this time it's my profile on the wall in late afternoon.
Monday, October 31, 2011
capture2011 :: no. 215 :: 10.28.11 :: more shadow play
this time it's my profile on the wall in late afternoon.
Friday, October 28, 2011
capture2011 :: no. 213 :: 10.26.11 :: errand day
i usually try to avoid running errands around noon so that i can eat at home (to save money and calories). but on wednesday, i was far from home at the noon hour. i'm not going to lie: i love me some taco bell. who am i kidding——i like fast food in general!
p.s. i was not paid or strong-armed in any way to write this! :)
Thursday, October 27, 2011
operation color and home-sewn pillows
happy wednesday! i'm back to share another living room project. this time it is pillows.
we've been "moved in" to the living room for almost two years, but it has been very bare. when we chose carpet, fireplace tile, and wall color, i didn't have a good vision for the room's color scheme so we played it safe with beigey neutrals on the warm side. add the brown couch and chair and it was total dullsville. the room needed color and life!
the lovely curtains were the "jumping-off point" (sarah richardson, anyone?) for the color scheme: aqua and yellow in addition to greige, white, and brown. so for pillows, i wanted aqua and yellow for sure, and i also decided to add a little pink to make things interesting. i'm so glad ben likes pink!
first, i happened upon a great aqua lumbar pillow at home goods. then i ponied up some credit card points for a few (free!) yards of these two fabrics. i used two old pillows for pillow forms and bought two more down forms from ikea, so my costs were really minimal.
i used this tutorial to sew zippered pillow covers so i can take them off and wash them. (this is also where i sewed the zippers on inside out. oops.)
here's what we ended up with.
we've been "moved in" to the living room for almost two years, but it has been very bare. when we chose carpet, fireplace tile, and wall color, i didn't have a good vision for the room's color scheme so we played it safe with beigey neutrals on the warm side. add the brown couch and chair and it was total dullsville. the room needed color and life!
this was right after we had carpet installed in november 2009. you can call it boring. i won't be mad.
the lovely curtains were the "jumping-off point" (sarah richardson, anyone?) for the color scheme: aqua and yellow in addition to greige, white, and brown. so for pillows, i wanted aqua and yellow for sure, and i also decided to add a little pink to make things interesting. i'm so glad ben likes pink!
first, i happened upon a great aqua lumbar pillow at home goods. then i ponied up some credit card points for a few (free!) yards of these two fabrics. i used two old pillows for pillow forms and bought two more down forms from ikea, so my costs were really minimal.
found here
found here
i used this tutorial to sew zippered pillow covers so i can take them off and wash them. (this is also where i sewed the zippers on inside out. oops.)
here's what we ended up with.
i am excited to show you the next project. it was very time consuming, but it is definitely one of my all-time favorites.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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