Closet Make Over

We have spent the past 24 hours making over the closet.  I so wish I had taken pics of it before it was emptied.  We could barely step inside to get anything.  It was filled to the brim with junk.  Crafting junk, clothes junk, shoe junk...you name it...it was in there.  Here it is when we finished taking everything out.  I decided the walls needed to be painted and definitely the floor needed some lovin as well.

Here it is after we painted it a light yellow on the walls and a gray floor paint....

All of my bags are organized on the shelf and I now have a place to sit and put on my make up.

Industrial Rolling Storage Box

We had some press board and angle irons laying around so Steve and I decided to build an industrial style rolling storage box to store the piggie and doggie food instead of having it sit on the floor of the pantry.  This is very functional and it looks cool.

Our next project that involves angle irons will be a shelving / desk wall unit in the bedroom.  I'm planning on that being 8' high and 8' wide with 12" to 18" shelves and desk.  It's still in the planning stage so it will be a month or so before it's completed.

It's raining today so now that we are finished with the storage box, I think I'll ride out to Lowe's and price a few things for the next project, which will be a pantry makeover.

To be continued....

Drop Cloth Sofa Slipcover

Ok faithful followers of my blog...it's complete...my drop cloth sofa slipcover.  Not going to say much about it except that I wouldn't want to make these for a living.  It was a challenge but all in all, I really think I did a fantastic job on it (if ya don't mind me saying so).  This is the very first sofa slipcover I've made...

I also made a new laptop sleeve just for the heck of it.  I found this beautiful fabric remnant on sale for 2.50 so I made that the outer cover and used remnants of drop cloth fabric for the liner.  It has a velcro closure and quilted the inside just for a little extra detail for funzies.

Open Spaces

When we decided to renovate this house before we moved in...the idea was to have it open, spacious, and uncluttered.  What actually happened was that I got carried away with DIY projects.  Let's face it, there are thousands of fantastic projects out there to do.  I wanted to do them all.  What I ended up with was a somewhat cluttered house.  I'm starting to feel smothered.  There is something on every wall and sitting in every corner. It's time....

It's time to unclutter.  Time to separate things into two piles..."love" and "like" and get rid of the "like" pile.  It will be an ugly chore but it has to be done.  I will be taking a little time to do this...one room at a time. When I'm finished and feel like I can breathe again, I'll post the results.  Don't worry...nothing valuable or antique will be flung out the door. :-)

Starting the New Year Off With Burlap....

I hope everyone had a wonderful time ringing in the New Year.  I did.  Spent it with good friends and family.  Don't get any better than that folks.

I've been on a burlap and canvas kick for the past week.  Seems everything I've made is burlap or canvas.  I started out making a few throw pillows for our 8 foot sofa.  This thing is about 4 feet wide so, in my opinion, it's very comfortable to sit on without a lot of smaller pillows to throw behind your back.  On the other hand...it's fabulous to sleep on...OMG.  My favorite pillow cover to make now is the envelope pillow.  Super easy and it can be taken off and washed...love it. In a few weeks I'm going to try my hand at making a canvas drop cloth slipcover for this monster of a sofa.

Next I took one of the coffee bags that I had left over after recovering the dining room chairs and made a runner for the hallway.  It matches the one I did for the kitchen a while back except this one has been sewn down the side and then frayed the edges....

I found this super pretty burlap table runner on Pinterest and immediately began making one of my own. I'm surprised at how well it turned it out since I started working on it at 1a.m.  All of my lines are straight and the measurements were perfect.  Maybe I should be a midnight sewster from now on....

After the runner, I found another beautiful burlap table cover that I thought would be great for the bedroom night tables.  As they were, they didn't match and it seemed to bother me somewhat...so, around 2ish a.m. I began construction of those bad boys and surprisingly they turned out fabulously as well...

Well folks, that's it for right now.  In the process of thinking of what other stuff I sew together....this post is to be continued......