i had a few days off last week
so I did a few upgrades to the decor in my life.
Quick, cheap and pretty.
Don't read into that.
Remember that fabric I found at the thrift store? Well, I love it. Just as it is.
So much so that I made up a few throw pillows inspired by the fabric.
Gorgeous, GORGEOUS storm grey-blue LINEN.
$19 a yard.
or, what I paid for it:
50 cents for the yard.
Tip: Go straight to the odds and ends scrap box in the back of the fabric store.
This bit of beauty had 4 scissor cuts running down the middle. Sad.
Not really sad. More inspirational.
Enter the pleat. Nothing wrong with some textured throw pillows.
What else did I find? Beautiful, natural white linen: another 50 cents.
Part of what I loved about the natural linen was that it was the last part of the roll where the fabric makers mark size, weight and eventually sign off on their creation. I love it.
You can buy inexpensive pre-made pillows at the fabric store, in pretty much any size. Or, if you just happen to have some batting laying around and want some special sizes and squish-factor, which I just happen to, that takes the cost down to, yes, $1.00 for 4 pillows. That is something I very much like.
I'm searching for the right bed-side lamp for myself. I like to read at night. I also don't like to shine a giant overhead light... pretty much ever. After living in this house for about 2 years, I still don't have a bedside lamp. What I have been using is a battery powered camping lantern that might be the ugliest and most awkward late-night reading situation ever.
So,
day off + kid movies + minor/temporary/frustrated creativity =
A temporary fix.
And, I might say, not an ugly one.
Yes, yes, those are coffee filters (just one of the millions of ways people use them) and those are battery-powered LED's left-over from christmas and its hanging from a ribbon I happened to have.
that makes this cost... lets seeee... free. $0. Which, for a temporary fix, you just don't get any better.
Well, that was Friday afternoon.
Tuesday was a bucket of die, a leftover can of spray paint and voila:
Sad, old door mat is now a stripey and inviting one. Easy.
A no-longer-bland curtain
and a hanging bottle planter with a sprouting spider plant
(eventually this is going into the office
when I get around to moving that giant furniture... more on that later)
and this is Dani... helping... or just sitting in the shade, being cute.
and this is a quick, super-secret look into future projects:
because what is the best use for a giant mirrored closet door?
outlining new ideas with the man. He's pretty creative too.
go do something!!
-L
