Thomas the Cat gets a new room

My sweet friend TW has wanted to update her guest bedroom that also doubles at Thomas' own little haven. This is Thomas....yes...he owns the place...and he only comes out to greet you when he is good and ready...got it!

So, when she was trying to decide what to do she wanted something that could withstand his lounging and rolling around on any surface that he so desired....

decision...

my all time favorite to add in

burlap...

then TW added in some linen, leather, and leopard

also my favorites

TW loved it, I loved it and I am sure Thomas is settling in to the new look just fine...

oh, for the coverlet, she found a mattelasse that is cream on one side and tan color close to the color of the burlap on the other.

We both decided the bed needs one more rectangular pillow right in front of the leather euro shams...

always fun to see something come together after thinking and talking about it for...

um, years...

:)

Mandy

The burlap, linen, leather, and leopard project

I have been busy with a sewing project for a friend....almost done....will take pics of her room soon
So cute!!!

Club Chairs Slipcovered

I rearrange my living room for my Christmas tree. So when Christmas is packed away, I usually change something around. This year I wanted something different to go in the place of where the Christmas tree is set up so ....

I started looking around...

I have had these club chairs since the early 1990's..

at the time, we had moved into a major fixer upper 

so I had to be thrifty when it came to furnishing it.

I found them at a resale store...

I think they were $40 each which at the time was a lot of money...

considering everything else that needed to done in that house....

but they were in great shape, sturdy, very heavy and not a blemish in the upholstery...

but they were a bit..... aged....

wouldn't you say?

I slipcovered them in a fabulous crazy floral...which worked great with my home at the time.....

you can see them here in the background....

now that I am going a little more farmhouse, vintage, cottagey all around different look...

I removed the slipcovers and moved the chairs to the garage....

with all my other projects...

so I had the boys haul them back in to see if they would fit..

well, wouldn't you know!!!

Of course, since this was not planned...

as most of my wild hair projects....

I did not have fabric set aside....

so I started digging around....

they are definitely a marriage of some coordinating fabrics that I had to make work to get them finished.

I used a tone on tone embroidered fabric leftover from my upholstery class, some drop cloth, some burlap and some hemp fabric that was recommended by Miss Mustard Seed here.

I think my color of hemp was more creamy, but ordered from the same supplier.

I will say....it is quite heavy and a little hard to work with but seems to be super durable.

so....here are more pics then you probably want of the slipcovers...

I am loving them...

One side of the cushion I used drop cloth and it just seemed a little...plain...

so I added some jute webbing off to one side...just enough...

on the other side I used the same embroidered fabric that is on the back...

The back, I closed with some big ole fat ties....You can't see them where the chairs are....

but who knows if they will stay here...

;))))

 It would not be right if I didn't thank my family for putting up with my...

"hey I think I will do this right now projects"

because they have to put up with this....

Sometimes...it's the little things...

I crave organization...but I just cannot seem to get there

but every once in a while...

I just can't take it anymore...

love this...

  

and this...

I stared at this for about 3 months thinking...yeah...I need to do something about that...

this is beside my bed

I plug my phone in,  my bedside chandelier light switch plug...yes, they are cute...need to show you sometime...

alarm clock...which I loathe, my body needs to wake up on it's own...

I think that would relieve some stress

anyway...here is what I did...on the back of my bedside table I measured with tape for the screws to hang the electric strip

then added these little 3M picture hangers to hold the cords on top of the bedside table...

Pushed it all back against the wall and said

aaaahhhhhh....so much better...

I do have bedding....it was in the washer....

another little thing....

my oldest is in an apartment at college for the first time this semester...

it was a last minute decision, so things were thrown together rather quickly

he loves it...all plain and with nothing on the walls....oh my...

anyway...

there is a pretty big window in the bedroom...

which keeps the room pretty bright during the day...

and makes it hard to sleep past noon on the weekends

so forbid...something HAD to be done...

I dug in my fabric stash

and made a window covering...

a functioning window covering...

to keep that nasty sunlight out of his precious eyes until

he is good and ready to wake up on the weekends...

I used some webbing to make loops and just slid it on the curtain rod...

he said it was  PERFECT!

Yea!!! Mom!!!

We were up there this Saturday for the homecoming football game and parade

Here was the best picture of him during the parade...

they are always on the opposite side of the street...

For the game he changed into their new uniforms which were debuted at the homecoming game

they were soooo sharp looking...love the brighter purple

they sit on the visitor side and irritate the opposing team with obnoxiously loud music

love it!!!

It is sooo much fun to go watch them play...this is the largest band in the 90 year history of the school...

My parents drove up for the game...such a great picture

they drove up the night before and took Derek out to dinner...

they asked what he wanted and he suggested a steak house about 30 minutes away...

never ask a hungry college kid what he wants for dinner...geez

of course....they took him!!!

just trying to get a good picture of my youngest

ok...that's better...

love this kid!!!!

I am getting ready for a Fall Market in November...

here is a radio cabinet I picked up at our community garage sale...

not sure what to do with it but thought it was sooo cool

I popped the front out and think it will make a cute little bar area or bathroom piece with some shelves in it

I will keep you posted on my progress with this....

ok...gotta get ready for another week!!!