Monday, April 16, 2012

Throw Some Pillows on Me, oooh, in the Name of LOVE!

Like my li'l Def Leppard influenced title? They're a little before my time, but mmmm, I love me some Joe Elliot. Since I'm not gonna go on about Def Leppard (and how much I LOVED their Crossroads with Taylor Swift!), let me show you my new addition to my living room!


After making my first pillows/pillow covers for the slipper chairs, I realized that throw pillows really DO add something to a room! Who'd have known that every. single. designer. was right?

I'd pointed out that I was using pillows from my window seat in my living room, but that was only to test if it would be worth the effort of having throw pillows. I totally underestimated my family, and figured that the pillows would be abused, thrown on the floor, and just left messy! They all did a great job keeping the pillows on the sofa (not necessarily neatly, but they weren't all over the living room!). So I figured it was time to give it a "go" and make some pillow covers!

The fabric that I'd used is from the Waverly Modern Essentials collection. The left one is called Pom Pon Play in Spa,  and the right one is Button Blooms in Spa. I first fell in love with the Pom Pon fabric when I saw it used here as chair upholstery fabric (seriously, look at the comments!), but it's always been sold out online! Finally, it was in stock AND on sale!


I bought both at JoAnn's, when all Waverly fabric was 50% off, and they had an additional 15% off your entire purchase coupon. Altogether, I got 1 1/4 yards of fabric for $14. I haven't seen a pre-made cover that I like even CLOSE to $14, let alone two! And I'm especially loving how the colors play with everything in the room!

Ooh! And my coffee table looks messy because I've been "testing" again! This time, it's to see if baby Goats can leave stuff alone! I have a few photo books that I've gotten for free from Shutterfly, and I really want them out so that people can see 'em when they come over, but I wanted to make sure they'd be safe. So I put a couple out that weren't too sentimental, and, surprisingly AGAIN, things were left mostly alone!


She loves looking at all of the pictures, but she'll bring the books to me so that I can flip through them! YAY! I just need a tray to put them in, so that it looks a bit more organized! Any suggestions on that?



10 comments:

  1. oh. my. gosh. I need those pillows! =P

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  2. Dang it, that fabric which you had to have and I have to have is not available! Would have added some much needed color for my office.

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  3. Okay Ms Gina, I took my happy butt to JoAnn's in person and voila, low and behold, there was that fab fabric in all it's glory on sale! Woot woot! I plan on making a fabric cornice for my office. It has brown walls, which although I like, all the furniture is oak. I've tried to put off white accents, but it needs more color, of course! My hubby is not fond of painting woodwork and most of the oak furniture is fairly new from the last house, so I thought this would help it out! Happy dance!

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    1. Yay! I am SO doing a happy dance for you, too! Actually, I might still be doing it for me! LOL! YAY! I totally know what you mean about needing more color. Some people can do a ton of neutrals really well, but I just LOVE happy colors!

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    2. Hey fellow happy dancer, I did love the other fabric as well, but it had too much white in it and I need off-white. BTW - what's going on with your non-arched doorways these days?

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    3. Ohhhh, everything needs painted. But I just used all of my "project" budget on Easter stuff for the girls (big kid needed a bigger bike, and all the "stuff" that comes with that), so I have to wait... *sigh*. I've decided against doing the faux transoms (for now, I keep changing my mind as to whether I'll do it or not). After this wall's painted (and the hallway that it leads to), I'll just have to figure out artwork/lighting/plant ledge. YAY! Which fabric did you end up getting?

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    4. Oh the suspense of it all, lol! I actually got a fabric that wasn't Waverly and was I believe around $7 a yd. Blues and greens, a paisely. Problem is that I'm a novice at sewing and the sewing machine my friends generously loaned me for almost a year had to be returned this weekend! So.............. I have to go out of the state tomorrow for two weeks for training (work.) When I return, I might just have break down and buy me a sewing machine or this fabric is going to sit there forever! However, I'm impatient and want it done like yesterday! :)

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    5. Oh wait, the fabric I mentioned was the secondary fabric. I did get the Pom Pon Play (not available on-line) which will go on a fabric cornice in the office with the brown walls. The other fabric is for the living room to change the look of the pillows already there. We'll be getting new furniture eventually, but until then....

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    6. Oh my gosh, mail it to me! LOL! I'll make you some pillows!!! I SO know what you mean about "until then.." *sigh* whyyyyyyy does everything have to be "until then..."? I want new couches (the ones I have are nice, but my mom gave them to me, and they're just not my style). Good luck with your work training! Two weeks? Eesh!

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    7. Wish I could mail them to you, but you have your own list of projects, ha! Yes, two weeks, ugh! The socializing will be fun but these classes are long and boring!!!!!! When I get to my cornice board and pillows I'll send/post you a pic! TTFN!

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