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DIY: Owl Pillow

March 18, 2011

The pillow remix continues. Here is another piece that is transforming the living room. MATERIALS:Freezer PaperSolid Color FabricPatterned FabricThreadFiber Fill (or any material to stuff your pillow)Craft KnifePencilIronPaintPaintbrushSewing PinsNeedle/Sewing MachineScissors STEP 1: DrawSketch a silhouette onto your freezer paper. Be sure to sketch your image on the matte side of the paper. I loved this […]

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Bookshelves: Living Room Update

February 24, 2011

The power of a can of paint and the rearrangement of stuff… I cannot tell a lie, it also involved the amazing power of Mr. Smyth’s painting skills on his day off. The gray has covered a green that was not doing the room any favors. Rearranging the books by color also gave the bookshelf […]

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DIY: Bird Pillow

January 22, 2011

Materials:– Background Fabric– Silhouette Fabric (I also used this for the piping and the backing of the pillow to create a frame, if you decide to do the same be sure to buy the quantity you will need.)– Wonder Under (paper-backed fusible webbing)– Handmade stencil– Cording to create Piping (optional)– Thread– Scissors– Pencil– Sewing Machine– […]

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The power of knobs…

January 15, 2011

The clutter fest is over. My initial hope for our television’s home was to have an industrial beauty. After looking around craigslist and quite a few junk shops, I came to the realization that this is quite a specialized piece. So I headed where anybody looking for a reasonably priced piece a furniture would go, […]

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Color Me Yellow

January 14, 2011

Is there ever really enough yellow in the world? Here is the chair that inspired it all. The fact that I now own this chair is a little bit of a miracle in my eyes. The universe came together in a beautiful way: our dear friends gifted their old chair to us a couple months […]

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