Welcome, week. Here we go again. Time to make the bed.
All weeks begin here. Coffee time + a nice, solid to do list.
The best Mondays start with some good old-fashioned scrubbing. Gets the blood flowing, and makes everything else on the to do list seem easier. Plus housework is supposed to keep you honest,* right?
Yours truly,*
Filed under House & Home.
We did it! We made the upholstered headboard! Granted, it’s lying on the floor in the office – but I’m going to call this a win even if it isn’t on the wall quite yet.
A few months ago, we decided to go the route of just about every DIY/HGTV program on TV and make an upholstered headboard for our room. I am here to report back: we made it out alive. We are still married.
There are great instructions all over the web for this project. However, I wanted to take the time to round up a few links that helped us out and add a few notes. Some of this is probably just common sense, but this is one of those projects where I think selecting the best materials might be more important than how talented you are with a staple gun. (Although, I’m sure that helps too.)
Here are the links that got us started:
Materials:
Other Notes:
Filed under Fabric & Sewing, House & Home, I Made This.
Our holiday was lovely. I hope yours was too. This is a picture of my niece participating in our most solemn family tradition – the counting of the presents. Ok, she might be a bit young to be counting. Maybe just asking the age old question, “is this one for me?”
We are still relaxing here and soaking up more days where the biggest topic is when we should venture out of our cozy lair to find more food.
We do have some goals this week (selling a couch, painting a room, etc), but it’s nice to know that none of them are rushed. There’s still plenty of time to spend in fuzzy socks. Hope you can do the same.
Filed under Holidays, House & Home.
I know this is a picture that strikes fear into a mother’s heart: the white couch. Truthfully, it strikes fear into my heart too, and I can’t even blame it on children. I am afraid to even think about dirt when walking by it.
I covered it with a blanket before I sat down. (Is that too much information?)
I know, I know. We’ve already had the “what were we thinking?” conversation.
The upside is that it looks like a giant marshmallow or maybe a cloud in Heaven. I promise a better picture of the living room once we get some art on the walls. The lighting in there is tricky right now, too.
Filed under House & Home.
(Ottoman from Brocade Home)
I just got back from JoAnn Fabric’s where I was deadlocked in a wrestling match with several five foot long pieces of upholstery foam. Sure, I may have knocked over a few items. Ok, fine. A few dozen items. And yes, I do think at one point I needed assistance from every single employee in the store. However, I’m going to call it a win, because I made it out alive and no one was maimed (that I know of).
We have decided to go the DIY upholstered headboard route. I nearly fell off my chair when my husband ok’d this plan since I’ve been obsessed with tufted furniture for a long time. (This is probably a sign it’s about to go out of style, huh? If it is, don’t tell me.) That ottoman above from Brocade Home is my ultimate fantasy furniture piece. I was pretty certain tufted headboards weren’t in the “Switzerland” area of our decorating plan. However, my husband was open to it if we used brushed nickel buttons (sure, why not?). We found some homasote board (lighter-weight than ply), and the mounting brackets mentioned in this post at Apartment Therapy. He probably thinks I’m a very efficient person, but the truth is that I have not wasted any time moving this plan into action just in case he changed his mind.
I will report back after I finish battling it out with the foam. You might give me a week or two since we’ve got some wall painting scheduled in there as well. Two words for you: decorating rampage. Look out or you might get tackled by giant foam. That stuff has a life of its own.
Filed under House & Home.
