Happy Friday friends!! I took the week off from Favorite Things Friday last week & I hated it! I looove Favorite things Friday because it almost creates a tiny mood board for inspiration for me & I hope it inspires you to! Be sure to share you favorites with me to... Favorite kitchen sink. Favorite kitchen sign. Favorite bathroom. Favorite rustic wood tray. Favorite look. Favorite kids room. Favorite cozy bed. Favorite deck area. Favorite deer head. Favorite girls nursery. Favorite messy bun. Favorite reading nook. Favorite house. Favorite quote. Favorite mirror. I hope you guys enjoyed this weeks favorite

Another part of our Living Room "Refresh" was to get new pillows. Since we were looking at adding a bit of citron yellow to our green and cream room, I set out on a mission to add some citron to our pillows. I stopped at JoAnn's to pick up some great fabric for new pillows. I found a great citron and cream swirl pattern that would be perfect in the room. The next step was to find batting. Now batting is not an expensive material, but it's not cheap either, so I had a thought. Making new pillows means that we would have to find a place to store our old pillows. But what if we didn't have to move our old pillows? The fabric that I had purchased was a thick upholstery fabric, thick enough that color would not bleed through or be seen through the fabric. So why not just COVER the old pillows? I purchased 1.5 yards of the fabric for $7.50 - on sale of course! Then started looking for a pattern for a pillow cover. I found a great pattern for a pocket cover, so that we wouldn't need any type of clasp, button, zipper and could be easily moved. So here is the easy step by step! 1. Measure your pillow. Take a flexible tape measure and measure from seam to seam across the top of the pillow, so that it's more of a "circumference" measurement. Be sure to measure it both directions. Our pillows were 20" square. 2. Lay out pieces. The front piece is the easiest. You add one inch to your pillow dimension to allow for seaming the cover together - 1/2" on each side. Because our pillows were 20" square, our front piece is 21"x21". The back comes in two pieces, one slightly larger than the other to account for the flap. You want them to overlap to look closed and finished in the back. I wanted a 3" overlap. Add 1" to each piece for seaming again. The two pieces for the back panels were 21"x12" & 21"x13" (21"x11" would make it JUST meet in the center, because I wanted the overlap I added one inch to one piece and two to the other) 3. I hemmed the exposed edges of the back panels - 1/2" hem (as you can see in the photo above). Then I pinned the entire pillow together, remember to pin the fabric so that the right sides are facing each other. You should be looking at the back of the fabric while you are sewing. I pinned the cover together with the larger flap on the underside of the two flaps, so that it would end up on the outside when turned right side out. Place the pins in about 2" so that you can sew without having to remove the pins. 4. Turn the covers right side out and iron flat. 5. Fill with your existing pillows. We had enough fabric to make a small bolster pillow, and I had some left over batting in the basement from a past project, just enough to fill the small pillow. So for $7.50 and a little hard work, this was the finished product. They are so bright and cheery and will make a perfect addition to our final Living Room Refresh. What do you think? This project is easy enough for anyone to accomplish!

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I’ve been ready for this one. And I think you guys are ready for the full reveal! A few months ago, we decided it was time to give the dining room a complete overhaul. While we loved our furniture, it was the first set we purchased when we were married. This means two things…it has […]

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It took me exactly 34 minutes to avoid the advertisements, look at the ONE featured home and enjoy the pictures of the beautiful MODULAR built green home {it was built in the middle of NYC ya'll!} in the current issue of Country Living magazine. C'mon shelter mags - beef up your content.....pretty, pretty please? With sugar on top? Lately, I have noticed a huge movement to more acceptance of flea market style in home decor. Is it a sign of our times? Of our need to be 'green'? The Country Living home had lots of nods to incorporating flea market finds and other accessible {not just "to the trade"} accessories and fabrics. Are the design gods finally getting the message? REGULAR PEOPLE LIKE TO HAVE BEAUTIFUL HOMES TOO, AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PAY SOME SNOOTY DESIGNER TO GET IT! And looky here people. The Barn has lots and lots of vintage goodies and vintage inspired {although made in China} goods in their recent catalogs......and I am not saying there is nothing wrong with shopping at The Barn {I am guilty of doing it more often than I care to admit}, I am just saying that for a little bit of work and some good flea marketing or thrift store shopping YOU can get the look for less. I recently scored a vintage grain sack for $25.00, much less than these beauties..... And this glass pedestal that The Barn is selling all vintage-y styled out.....I urge you design loving people, go to your local thrift store, flea market or garage sale and you can score something similar for alot less! And lastly, see these old-looking frames fashioned into jewelry holders? The Barn has them priced $29-$49! Now, I know you are creative and could score a frame at the thrift store and make one yourself and feel so much better for having done so! And lastly, have you been watching the new Nate Berkus show? I have caught only a few episodes but Nate is a man after my own heart {if only!}.....he loves a good flea market! I love that he is a designer who knows that incorporating something with history ultimately makes your house a home. Have you seen the lucky Meg Fairfax Fielding of the Pigtown Design blog on Nate's show? Meg has appeared on a couple shows and shown not only how to shop thrift, flea markets and tag sales, but this week showed how to host a tag sale. Are you seeing what I am seeing?

Now on to the part of this series I’m most excited about…the fun stuff! The best advice that we’ve received (and that we’re putting into practice) when it comes to considering resale potential is to go classic with the big stuff and infuse your style into the small stuff. I know our decision to do open shelving throws a bit of a kink in that concept, but it’s a kink we’re okay with. We’re really having fun with the details of the kitchen, ones that can be easily changed. With this big white box we’ve created, I knew I wanted a furniture type island that stood out rather than a traditional built-in type that matched the cabinets and counter tops. I love the furniture as island idea because it stands out from the rest of the kitchen. But from a resale perspective, it’s awesome because you can just move it […]

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