We’re in Week 5 of the Spring Room Challenge where we are giving our dining nook a an English coastal style refresh. This week, I focused on making new curtains. If you’ve ever priced out custom drapery, you know how fast things can get expensive. I wanted that polished, tailored look of pinch pleat drapes—but not the
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Hello! If you’re finding me through the One Room Challenge, welcome to my blog where I share my passion for creating comforting homes by thrifting, sewing and a little diy-ing along the way! While I’m not averse to buying new, I love being able to stretch a budget AND get that “collected over time” look
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Hello everyone! This is week 3 of the One Room Challenge. If you are finding me through the One Room Challenge, welcome to my blog where I share my passion for creating comforting homes by thrifting, sewing and a little diy-ing along the way! While I’m not averse to buying new. I love being able
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In Part I, I shared different style sink skirts paired with different style sinks and different ways to install a skirt sink from Velcro, to a tension rod to an outside mounted curtain rod. Ultimately, I decided on a pinch pleated skirt because I like the more formal, classic look of pinch pleats for my
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I’ve always admired sink skirts. I like the way they soften the hard edges of all the cabinetry and provide an opportunity to add a pop of color to the kitchen. Depending on the style and fabric, a sink skirt can work in almost any kitchen – from country to traditional to modern-rustic. And making
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If you been following along with our beach house makeover, then you know we are doing a room by room facelift of a 1970s ranch style house located at the Jersey Shore. At just 1,200 square feet, we have to make every square inch count in terms of functionality! We worked on the family room
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For the beach house kitchen window, we decided to go with a cafe curtain. I love the easy, breezy look of a cafe curtain. And, when I stumbled upon these Pottery Barn napkins on the clearance shelf, I thought they would be perfect for our “shades of blue” color scheme for this makeover. The
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I really like the look of french mattresses with all of the tufting and detail along the edges.. like this one from Country Living. Here’s some from Ballard’s: And here are some other examples of french mattresses from Pinterest: Because they are hand made, french mattress style cushions are very pricey. I recently made a knockoff
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With the weather turning cooler and the leaves changing color, our thoughts have turned to cozying up our homes for fall. There’s nothing like wearing a soft, warm sweater for fall so why not incorporate them into your home decor? Elizabeth and I have enjoyed upcycling old sweaters that we find at thrift shops,
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We love to read other blogs for inspiration. One blog that we’ve enjoyed recently is Sutton Place Designs. Since Debra and I both sew, we’ve paid particular attention to Ann’s beautiful sewing projects. Her lavender sachets caught our attention. Due to our frequent thrifting excursions, we both have a fair amount of material stashed away.
