Are you getting sick of the toy room yet?
Well, if you are, there is good news for you. It is pretty much completed. Not that I won't probably add things in the future...because I most likely will.
That is how I roll.
But, just to get you up to speed...
I bought this "couch" to use in the toy room. It sits low to the ground so I thought it would be good for kids. Problem? Where do I begin. It didn't have a cushion or a cover. I figured it wouldn't be that bad to make one myself. That is the problem with wanting to do something yourself....sometimes it doesn't work out quite how you planned. I figured that I would go to the fabric store, buy some foam, make a cover and we would be set.
Do you have any idea how expensive foam is?! Spendy stuff.
So I did what any normal person would do, and I deconstructed our couch and used the foam.
Ok, so most people don't do that. But I did, and it saved me a fortune.
Then I got to problem number two: No cover.
Thankfully, I am handy with a sewing machine so I wasn't quite so nervous about this part. I was mostly concerned about how expensive the fabric was going to be.
Hancock Fabric here has fairly inexpensive upholstery material so I found some there. I then made a pattern out of paper so that I could get the curve of the couch correct.
It took me about a day to complete the cover. I was pretty happy when it was done, but wished I had made the zipper opening a little larger. Trying to get that cushion in ended up being more hassle then I would have preferred.
Since the back of the couch is wood spindles I opted to make some over sized pillows with some fabric that I found at an estate sale.
I also finished up my hand stitched flower pillow, complete with pom pom fringe. I just couldn't help myself.
I have to tell you a secret. I am having a small love affair with Mid Century Modern furniture. I want to buy it all and fill our house.
But I will tell you something else,...it ain't cheap.
I really wanted a cabinet to put in the kid toy room so that I could put the kids legos in drawers and something to hold the kids books. I had been looking at estate sales and the DI but I hadn't had any luck.
I had this cabinet that I had painted with chalkboard paint, but I didn't really love it.
I actually hardly liked it, but it worked.
It is hard to argue with something that serves a purpose, when you don't have anything to replace it with.
Sometimes patience pays off.
And sometimes it pays off in the form of a $25 dollar dresser.
Funny side story: We bought the dresser for $25 from an estate sale. I couldn't have been more pleased. It came with a mirror that matched it. Because the dresser is right underneath a window I had no purpose for the mirror...so I sold it...for $30. Then, because I had no use for the black cupboard, I sold that for $20. I am going to call this dresser a win.
Especially since this is the same dresser! Crazy!!
With the new dresser, the couch got repositioned to a different wall. I much prefer it to the older set up.
Blake put up some baseboards right before company came for Thanksgiving. It is impressive how much nicer a room looks with baseboards.
Ya'll ready for this?
Finished!
...well...for now anyways...
