I had quite a productive weekend. I was all about working on my home dec projects. At this point I want it DONE so that I can move on to other things.
The first thing I tackled was my bench (happy bench monday!). Remember this bench? I find it kind of funny how the fabric I recovered it with a few months ago spurred a whole room re-do, and now I recovered it in something else. This was an easy peasy project - unscrew, staple, screw back in. Done. That was motivation enough to move onto the next thing:
The table skirt. I started it last week by cutting out the top and sewing on the cording. A traditional table skirt, made from a big 90" circle would have taken too much fabric, which is why I went with this design. Due to the repeat of the fabric, I had to add a band at the bottom to give it enough length, I like to call this a design feature. I am very pleased with how this turned out. I simply eyeballed the pleats, which is good enough in my book.
Next up was 2 more pillows (pictured is 1 of the 2, sorry for the dark photo). These were made from some left over linen from my dining room curtain panels. I wanted to add a bit of red to help tie in my red sofa with my new blue/linen color scheme, so I added a frame of red linen-like fabric to the center. I'm only 'okay' with these, but I think they'll grow on me.
And lastly, I spruced up the two chairs at the corner table. To continue with my lighter and brighter theme, I started by white washing a pair of old wooden chairs. I then made a simple seat cover by using some left over blue striped linen fabric that I had purchased for sofa pillows. Under the cover is a squishy 16" down pillow form left over from my old sofa pillows. I feel quite thrifty transforming those chairs with stuff I had laying around. I really really really wanted a pair of tolix chairs right here, but $500 vs free? No question!
At one point this weekend I felt like finishing my red quilt, but after all that, I was spent! By Sunday evening I had finished my laundry, done the dishes, had the house fairly picked up, and settled down to watch Mad Men in peace. It was a good weekend, indeed!
**I'll show you the whole room once I get it finished, until then I'll just tease you with bits and pieces!
