Fall Friday

Happy Fall Friday!!

 

 

Hope you are having a great week.  To start off Fall Friday I am going to share a super easy & FREE Fall pillow I made this week.  I was going thru my scraps of fabric looking for some Fall fabric I could use on my front porch.  I guess it was my lucky day..I not only found fabric but I also found enough burlap to make an accent pillow.  So this is what I created...

 

 

Since I do sew & quilt I thought I would make a pumpkin applique...it took about and hour to create and no..I don't have a machine that does applique for me I did it the old school way.  More on that  another day...

Here is the full finished pillow.

 

Since I don't do zippers...yet I just made a flap so I could easily change it out for Winter.  I also have a friend that is making my other Fall pillows..they will be here soon so I will post and updated photo with all of them soon.

I hope to have my porch decked out for Fall by the end of the weekend..so stay tuned to the Fall Porch post.

I would love to hear what you have been working on for your home.

 

Hope you have a great weekend.

 

 

Julie


Update:  I got my Fall pillows for the bench...this is how is looks now!!  LOVE!!





Are you Ready for Fall?

 

 

 

 

Are you Ready for Fall?

 

I am!!  I have been getting some great inspiration from Pinterest..if you are not following me yet click on the Icon at the top of the page.  Today I am going to show you a few things that I have on my TO DO list for Fall....

 

 

I want to make one of the topiary above for my front porch!!

 

Also LOVE the idea of the big pillow on the bench...

or this one is cute too..

 

I am working on one that is a cross between the two...stay tuned it will be featured in my next post!!!

 

 

Starting on Friday Sept. 13, 2013 I will have a Fall Feature Friday..

I will either post about projects I am working on or inspirations.

 

 

Hope you are having a great week!!!

 

Talk to you soon &

Happy Decorating!!

 

 

Julie









 

Cottage of the month....one day?

 

Cottage of the Month

 

Some of you may already know about the

Cottage of the Month feature that Jennifer does on

The Painted Cottage site...if not you Have to check it out

 

http://theoldpaintedcottage.com/pages/cottagemonth_enter.htm

 

Jennifer also has a Blog

 

http://www.theoldpaintedcottage.blogspot.com/

 

This Month..my Blog Friend Kris's Beautiful Cottage is featured!!!

I was SO happy & Excited for her when I saw the feature!!!

 

Check out her Cottage here..

 

http://theoldpaintedcottage.com/pages/cotm.htm

 

Also check out Kris's Blog here...

 

http://www.junkchiccottage.blogspot.com/

 

Kris also has a Facebook page for her Blog..

 

Here are a few of my favorite photos of Kris's Cottage..via

Junk Chic Cottage Blog

 

Laundry Room:

Flowerbed..

 

One of my FAVORITES is the Kitchen!!!

 

 

See..I told you her Cottage was WONDERFUL!!!!

Take the Tour on The Painted Cottage Feature for more photos!!!

 

 

One Day I HOPE my Cottage will be featured...I have a LONG way to go...

 

CONGRATS Kris!!!!

 

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4th of July..Inspiration

 

4th of July..Inspiration

 

 

 

 

I am sure by now you have started decorating for the 4th of July too.  Well I have found some cute ideas that I would like to share with you...I will post my personal décor later this week.  I have been sick for a few days so today my post will be inspiration photos...

 

From Pinterest..of course.

 

LOVE the porch from Common Ground blog...read about it here



http://www.commonground-do.com/2012/06/vintage-inspiration-94-patriotic-party.html

 

 

 

This is a super cute pillow idea too...sorry but there was no link on how to make it.  It looks pretty easy though.

 

Looking for a cute/festive idea for your mantle?  Check out this one...

 

 

 



http://www.landeeseelandeedo.com/2012/06/4th-of-july-mantel.html

 

Or a wreath for your door?

 

This one is on Etsy..but there are a lot of sites that show how to make burlap wreaths like this one...just add the 4th of July décor.

 

 

Need party ideas....

 





http://blog.thecelebrationshoppe.com/2012/06/18/patriotic-party-finds/

 

And there are endless amounts of cute printables...

 



http://itswrittenonthewalls.blogspot.com/2012/06/13-get-your-4th-of-july-subway-art-here.html?m=1

 

 

So what are you working on? 

Here is a sneak peak of my porch....

 

Happy decorating.....stay tuned for more photos of my 4th of July décor.

 





It all started with a chair....

 

 

It all started with a chair...

 

Well it was not just ANY chair...it was Miss Mustard Seeds Chair.

Yep, it even made it to the cover of her Wonderful book..Inspired You. 

That was the first chair I had ever seen covered in a grain sack.  She also has another one...

And its just as wonderful as her wing chair!!! 

As soon as I saw these chairs I knew that one day I would have a chair covered in the inspiration fabric!!! 

As most of you already know..I'm an Interior Designer so when this fabric sample came in I fell in LOVE with it and knew that was going to be THE fabric!!!

It's made by Golding Fabrics.  It is not authentic grain sack fabric but it's pretty darn close!!  And it was the prefect shade of red & would look great with our existing furniture & our new drapes.

So here is the great reveal....

Perfect..right?  Well the wing back had great 'bones' but needed a make over!!  Here is the before & after...

As you can see it needed new fabric & cushion...but it also needed new seat decking and one wing was really loose.  I did not recover it myself...I had it done.  They did a wonderful job too. 

It's all in the details....

Yes...there are 3 covered buttons on the seat deck..under the cushion.  LOVE it..

Yes, one day I would like to learn how to recover furniture but I knew I didn't want to try it with this chair..But Miss Mustard Seed does recover her own furniture!!!  Check out her post..

 



http://missmustardseed.com/2013/02/grain-sack-chair/

 

She is a true inspiration!!!  Oh, and by the way her book is wonderful too!!

 

Here is the overall look....

 

It is now my favorite spot in the family room.

It's so much fun to see the inspiration become real life!!! 

What projects are you working on?

 

Have a great weekend!

Julie

 

Making Progress...

 

Making Progress....

 

 

Good Morning!!!  I know it's been awhile since my last post...I have been taking baby steps on my porch progress.  In my last post I told you about my new bench...which I really do love!!

 

And here it is "dressed up"...kind of. ;)  If you follow me on Facebook...you know I have been on the search for cottage style outdoor pillows...which by the way is VERY hard to find.  Our porch is covered but still gets a lot of sun and I know for a fact fabrics fade there pretty fast!  Ugh!  So I went with outdoor rated fabric so the pillows would last longer out there. 

Here was my original choices...all the black/off white were not outdoor fabrics. Bummer...it was the style I wanted but didn't want to make the investment just to have them fade after one season.

 

 

But after further investigation I found out that the red/cream buffalo check was water proof & seems to have a coating on it..maybe it's kind of outdoor fabric??  Well I have decided to add it to the mix..I will be making 2 more pillows with the buffalo check to go in front of the damask ones. 

I am still working on accessories especially at the end...where the red child sized chair is..I need some height. Please let me know if you have some ideas for this space.

 

Also in my last post I wrote about wanting to make a tiered planter.  Well I used what I already had...

 

It's not perfect but it was free...next year I will change it up but for now it works.

 

 

Hope you have a great weekend!





Ready for Spring?

 

Are you Ready for Spring?

 

Sorry I have been MIA..but I have been getting our porch & patio ready from Spring.

 

Here are a few photos of what I have been working on out on our patio..

It's not a lot but its a start!  I will be taking more photos as I add to it.

 

I do have a project for the weekend...I will be adding color around my fountain in our front flowerbed.

 

 

I will add white, pink & purple..any suggestions are welcome.  Keep in mind I am in Texas so heat is a big factor & its part shade.

I also want to recreate a planter like this...with a cottage twist of course!

 

Will post photos once mine is done. :)

I am also working on getting fabrics together for pillows on my new porch bench....

 

I found it online at Wal-Mart for $139!!  Its a 3 seat bench too so it will work great on our long porch.  Will keep you posted on the fabrics...

 

Also stay tuned to my Spring/Summer Outdoor Contest...

 

Have a great day!!