Looooove this bench!

Wendi and I found this bench and loved the lines, but not so much the burgundy upholstery and yellowed wood frame. A few days before we bought it, I had made a trip to the fabric store that's forty minutes away with my four kids. I know not ideal but one of the employees told me about a new shipment, and I knew if I didn't go all the good stuff would be gone! She pulled this grey&white graphic upholstery fabric from the pallets in the back for me (I didn't have a project for it but) I had to have it! So a few days later when I saw this bench I was giddy because I was thinking about that perfect fabric to make it fresh and mod. 

This piece would look great in an entry or at the foot of a bed. I think that it could freshen up a space, or finish off a makeover. I mean lets be real it would be awesome on one of those bare basement walls too ;) Keep an eye out for this super fun piece at our Yard Market in less than two weeks!.

Pillow obsessed!

I have had these brown microfiber couches since my husband and I bought them a week and a half after we got married. They have been through four little crumbling, spilling kids and have definitely seen better days! I was starting to HATE them and so I thought that I would give them one more chance to live and make them over with one of my favorite things...pillows. They have always had a few throw pillows on them that I change out impulsively but that just wasn't doing it for me anymore so....

 

 

I took the three cushions off the back (which were just loose and removable anyway) and opted for a larger grouping. First I stole some pillows from my basement sectional ( and that couch looked sad for a while, but beside the point.) I had to make a lot of different patters work and mixing patterns can be tricky.  I've found that if you
stick with 2 or 3 colors and try to balance a few larger and a few smaller patterns it can be done. If all your pillows have the same background color too then its even easier to make it work. So all my pillows have cream, blue or green, or all three. I love that the couches are even deeper now because I removed those back cushions and all that color and pattern makes me so happy! So now they have a new lease on life, and I just saved myself a ton of money by not buying new ones. Plus there are still a lot of spills and crumbs to come anyway.