I have never been a person who is super into home decor or interior design. I've always appreciated it done well and I love a good hipster restaurant but it's not something I've spent my time on. I experienced a sudden change when we bought our apartment though. I realized that we could actually do whatever we wanted to the place. I became a Pinterest person. I searched craigslist every morning before work and I begged my partner to go to mid century modern consignment stores with me. I watched two seasons of Mad Men with intensity. During one intense scene where Don Draper was yelling at someone, my partner looked at me and said "you're looking at the lamps aren't you?"
We finally moved! More importantly, we finally unpacked all our stuff and life is back to normal. I have never been a person who is super into home decor or interior design. I've always appreciated it done well and I love a good hipster restaurant but it's not something I've spent my time on. I experienced a sudden change when we bought our apartment though. I realized that we could actually do whatever we wanted to the place. I became a Pinterest person. I searched craigslist every morning before work and I begged my partner to go to mid century modern consignment stores with me. I watched two seasons of Mad Men with intensity. During one intense scene where Don Draper was yelling at someone, my partner looked at me and said "you're looking at the lamps aren't you?" We are about 80% there in terms of getting our place all finished and imagine that we will be for a good few years. We are now in the stage of doing the little things. Replacing some things, hanging art, etc. Also, making pillow covers for our couch pillows. I went to Spool of Thread and we went through their great selection of quilting cotton to find a nice match. We settled on this mustard and teal geometric print to go with the colours we already had in the room. Looking at the pictures they could maybe be more saturated but I'm happy with our selection. There is not much to say about the construction of these pillows. I bought a metre of fabric and cut it in half for two pillows. I then folded it in half, added a zipper, and then sewed up the side seams. I was originally going to make an envelope style pillow (is that a thing?) where there is just an overlap of fabric in the back you can put the pillow in and out of but I didn't think I had enough fabric. I had these zippers in my stash from a buy a whole bunch of zippers for a dollar sale so this worked. I often see on blogs that the throw pillows look like they have been karate chopped down the centre. Why is this? They look poofier I guess. This is a mystery to me. Here is an obligatory shot. I "staged" our living room for these photos. In other words, I lint rolled the couch for five minutes and moved the blanket and place mats we use to watch TV while we eat dinner. Here is what it usually looks like, but with more cat hair.
1 Comment
K-Dawg
6/1/2014 02:50:38 pm
Bahahah! I enjoyed this one the most, maybe. The details about staging your home were great. Also, I really like that pattern, but it does look a little faint in the pictures.
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
AboutA blog to document my attempts to create a well-fitting wardrobe for myself and my family through sewing and knitting. Archives
August 2018
Categories |