Ottoman Slipcover {tutorial}!!
Fast and Easy Pleated Ottoman Slipcover! I recently ordered this pretty blue chevron materialfabric.com. I love the color because it can go in almost any room in my house. I bought this ottoman at a discount store about 15 years ago and for the past 5 years it's been sitting in my ...